Aaron Rodgers
Quarterback, Green Bay Packers
Career Highlights: Earmarked to be Brett Favre’s successor in Green Bay this fall, Aaron Rodgers was selected by the Packers as the 24th overall pick (second quarterback) in the 2005 NFL Draft…Rodgers stepped in for Favre when Favre was injured against the Cowboys last November and completed 18 passes for 201 yards and his first touchdown pass…Rodgers saw limited action in 2006 as he broke his left foot filling in for an injured Favre in a November game…In 2005, he saw action in three games as Brett Favre’s backup, completing 9 of 16 passes for 65 yards …A standout quarterback at the University of California, Rodgers was named First-Team All-Pac 10 Conference and Second-Team Academic All-Pac 10 choice last season…A true student of the game and protégé of Cal Head Coach Jeff Tedford, Rodgers emerged as one of the nation’s premier quarterbacks as a junior…His 161.2 passing efficiency rating in 2004 established a school season-record, as he led the fifth-ranked offense (492.4 yards per game) in the NCAA…He boasts a 17-5 record as a starting quarterback for the Bears…In two seasons at California, Rodgers completed 424 of 665 passes (63.8 percent) for 5,469 yards, 43 touchdowns adding 336 yards and eight scores on 160 rushing attempts… In the 2004 University of Southern California game, Rodgers tied the NCAA single-game consecutive completions record, connecting on his first 23 attempts (Tee Martin of Tennessee first accomplished that feat vs. South Carolina in 1998) and set a new NCAA overall consecutive completions record with 26 straight (three at Oregon State the week prior followed by 23 at USC), breaking Martin’s 1998 record of 24…Rodgers gained 5,805 yards in total offense at California, sixth-best career total in school annals…Prior to Cal, he attended Butte (Cal.) Junior College in 2002, where he led the team to 10-1 record and second-place national ranking, completing 164 of 265 passes for 2,408 yards and 28 touchdowns…A two-time All-Section selection at Pleasant Valley (Chico, CA) High School, where he threw for 2,176 yards as a senior and 2,243 during his junior year.
Updated: May, 2008
Courtesy NBC
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