Barkley and Brees among the winners at 2019 ESPYS

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Brees broke Peyton Manning's record with 71,940 yards in career with a 62-yard touchdown pass to receiver Tre Quan Smith in the second quarter of a 43-19 win against Washington in October.

This match was one of the best performances of his 18-year career, completing 23 of 26 passes for 363 yards and three touchdowns. His achievement percentage of 89.7 was a career best.

Brees is one of the best quarterbacks of all time: barely 6 feet tall, barely recruited in high school, he fell to the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the NFL Draft in Purdue in 2001 and was questioned by most in the league when he became a free agent after a shoulder injury that threatened his career in 2005.

Pat Tillman Award

Former Sergeant Kirstie Ennis of the United States Navy Corps, an athlete who has spent most of his life before suffering serious injuries during a helicopter crash while he was in action. she was on active duty in Afghanistan, was awarded the Pat Tillman Award for service.

Ennis, who has had more than three dozen surgeries, including amputation of the left leg above the knee, after facial trauma, brain trauma, cervical and lumbar trauma, and bilateral lesions Shoulder during the 2012 accident is his recovery. She has won three gold medals in swimming at the Warrior Games, but the competitions are only part of her story.

It also traveled 1000 km across Great Britain and reached the peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro, Carstensz, Elbrus and Aconcagua to become the first female amputee above the knee to reach the seven highest peaks in the world. world.

The award was named in honor of former NFL linebacker and US Army Ranger Pat Tillman, who died while serving in Afghanistan after returning to the military. after the terrorist attacks of 11 September.