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Tom Brady was so confident of making the Patriots’ roster as a rookie that he bought Ty Law’s house

Even as a rookie sixth-round pick in 2000, Tom Brady exuded confidence. Before he was a Super Bowl champion — or even a starter — Brady was a fourth-string quarterback in his first Patriots training camp.

Yet he had so much confidence in himself and his NFL future that he bought a house without considering that he might soon be out of a job.

Brady explained the memorable story from his rookie year in a recent interview with WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show.”

“I try to think back to the fall of 2000,” Brady began, “and it was pretty funny because I obviously had a lot of confidence just in myself.