Zero to Hero: Tom Brady Edition

Once upon a time, there was a skinny young man who lacked muscle tone yet who had big NFL dreams. Yet he was pale and pasty, more of a candidate for water boy than for poster boy. If he hit the combine a few years later, he might have been funneled over to a casting call for "Beauty and the Geek" instead.

However, someone at the 2000 Scouting Combine saw an ambitious glimmer in his eye or a promising twitch in his throwing arm. Lo and behold, the Pats Golden Boy began his transformation from this:

to this:

So, does that make Bill Belichick Tom Brady's fairy godmother? 'Cause the dude deserves a wand to go with that hoodie.

Image of Tom Brady at the combine from The Big Lead.