Tom Brady Throws 600th Career Touchdown Pass, Has to Negotiate With Fan for Ball

Brady, who is already the all-time leader in touchdown passes, found Mike Evans for the second time in the game to reach another career milestone.

The list of accolades for Tom Brady seemingly gets longer by the day. Facing the Bears on Sunday, the seven-time Super Bowl champion added another entry to his Hall of Fame resume.

Brady found Mike Evans late in the first quarter for his second touchdown pass of the game and 600th of his career, furthering his record-setting mark and becoming the first player to reach 600 touchdown passes.

Brady ➡️ Evans for No. 600

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— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 24, 2021

Brady joined the 500 touchdown pass club in 2018 and is one of four quarterbacks to surpass that threshold, along with Drew Brees (571), Peyton Manning (539) and Brett Favre (508).

While the historic pass extended Tampa Bay's lead over Chicago to 21-0 before the first quarter was up, it was not without some drama. Evans was apparently unaware of the significance of the pass, and handed the ball to a fan in the front row near the end zone. Once the gravity of the moment was realized, team staffers were deployed to work out a deal with the fan in return for the ball.

The Bucs had to negotiate to get Brady’s 600th TD ball back from a fan 😂 pic.twitter.com/31WAjBJVfU

— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) October 24, 2021

The face when you throw Tom Brady's 600th career TD ball into the crowd 😂

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— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 24, 2021

Sorry big bro glad that priceless legendary item was retrieved 🙏🏽🐐 https://t.co/IapscE2mBs

— Mike Evans (@MikeEvans13_) October 25, 2021

The fan received a replacement game ball and a $1,000 gift card to the Bucs's team store, per Greg Auman of The Athletic. Brady's 600th touchdown pass ball would certainly fetch a pretty penny on the resale market, but thankfully for him, the fan in possession of the ball was a Bucs fan.