Overview
- Brady delivered a 20-minute commencement address at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business that used the Patriots’ Super Bowl LI comeback to illustrate resilience and team composition.
- He praised receiver Danny Amendola’s undrafted path from Texas Tech and said sometimes you need “a kid from a glorified community college” who can bail you out in big moments.
- Brady included a parenthetical “(sorry, Lubbock)” in the version of the speech he published in his weekly newsletter '199,' a line he did not say aloud at the ceremony.
- Video clips and published transcripts circulated widely on social platforms and news sites, leading commentators to debate whether the remark was a playful roast of Amendola or a dig at Texas Tech alum Patrick Mahomes.
- No formal response from Texas Tech or additional comment from Brady has been reported, and coverage has centered on the viral reaction and interpretation of tone rather than new factual developments.