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• His career passer rating of 98.4 ranks No. 1 in NFL history (min. 1,500 attempts).
• Became only the fourth QB in NFL history to throw for 300 yards/three TDs in a Super Bowl, taking home game MVP honors for Green Bay’s win over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV.
• Posted 12,394 passing yards from 2008-10, which ranks No. 2 in league history behind only Kurt Warner (12,612, 1999-2001) for the most passing yards by a QB in his first three seasons as a starter.
• In 47 regular-season starts, has posted 14 games with 300-plus passing yards, 26 without an interception and 25 with a 100-plus passer rating.
• Set an NFL postseason record with 10 TD passes in his first three playoff starts, eclipsing the previous mark of nine held by Jeff George, Daryle Lamonica and Dan Marino.
• Became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for more than 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasons (2008-09) as a starter.
• In 2009, nearly broke the franchise’s single-season record with 4,434 passing yards, falling just short of Lynn Dickey’s 1984 mark of 4,458.
• Is one of eight quarterbacks drafted by the Packers in the first round and was the first since Rich Campbell, also from California, was selected in 1981; became just the second player from California (Campbell) taken in the first round by Green Bay as well.
• Went 17-5 as a starter at Cal, taking over in Week 5 of the 2003 season.

CAREER: Mature, confident quarterback has emerged as one of the best in the league at his position, and capped off his third season as a starter by leading the Packers to a world championship…Became only the fourth QB in NFL history to throw for 300 yards/three TDs in a Super Bowl on his way to winning game MVP honors for Green Bay’s 31-25 win over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV…Threw for 304 yards and three TDs against the Steelers on 24-of-39 passing, his fourth game with a 110-plus passer rating in five playoff starts…That tied him for third in NFL history behind only Joe Montana (six in 23 starts) and Brett Favre (five in 24 starts)…Threw for 1,094 yards in the 2010 postseason, good for No. 2 in NFL history behind only Arizona’s Kurt Warner (1,147 in 2008)…His 10 combined passing TDs in his first three playoff starts set an NFL record, eclipsing the previous mark of nine held by Jeff George, Daryle Lamonica and Dan Marino…Fell just 78 yards short of his third straight 4,000-yard passing season in 2010 despite missing one game (Week 15 at New England) and more than half of another (Week 14 at Detroit) due to a concussion…With 3,922 passing yards last season, brought his three-year total as a starter to 12,394, which ranks No. 2 in NFL history behind only Warner (12,612, 1999-2001) for the most passing yards by a QB in his first three seasons as a starter…Despite missing time due to the concussion, finished in the top 10 in nearly every significant passing category, checking in at No. 3 in passer rating (101.2), No. 7 in yards (3,922), tied for No. 6 in TDs (28) and No. 2 in 25-yard passes (40)…Became the first quarterback in team history to post a 100-plus passer rating in back-to-back seasons (2009-10)…Enters the 2011 season with a career passer rating of 98.4, which ranks No. 1 in NFL history (min. 1,500 attempts)…Posted a streak of 181 passes without an interception in 2010, the second-longest streak in team history behind only Bart Starr’s mark of 294 (1964-65)…In 47 career regular-season starts, has posted 14 games with 300-plus passing yards, 26 without an interception and 25 with a 100-plus passer rating…Threw 70 TD passes in his first 40 starts, a franchise record…Has a career postseason passer rating of 112.6, completing 118-of-174 passes for 1,517 yards, 13 TDs and three INTs…The 67.8 completion percentage in the playoffs ranks No. 2 in NFL history (min. 100 attempts) behind only Erik Kramer (70.0)…Completed 312-of-475 passes during the regular season in 2010, a 65.7 completion percentage that ranks No. 2 in team history behind only Brett Favre’s 66.5 mark in 2007…His career completion percentage of 64.4 ranks No. 1 in franchise annals…Finished third among NFL quarterbacks with a career-high 356 rushing yards in 2010 and added four TDs…Became the first QB to post four-plus rushing TDs in three straight seasons since Minnesota’s Daunte Culpepper (2000-03) accomplished the feat in four straight seasons and only the second in team history (Tobin Rote, 1954-56)…Since ’09, he ranks No. 2 among QBs in rushing yards (672), No. 2 in rushing TDs (nine) and No. 1 in 10-yard runs (30)…Ranks No. 1 among all QBs with a 116.0 passer rating on third down since ’09, throwing 25 TDs to just five INTs…In 2009, became the first quarterback in NFL history to surpass 4,000 yards passing in each of his first two seasons as a starter, and his 4,434 yards in ‘09 nearly broke Green Bay’s single-season mark set by Lynn Dickey 25 years prior (4,458)…Capped his second season with a memorable playoff debut, breaking Dickey’s single-game postseason mark for passing yards with a career-best 423 in the NFC Wild Card playoff at Arizona (Jan. 10), and tying team playoff records for completions (28) and TD passes (four)…His 1.29 interception percentage in 2009 was the best in the league, and that figure, along with his 103.2 passer rating in ‘09, were both second best for a single season in team history behind Starr’s 1966 campaign (105.0 rating, 1.20 INT percentage)…Has thrown just 31 INTs in his three seasons as a starter, a 2.0 INT percentage that leads the league over that span among QBs with 40-plus starts…Was the league’s top-rated quarterback on third down in 2009 with 133.5 rating, featuring league highs of 1,710 yards and 14 touchdowns, with no interceptions…In ’09, became first NFL quarterback ever to throw 30 or more TDs, seven or fewer INTs and rush for five or more TDs in the same season…Joined Steve Young (San Francisco, 1998) as the only QBs in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards and 30 TDs and rush for 300 yards and five scores in the same season…Is the only quarterback in franchise history other than Favre to post back-to-back 4,000-yard campaigns.       

