 Aaron Rodgers during the 2007 NFL season. |
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| Date of birth: December 2, 1983 | |
| Place of birth: Chico, California | |
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| NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24 | |
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| Passing yards | 218 |
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Aaron Charles Rodgers (nicknamed "A-Rod" by teammate Donald Driver)[1](born December 2, 1983 in Chico, California, U.S.) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Donald Jerome Driver (born February 2, 1975 in Houston Texas) is an American football Wide receiver who plays for the Green Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Chico (pop 86949 is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States, with 105000 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Rodgers was drafted in the first round (24th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers and with Brett Favre's 2008 retirement, he will presumably be the team's starting quarterback starting in the 2008 season. The 2005 National Football League Draft took place at the Jacob K Brett Lorenzo Favre (ˈfɑrv (born October 10 1969 is an American football Quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League The 2008 NFL Season is the 89th season of the National Football League, the major professional American football league in the United States At an interview at the Super Bowl, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said that Rodgers is 'the man' once Favre retires. Rodgers played college football for the California Golden Bears, where he set several school records. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 27 varsity athletic programs of the University of California Berkeley. He led the Bears to a #4 regular season ranking in 2004.
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Early years
Rodgers is from Chico in Butte County, California. Butte County is a County located in the Central Valley of the U He attended Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, California, and garnered 4,419 passing yards and started for two years at quarterback. Pleasant Valley High School is an American public High school located in Chico California. Chico (pop 86949 is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States, with 105000 He set single-game records of 6 touchdowns and 440 all-purpose yards and Rodgers also set a single season record by having 2,466 total yards.
Rodgers garnered little interest from Division I programs out of Pleasant Valley with only one offer, as a walk-on, from the University of Illinois. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States The Fighting Illini (also known as The Illini) are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rodgers declined the invitation to attend Butte College for an opportunity to transfer to a Division I university after his sophomore year. Butte College is a Community college located in northern California between the towns of Chico and Oroville and paradise Rodgers was discovered by California football head coach Jeff Tedford in 2003 as a freshman, while recruiting Garrett Cross. History Football was first played on the Berkeley campus in 1882 albeit in a form that resembled rugby. Jeff Tedford (born November 2, 1961 in Lynwood California) is the current Head coach of the University of California Golden Bears Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
College career
As a junior college transfer with three years of eligibility, Rodgers was named the starting quarterback for California in the fifth game of the 2003 season, against the only team that offered him a division I opportunity out of high school, Illinois. The term junior college refers to different educational institutions in different countries The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley The Fighting Illini (also known as The Illini) are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He helped lead the Golden Bears to an 8-6 record, including an upset overtime win over then-No. 3 ranked University of Southern California in his second career start and an Insight Bowl victory against the Virginia Tech Hokies. The USC Trojans football program established in 1888, is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division The Insight Bowl is an NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A post-season American College football Bowl game played in Arizona since 1989 Virginia Tech sponsors 19 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level In 2003, Rodgers tied the school season record for 300 yard games with 5 and set a school record for lowest percentage of passes intercepted at 1. 43%. [2]
As a junior, Rodgers led California to the No. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley 4 regular season ranking. The Bears lost only one regular season game that year, a closely contested and well-played game at #1 Southern California that the Bears lost 23-17. In that game, Rodgers set a school record for consecutive completed passes with 26 and tied a NCAA record with 23 consecutive passes completed in one game. Rodgers set a school single game record for passing completion, completing 85. 3% of his passes in that game. Rodgers also holds the school career record for lowest percentage of passes intercepted at 1. 95%. [3] Despite these records, the Bears were 1st and Goal with 1:47 remaining and the Bears did not score a game winning touchdown in a game ending sequence that included 3 incomplete passes and a sack against USC. [4]
Cal earned a spot in the Holiday Bowl after controversially being left out of the Rose Bowl, where they lost to Texas Tech University, 45-31. The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A College football Bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium Texas Tech University is a public, coeducational research university in Lubbock Texas. [5] After the season, Rodgers entered the 2005 NFL Draft.
