Tom Brady Was Once Locked in a Locker in High School

"Luckily I had the master key to get him out," his old coach said.

ByABC News
January 28, 2015, 10:28 AM
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds a press conference to address "deflate-gate" controversy, Jan. 22, 2015.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds a press conference to address "deflate-gate" controversy, Jan. 22, 2015.
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— -- Heading into Super Bowl XLIX, Tom Brady is trying to win yet another championship, a lock for the Hall of Fame, married to one of the most beautiful women in the world (Gisele Bundchen) and yes, there's that whole Deflatgate scandal.

Nonetheless, Brady is doing pretty well.

But that wasn't always the case for the 37-year-old quarterback, who grew up in California and went to high school at Junipero Serra High.

Sports Illustrated's Monday Morning Quarterback reached out to his high school coach, who dished on his former teammates and how they locked Brady in a locker room, the kinds of punishment usually reserved for nerds in film and TV.

PHOTO: Gisele Bundchen shared this image of her with husband Tom Brady to her Instagram captioned; "So happy for my love!!! Go Pats!!! 51 points!!!"
Gisele Bundchen shared this image of her with husband Tom Brady to her Instagram captioned; "So happy for my love!!! Go Pats!!! 51 points!!!"

“He had lots of friends, too, and fit in with his teammates, but of course there was a bit of jealousy when he started getting attention," Tom McKenzie told the magazine's website. "All the sportswriters wanted talk to him; he was the star. Well, one time we were at mass, and Tom was missing."

He continued, "Nobody knew where he was, so we went looking. I investigated in the locker room, and somehow one of his teammates had managed to lock Tom in one of the lockers. Luckily I had the master key to get him out. I think they just wanted Tom to get in trouble, for once.”

With that said, McKenzie admitted Brady was pretty much a stud in school, much like he is now.

"Everything you’d imagine Tom Brady to be like in high school, he was. An All-American boy, very well-behaved, a hard worker, great sense of humor, easygoing—the guy every mother would want her son to be," he said.