Took over as the starter in 2008 after waiting patiently for three years for his opportunity behind Favre, and showed why the team had placed its trust in him to lead the Packers’ offense…Started every game while playing through a sprained right shoulder suffered in Week 4 at Tampa Bay…Was limited for several weeks in practice because of the injury but never missed a start, taking more than 99 percent of the team’s snaps on the season…Secured his position as one of the team leaders for years to come when he signed a long-term contract extension with the Packers on Oct. 31, 2008…Spent his first three seasons learning under Favre as his backup while continuing to grow as a leader in his own right, particularly during the team’s offseason program…Participated in Mike McCarthy’s offseason QB school three consecutive years while handling his share of reps leading the No. 1 offense during OTAs and other workouts…Posted his most noteworthy performance to that point in relief of Favre in ’07, in a showdown of two 10-1 teams in Dallas that saw Favre knocked out of the game with shoulder and elbow injuries…With Packers trailing 27-10, Rodgers directed two touchdown drives to pull the Packers within three points early in the fourth quarter, finishing with noteworthy numbers (18-of-26, 201 yards, one TD, no INTs, 104.8 rating) despite the 37-27 defeat…Rated by Packers personnel as one of the top players in the 2005 NFL Draft, slipped all the way to Green Bay’s No. 24 slot…Was the second quarterback taken after Alex Smith (49ers) at No. 1…Was the eighth quarterback drafted by the Packers in the first round and the first since Rich Campbell, also from the University of California, was selected in 1981; became just the second player from Cal (joining Campbell) taken by Green Bay in the first round as well…Passed on his final year of eligibility and was considered one of the top quarterback prospects in the country with numerous football observers rating him as the No. 1 pick in the draft…Was a two-year starter (2003-04) for Cal after playing the 2002 season at Butte College, a junior college near Chico, Calif. …Finished 17-5 as the Bears’ field general, leading the school in 2004 to its best season in more than a half century in just his second campaign at the Division I level…Rodgers’ journey to the pros is a compelling story, beginning with scant Division I recruitment after two highly successful prep seasons; he was perhaps not big enough or located in an area not often recruited by the big schools…He opted to enroll at nearby Butte College and promptly led the Roadrunners to a 10-1 record and a No. 2 national JUCO ranking…Along came Cal coach Jeff Tedford, who noticed Rodgers while watching video of a teammate, TE Garrett Cross (who later, too, became a Cal Golden Bear, and then a Green Bay Packer)…After watching him practice and feeling confident in his ability to thrive in Berkeley, Tedford offered Rodgers a scholarship and launched the beginning of two immensely successful seasons…Was a major component of a 2004 Cal campaign that saw the team reach its highest national ranking (No. 4) since 1952, produce its best regular-season record (10-1) in 54 years and record the most conference wins (seven) in 55 years…Took over as the starter in the fifth game of the 2003 season and went on to fire 43 touchdowns with only 13 interceptions over the course of his career and finish with a 150.27 career passing efficiency mark, the best in school history…Authored 10 career passing games of 250-plus yards.

