The theft of Tom Brady's jersey after Super Bowl LI in Houston has been turned into a documentary

The FBI returned the previously stolen Tom Brady Super Bowl jerseys to the Patriots and team owner Robert Kraft (center) in 2017. The FBI returned the previously stolen Tom Brady Super Bowl jerseys to the Patriots and team owner Robert Kraft (center) in 2017. Photo: FBI Photo: FBI Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close The theft of Tom Brady's jersey after Super Bowl LI in Houston has been turned into a documentary 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

Houston loves for people to remember the great things that went along with the Bayou City hosting Super Bowl LI in 2017. But it probably wishes people would forget about the few black eyes that were part of the event.

That apparently will not be the case with Tom Brady's stolen jersey.

To recap, amidst the celebration of the New England Patriots winning their fifth NFL championship, the jersey worn by New England's star quarterback was snatched from the Pats' locker room.

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The caper has now been captured in a new documentary, "The Great Brady Heist," which is set to air on FOX on Feb. 1, the night before Super Bowl LIV.

The documentary was produced by NFL Films and Gotham Chopra's Religion of Sports. "Just when you think you've seen it all in the sports world, a story like this comes around," Ross Ketover, chief executive of NFL Films said in a release.

"Anyone who thinks they know what happened that day will discover more jaw-dropping details than they could have imagined," Ketoyer added.

What Houstonians don't need to imagine is the flurry of activity local authorities went into when it was discovered that Tom Terrific's jersey had been pinched. It turned out that Brady also had his jersey stolen after his Super Bowl XLIX victory over the Seahawks in 2015.

Investigators with the Houston Police Department's Major Offenders Division traced the jerseys to Mexico with the help of an informant, according to HPD Chief Art Acevedo, adding that it was recovered with help from the FBI as well as Mexican authorities.

The jerseys were found "in the possession of a credentialed member of the international media," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement.

The hour-long documentary features interviews with Brady, as well as the man who took the jersey after the Patriots' historic comeback over the Atlanta Falcons.

This article contains original reporting by Matt Young and Andrew Kragie.

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