Tom Brady was 20-5 as Michigan’s starting quarterback in 1998 and 1999 and finished his college career with 4,773 passing yards and 30 touchdowns. Not bad — but not exactly the numbers of a living legend. Brady didn’t reach that status until well after his days with the Wolverines. Nonetheless, current Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh thinks Brady should be immortalized on campus. “I think it’s time, don’t you, for a Tom Brady statue to built right here,” Harbaugh said on his podcast this week, days after Brady led the New England Patriots to a Super Bowl victory for the sixth time in his career. Advertisement Sign up for our daily sports newsletter » “I think we can all agree now, Tom Brady ... he’s lapped the field in football. You’re synonymous now with Babe Ruth, with Michael Jordan. The university he attended should build a statue.” Makes sense. The only thing left to figure out is where on campus to put it. “Right in front of Schembechler Hall, or do you put it in the stadium?” said Harbaugh, who played quarterback at Michigan from 1983 to 1986. “Where would you put the Tom Brady statue? … The tunnel? Maybe the tunnel? Where do you put it? Maybe some of the listeners can tell us.” charles.schilken@latimes.com Twitter: @chewkiii<doc-sep>Tom Brady, the greatest quarterback in NFL history, now has six Super Bowl championships after the New England Patriots' win over the L.A. Rams on Sunday. Among the crowd for the game at Mercedes Benz Stadium was another former Michigan football quarterback. Jim Harbaugh took his son, Jack, to the game. And the current Michigan head coach believes it's time to immortalize Brady on campus. "I think it's time, don't you, for a Tom Brady statue to built right here," Harbaugh said on the latest episode of his podcast, "Attack Each Day," that he hosts with his dad, Jack. "Right in front of Schembechler Hall, or do you put it in the stadium? Where do you put the Tom Brady statue?" While the space right in front of Schembechler Hall may be a bit crowded with a statue of the building's namesake, U-M director of recruiting Matt Dudek suggested it go right on Stadium Blvd., across from Ann Arbor Pioneer High School and in front of Michigan Stadium. Jim Harbaugh then suggested in the tunnel at the Big House. "I think we can all agree now, Tom Brady ... he's lapped the field in football," he added. "You're synonymous now with Babe Ruth, with Michael Jordan. The university he attended should build a statue." More from Albom:Tom Brady is the G.O.A.T. we never saw coming And Harbaugh's dad suggested the school should hurry up about it and not wait years down the road to honor Brady. Not to say Brady had a game-changing career at Michigan. His college career is probably most remembered for the battle for the starter's spot with Drew Henson. Back in 2016, Harbaugh's first season back in Ann Arbor, Brady was brought in as an honorary captain for U-M's win over Hawaii while he served his four-game suspension for the Deflategate situation. Earlier that year, he participated in Harbaugh's "Signing of the Stars" on National Signing Day. If you look at a place like Michigan State, they have a statue of Magic Johnson in front of Breslin Center. Sure, he's remembered more for his time with L.A. Lakers, but he did win the national championship 40 years ago at MSU. Doesn't that 2000 Orange Bowl win over Alabama count for something? Contact Kirkland Crawford: kcrawford@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @HiKirkHere.<doc-sep>
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is the greatest of all time. Well, Patriots fans think so anyway and apparently so does one NCAA football head coach. The GOAT won his sixth Super Bowl last Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams and now University of Michigan head coach and Wolverine alum Jim Harbaugh wants a statue of the 41-year-old built at the university. “I think it’s time, don’t you, for a Tom Brady statue to be built right here,” Harbaugh said on his podcast, “Attack Each Day,” as transcribed by CBSSports.com. “Right in front of Schembechler Hall, or do you put it in the stadium? Where would you put the Tom Brady statue? The tunnel? Maybe the tunnel? Where do you put it?” It doesn’t matter where you put the statue, Brady probably would be humbled to have one dedicated to him. Brady is in sole possession of most Super Bowl wins by a player, and although his NFL stats are spectacular, his NCAA stats aren’t bad, either. During his four-year tenure at Michigan, Brady threw for 4,773 yards, 30 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. The Wolverines went 20-5 in two seasons with Brady as the starting quarterback, winning the Citrus Bowl in 1999 and the Orange Bowl the year after. Despite being a sixth-round draft pick back in 2000, Brady has managed to climb the ranks with Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and put the haters to rest. If a statue is built, thousands of Brady fans certainly will flock to Michigan Stadium for the dedication ceremony. Thumbnail photo via Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY Sports Images