College career statistics
Passing[6]
| Year | Team | Comp-Att | Comp% | Yards | TD | INT | Long | QB Rtg |
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| 2003 | Cal | 215-349 | 61. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley 6 | 2903 | 19 | 5 | 79 | 146. 58 |
| 2004 | Cal | 209-316 | 66. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley 1 | 2566 | 24 | 8 | 80 | 154. 35 |
| Totals | 424-665 | 63. 8 | 5469 | 43 | 13 | 80 | 150. 27 | |
Rushing
| Year | Team | Carries | Yards | Average | Long | TDs |
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| 2003 | Cal | 86 | 210 | 2. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley 4 | 24 | 5 |
| 2004 | Cal | 74 | 126 | 1. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley 7 | 26 | 3 |
| Totals | 160 | 336 | 2. 10 | 26 | 8 | |
Awards and honors
- Cal's Co-Offensive MVP (2004)
- First-team All-Pac-10 (2004)
- Honorable mention All-American (2004)
- Second-team Academic All-Pac-10 (2004)
Professional career
Green Bay Packers
Backup years
Rodgers was expected to be selected early in the 2005 NFL Draft and was thought of as the potential number one pick overall. The Pacific-10 Conference ( Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for His slip to the 24th choice became one of the biggest stories of the draft, but still he was the second quarterback taken in the draft. Rodgers posted impressive numbers as a junior with Cal throwing for 2,320 yards with a 67. 5 completion rating. He tied an NCAA record when he completed 23 consecutive passes against the eventual national champions, USC. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly He threw for 23 touchdowns and only 7 interceptions in his last college season, impressing many NFL scouts. A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football. Many believe his slip to #24 was due to the fact that he is considered short for a quarterback at 6'2" tall, as well as the so-far unsuccessful NFL careers of most of his college coach Jeff Tedford's previous quarterbacks. Jeff Tedford (born November 2, 1961 in Lynwood California) is the current Head coach of the University of California Golden Bears Alternatively, Rodgers' relatively low draft position may have been due to many of the teams drafting between the second and 23rd positions having greater positional needs than quarterback. Rodgers is one of six quarterbacks coached by Tedford to be drafted in the first round, including Akili Smith, Trent Dilfer, Joey Harrington, and Kyle Boller. Kabisa Akili Maradufu Smith (born August 21, 1975 in San Diego California) is a former professional football Quarterback for Trent Farris Dilfer (born March 13, 1972 in) is a former American football Quarterback in the National Football League. John Joseph "Joey" Harrington Jr (born October 21, 1978 in) is an American football Quarterback who is a Free Agent of the Kyle Bryan Boller (born June 17 1981 in) is an American football Quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football
In August 2005, Rodgers, agreed to a reported five-year, $7. 7 million deal that included $5. 4 million in guaranteed money and could pay him as much as $24. 5 million if all the incentives and escalators are met.
Rodgers spent a disappointing 4-12 2005 season as the Packers' #2 quarterback behind Brett Favre. Brett Lorenzo Favre (ˈfɑrv (born October 10 1969 is an American football Quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League Rodgers had little playing time during the year, but did see time in a win vs. New Orleans Saints and in a loss to the Baltimore Ravens. The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans Louisiana. The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore Maryland.
When Favre decided to continue his career into the 2006 season, Rodgers was forced to continue in his role as the second quarterback on the depth chart.
On November 19, 2006, Rodgers broke his left foot against the New England Patriots in a 35-0 defeat at home while filling in for an injured Brett Favre and missed the remainder of the 2006 season. Rodgers made a full recovery and was ready for the start of the 2007 season.
Weeks after an emotional interview with NBC's Andrea Kramer following the team's season-ending victory at Chicago, Favre announced he would stay with the Packers for the 2007 season, again postponing Rodgers' hopes of becoming the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback. Prior to the 2007 season, rumors surfaced about a potential trade involving Rodgers in which he would be traded to the Oakland Raiders for wide receiver Randy Moss. The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland California. Randall Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977 in Rand, West Virginia) is an American football Wide receiver for the New [7] However, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots during the second day of the 2007 NFL Draft, and Rodgers stayed in Green Bay. The Oakland Raiders received a 4th-round draft choice in the trade for Moss.
Rodgers stepped in for Favre when the latter was injured in the second quarter against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday Night Football on November 29th, 2007. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National Run to the Playoffs is the Brand name used by NFL Network for its schedule of live Regular season telecasts of National Football League Rodgers completed 18 passes for 201 yards, with no interceptions. He also threw his first touchdown pass, but was sacked three times. Rodgers brought the team back from a 17 point deficit to a 3 point deficit, but the Cowboys went on to win 37-27.
Replacing a legend
Brett Favre's retirement announcement on March 4, 2008 opened up the Packers' starting quarterback position to Rodgers for the 2008 season.
Professional statistics
| Year | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
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| Comp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2005 | 9 | 16 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3. 5 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5. 5 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 20 | 28 | 218 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 4. 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 59 | 329 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 4. 3 | 0 | |
References
External links
- NFL.com - Aaron Rodgers
- Green Bay Packers official site - Aaron Rodgers
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • ESPN • Yahoo! Sports
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