Tom Brady Fans Say His Teenage Son Is ‘So Much More Good Looking’ Than His Dad & Has His Mother Bridget Moynahan’s ‘Smile’

Tom Brady has always been open about how father­hood has shaped him, often giv­ing fans a glimpse into his children’s lives. He fre­quent­ly reflects on their per­son­al­i­ties, mile­stones, and aspirations—especially those of his eldest son, John Edward Thomas “Jack” Moy­na­han.

In a Novem­ber 2024 con­ver­sa­tion with Har­vard Busi­ness School pro­fes­sor Nitin Nohria for For­tune mag­a­zine, Brady revealed Jack’s grow­ing inter­est in bas­ket­ball.

“I have a son who’s 6’5 and wants to play bas­ket­ball,” Brady shared, jok­ing that his son’s ver­ti­cal jump is “unfor­tu­nate­ly” about the same as his own. He encour­aged Jack with a play­ful pep talk: “Dude, you’re going to be a stud. Wait till you hit your growth spurt—you’ll be jump­ing high­er, you’ll be dunk­ing.”

Still, Brady stressed that suc­cess in sports isn’t what mat­ters most. “Whether he does or not, who cares? I just want him to know his dad’s got his back,” he said.

That sen­ti­ment echoes what Brady told ESPN in 2023: that his hope is sim­ply for Jack to pur­sue some­thing he loves—whether or not it’s foot­ball. “I wouldn’t choose for him to do that because there’s too many crazy expec­ta­tions … most of them prob­a­bly very unfair,” he admit­ted.

In anoth­er 2023 inter­view with Today, Brady reflect­ed on the unique chal­lenges his chil­dren face. “There are a lot of expec­ta­tions because of who their mom or dad is, and it’s not nec­es­sar­i­ly fair to them because they didn’t choose that,” he said.

Courtside Moment Sparks Buzz

On Nov. 15, 2024, Brady and Jack were spot­ted court­side at the Emi­rates NBA Cup game in New York City. Their appear­ance at Madi­son Square Gar­den quick­ly drew atten­tion online, espe­cial­ly after Brady post­ed a smil­ing pho­to with his son on Insta­gram Sto­ries, cap­tioned: “The luck­i­est Dad in the world ❤️❤️❤️.”

Fans couldn’t help but com­ment on Jack’s looks. Some not­ed he strong­ly resem­bles his moth­er, actress Brid­get Moy­na­han. Oth­ers said he looked more like late actor Patrick Swayze—or even com­pared him to New Eng­land Patri­ots quar­ter­back Drake Maye.

While some insist­ed Jack was “so much more good look­ing” than his dad, oth­ers praised Brady’s bond with his son: “Amaz­ing dad TB12, the best QB in foot­ball. Good luck, Jack—God bless you both ❤️🤍💙.”

Jack in the Spotlight

This wasn’t the first time Brady show­cased his son online. In Octo­ber, he shared a fam­i­ly pho­to of Jack with his younger broth­er, Ben­jamin, spark­ing com­ments about Jack’s strik­ing resem­blance to Brady’s for­mer wife, Gise­le Bünd­chen. Oth­ers high­light­ed his height—seemingly taller than Brady himself—and even pre­dict­ed a mod­el­ing career, call­ing him “America’s next top mod­el.”

Actor Don­nie Wahlberg also joined the cho­rus of admir­ers, call­ing Jack “the coolest kid ever.”

When Jack turned 17 in August 2024, Brady marked the mile­stone with a heart­felt Insta­gram trib­ute: “You are tru­ly a bless­ing in my life, and I am so grate­ful to watch you mature into a young man.”

As Jack con­tin­ues to grow into his own spot­light, fans remain cap­ti­vat­ed by his presence—and are eager to see where his jour­ney leads.