Bill Belichick will always be remembered for the 2000 NFL Draft that saw him select quarterback Tom Brady in Round 6 with the 199th overall pick, but over the course of his time with the Patriots, he has drafted plenty of other quarterbacks.Incredibly, Belichick has never used a first-round selection on a quarterback with the Patriots thanks to the presence of Drew Bledsoe when he took the job and the emergence of Brady. But over the last 20 years, the Patriots have taken some chances on quarterbacks and some of them have worked to varying degrees.Here's a look at the QBs the Patriots have drafted since the Brady pick and how they've all done at the NFL level.

Selected: Round 4, Pick 117
The Patriots spent a fourth-round pick on the big-bodied Davey in 2002. He only started one full season at LSU but his 6-foot-2, 245-pound frame was evidently enough to intrigue New England. Davey spent three seasons with the team from 2002-04 and was Brady's backup during the '03 and '04 Super Bowl-winning seasons.
Davey completed 8-of-19 career passes for 88 yards during his three years in New England. Though he played well for the Berlin Thunder in NFL Europe during the 2004 season, the Patriots parted with him during the 2005 offseason. He couldn't make the Cardinals roster and spent the rest of his career in the Arena Football League.

Selected: Round 6, Pick 201
Kingsbury was a dynamic college quarterback at Texas Tech and threw for 5,017 yards, 45 touchdowns, and 13 picks in his final season with the Red Raiders. He spent the 2003 season on the Patriots' injured reserve with an arm injury and was cut after the season.
From there, Kingsbury spent time with the New Orleans Saints, Denver Broncos, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, and then played a season in the Canadian Football League. He threw exactly two NFL passes and completed one of them for 17 yards.
Nowadays, Kingsbury is the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals and has posted a 13-18-1 record in that role. He also was the head coach at his alma mater and went 35-40 during those years. Notably, he helped to mentor Patrick Mahomes during that time and is seen as a great, young offensive mind at the NFL level.

Selected: Round 7, Pick 230
Strange but true: Matt Cassel only threw 14 passes at USC. He was the backup to Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart for two years each. Despite that, Belichick and the Patriots saw something they liked in the USC passer and took him in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft.
Cassel served as a third-string and backup quarterback early in his career but was thrown into action in 2008 after Brady tore his ACL against the Kansas City Chiefs. Cassel quarterbacked the Patriots to a 10-5 record in his 15 starts and parlayed that into a starting opportunity with the Chiefs. The Patriots slapped the franchise tag on Cassel and shipped him and Mike Vrabel to the Chiefs for a second-round pick that later became Patrick Chung.
Cassel started two full seasons for the Chiefs but eventually settled in as a respected backup. He posted a career record of 36-45 in 81 starts and totaled, 17,508 passing yards, 104 passing TDs, 82 interceptions, and a 58.8 completion percentage while playing for seven different NFL teams.
Not bad for a guy who never started during his college days.

Selected: Round 3, Pick 94
O'Connell was a raw, mobile quarterback when the Patriots selected him in the third round out of San Diego State. In his final college season, he had completed 58.5 percent of his passes for 3,063 yards, 15 touchdowns, and eight interceptions while adding 408 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. Looking back, it seems like Belichick was trying to get ahead of the curve on the mobile QB revolution.
However, O'Connell didn't pan out. He lasted just one season in New England and appeared in two games that season, completing 4-of-6 passes for 23 yards. He bounced around to five total NFL teams during his career and never made a start.
Like Kliff Kingsbury, O'Connell has been much better as a coach. The now-35-year-old is the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams and has six years of coaching experience, largely with quarterbacks. He may be the next great offensive-oriented coach in the NFL, so keep an ear out for his name in head coaching searches the next few seasons.

Selected: Round 7, Pick 250
Robinson was the sixth-to-last player taken in the 2010 NFL Draft, so the Patriots didn't exactly have high expectations for him. He was just another young, developmental quarterback. He didn't make the team.
Robinson would stay in the NFL until 2013 as a part of the Seahawks, Lions, and Bengals, but he never saw any in-game action.
Much like O'Connell and Kingsbury, Robinson has taken up coaching since leaving the NFL. He has spent the last two years with the Rams and was the team's assistant QBs coach in '19 and their assistant WRs coach in '20. He worked under O'Connell last season, so that's an interesting connection among the former Patriots passers.

