TAMPA, Fla. _ Tom Brady is the Buccaneers quarterback. That still is going to take some getting used to. Not just for the fans, but his new teammates.
When Cameron Brate got his first text from Brady shortly after he signed with the Bucs, the tight end was star struck.
Brate played at Harvard from 2010-14 when Brady went to two of his nine Super Bowls, winning one of six NFL titles during that stretch.
"The first time he texted me I had to get double confirmation from other people that it was actually Brady," Brate said. "He said, 'Hey, this is Tom. Give me a Facetime when you can.' I had to reach out to Chris (Godwin) and Mike (Evans) and be like, 'Hey, is this Tom?' I didn't want to be calling some random dude thinking it was Tom Brady.
"He's just been awesome to work with. (We) still have got to pinch ourselves, the fact that we have him at quarterback and everything that goes along with it. Everyone here is just super pumped."
Bucs training camp begins with the full squad _ those who have passed two COVID-19 tests _ joining rookies and quarterbacks at the AdventHealth Training Center this weekend.
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