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Florida high school quarterback beats NFL legend Tom Brady in a passing contest

Cypress Bay quarterback Jake Balanovich defeated the 7-time Super Bowl champion in a Mr. Beast challenge

Andy Villamarzo

Mr. Beast

Cypress Bay senior quarterback Jake Balanovich received the opportunity of a lifetime in a recent Mr. Beast challenge.

A shot to beat NFL legend Tom Brady in a passing contest.

Oh, and Balanovich won. The Lightning signal caller defeated the 7-time Super Bowl champion and won $100,000. Down below is the video of Balanovich defeating Brady in the passing challenge.

Balanovich just finished up his senior campaign at Cypress Bay, completing 106-of-175 passes for 1,551 yards and 14 touchdowns.

The senior had the all-time tall task of beating Brady, the NFL's all-time passing leader with 89,214 yards and led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl victories. Brady, who played 23 seasons in the NFL, joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 and led the franchise to a championship in his first season.

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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.

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