Selected: Round 3, Pick 74
Some considered Mallett to be a potential first-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. The prototypical pocket passer had back-to-back 30 TD seasons in college. The Patriots took a chance on his big arm and seemingly-improving accuracy (64.7 percent as a junior) and looked to develop him behind Brady.
Mallett spent three seasons with the Patriots as the primary backup to Brady, but he was eventually replaced by another Patriots draft pick. Mallett was traded to the Houston Texans for a conditional sixth-round pick and went on to make eight starts from 2015-16 with the Texans and Baltimore Ravens. He posted a 3-5 record and spent two more years as a backup with the Ravens.
Mallett's career ended after the 2017 season. He worked out for the Washington Football Team but couldn't land another job. He finished his NFL career with 1,835 passing yards, nine touchdowns, and 10 interceptions. He is currently an assistant high school coach in Arkansas.

Selection: Round 2, Pick 62
Garoppolo was the quarterback that overtook Mallett for the backup job in 2014. The rookie had an amazing preseason and it looked like the Eastern Illinois product, who Belichick had selected earlier than any other quarterback he drafted with the Patriots, was going to become a starter.
In three seasons with the Patriots, Garoppolo backed up Tom Brady well. He started two games and won both of them while completing 71.2 percent of his passes for 496 yards and four scores. Entering his contract year, Garoppolo became a hot commodity and was ultimately traded to the San Francisco 49ers for a second-round pick.
Jimmy G has spent the last four years with the 49ers and has posted a 22-8 record in 30 regular season starts. He has been bitten by the injury bug quite a bit, but also helped get the 49ers to a Super Bowl. Per 16 games, he has averaged 3,795 passing yards, 24 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions for the 49ers.
Garoppolo certainly looks like the best of the non-Brady quarterbacks that Belichick has drafted, but he may not be long for a starting job with the 49ers. They just traded up to the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft where they will presumably take Garoppolo's successor. Perhaps the 29-year-old could return to the Patriots in the future if he's unseated and Cam Newton struggles.

Selected: Round 3, Pick 91
Given that Garoppolo was already in tow for the Patriots, Brissett seemed like an odd selection in 2016. The North Carolina State quarterback had a big arm and solid athletic traits, but he was seen as raw. Still, the Patriots took him and he won the backup job behind Garoppolo when Brady was suspended for the first four games of the 2016 season.
As a rookie, Brissett started twice and posted a 1-1 record. He had 400 passing yards and 83 rushing yards as a rookie. That was the only year he played in New England, as he was sent to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for Phillip Dorsett before the 2017 season.
Over four years with the Colts, Brissett started 30 games (15 after Andrew Luck got hurt one year and 15 after Luck's surprising retirement) and posted a 12-20 record. He has completed just 59.6 percent of his career passes, but is a fine backup. That's the role he'll play with the Miami Dolphins in 2021 alongside Brian Flores.

Selected: Round 7, Pick 219
The Patriots drafted Etling very late, so they didn't expect a ton from him. He was merely a developmental option for the team. His career highlight so far was an 86-yard touchdown run during his rookie preseason.
Etling was stashed on the Patriots' practice squad for all of his first season and before his second season, he moved to receiver but couldn't make the team. He was claimed off waivers by the Falcons, who moved him back to quarterback.
Now, Etling is with the Seattle Seahawks where he is serving as a third-string quarterback. He has yet to play a regular-season snap at the NFL level.

Selected: Round 4, Pick 133
Stidham was drafted by the Patriots to develop behind Brady in 2019. After Brady left, there was talk about the team being high enough on him to let him go into 2020 as the unmatched starter. Well, that is, until they signed Cam Newton in the middle of the summer.
Stidham didn't start in 2020. Newton started 15 games with Brian Hoyer starting the one that Newton missed. Stidham did get some action though and completed 22-of-44 passes for 256 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions.
Will Stidham get a chance to start in 2021? It's possible. He'll have to beat Cam Newton and any quarterback that the Patriots may draft for the starting job. If he can't do that, he may settle in as a career-long backup or have to look for a starting job elsewhere.