2010 SEASON: Started 15 contests, missing one game with a concussion, and was named a first alternate for the Pro Bowl…Completed 312-of-475 passes (65.7 percent) for 3,922 yards, 28 TDs and 11 INTs for a 101.2 rating as he became the first QB in franchise history to post a 100-plus passer rating in back-to-back seasons…The rating ranks third in team annals behind only Starr’s mark of 105.0 in 1966 and his own mark of 103.2 in ’09…Ranked third in the NFL in passer rating, seventh in yards, tied for sixth in TDs and second in 25-yard passes (40)…Was named FedEx Air NFL Player of the Year and NFC Offensive Player of the Month for December/January and twice earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors (Weeks 13 and 16)…Finished third among NFL QBs with a career-high 356 rushing yards on 64 carries (5.6 avg.), the most by a Green Bay signal-caller since Don Majkowski posted 358 in 1989…Tied for the team lead with four rushing TDs, his third straight campaign with four-plus rushing TDs as he became the first Packers QB since Rote (1954-56) to do so…Ranked No. 1 in the NFL (min. 100 attempts) with a 104.5 passer rating against the blitz, completing 111-of-167 attempts (66.5 percent) for 1,503 yards and 11 TDs with five INTs…Registered a 110-plus passer rating in four consecutive games (Week 9, Weeks 11-13) to become the first NFL QB since the 1970 merger to post four straight 110-plus rating games in back-to-back seasons (Weeks 3-4, 6-7 in 2009)…Spread the ball around, with Greg Jennings (76), Donald Driver (51) and James Jones (50) becoming the first wide-receiver trio in team history to each catch 50 passes in the same season…Posted a 109.8 passer rating in four postseason contests, completing 90-of-132 passes (68.2 percent) for 1,094 yards and nine TDs with two INTs…The yardage total ranks second in NFL history for a single postseason behind only Warner (1,147 in 2008), while the TD total is tied for No. 3 in league annals behind only Montana (1989) and Warner (2008), who each threw 11 TDs…Vs. Detroit (Oct. 3): Connected on 12-of-17 passes for 181 yards and three TDs with a pair of INTs for a 105.3 rating. For the second time in his career, posted a perfect 158.3 passer rating in the first half (at Cleveland, Oct. 25, 2009) as he completed 8-of-9 attempts for 131 yards and three scores…At Washington (Oct. 10): Had 27 completions on a season-high 46 attempts for 293 yards and a TD with one INT. Sustained a concussion on the Packers’ final play from scrimmage in OT while being hit by DE Jeremy Jarmon on a throw that was picked off by S LaRon Landry at the Green Bay 39; the turnover led to Washington’s game-winning FG…Vs. Miami (Oct. 17): Missed some practice time during the week due to the concussion, but returned to make his 38th straight start. Finished with 313 yards on 18-of-33 passing with a TD and an INT. Threw a career-long 86-yard TD pass to Jennings late in the first quarter, the longest completion by a Green Bay QB since Favre’s 99-yard scoring strike to WR Robert Brooks at Chicago on Sept. 11, 1995. On the final possession of regulation, engineered a 69-yard drive that he capped off with a sneak up the middle on fourth-and-goal from the 1 to send the game into OT…Vs. Dallas (Nov. 7): Registered a 131.5 passer rating on 27-of-34 passing for 289 yards and three TDs. Also rushed for 41 yards on five carries (8.2 avg.), including a season-long 27-yard run on the Packers’ first TD drive. Completed 16-of-18 passes to six different receivers for 174 yards and a pair of TDs in the first half as Green Bay built a 28-7 lead…At Minnesota (Nov. 21): Threw a regular-season career-high four TD passes, connecting on 22-of-31 passes for 301 yards for a season-high 141.3 passer rating. Three of his scoring throws went to Jennings, while he added a 3-yard TD pass to Jones with five seconds left in the first half…At Atlanta (Nov. 28): Completed 26-of-35 attempts for 344 yards and a TD while adding a season-high 51 rushing yards and a TD on a career-high 12 carries. Completed passes to eight different receivers, with Jennings, Jones and WR Jordy Nelson each posting five grabs. Engineered a 16-play, 90-yard drive late in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 17, operating out of the no-huddle for most of the drive. Found Jones for an 18-yard gain on a shovel pass to convert a fourth-and-1, and four plays later, found Nelson with a 10-yard bullet in the corner of the end zone to even the score…Vs. San Francisco (Dec. 5): Earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors as he completed 21-of-30 passes for 298 yards and three TDs for a 135.1 passer rating. It was his fourth straight contest with a 110-plus passer rating as he became the first NFL QB since the 1970 merger to accomplish that feat in consecutive seasons. Didn’t throw an INT for the fifth straight game, the first Packers QB to do so since Starr in 1966. Had a pair of TD passes over 55 yards for the first time in his career, connecting with Jennings for a 57-yard score in the second quarter and with Driver on a 61-yard TD in the third quarter that saw the veteran WR break several tackles on his way to the end zone…At Detroit (Dec. 12): Threw for 46 yards on 7-of-11 passing before departing due to a concussion. With just over three minutes remaining in the first half, scrambled for an 18-yard gain to the Green Bay 43 but took hits from S Amari Spievey and LB Landon Johnson, with his head hitting the turf. Took three more snaps before being replaced by Matt Flynn for the remainder of the game. Prior to his exit, saw his career-long streak of 181 attempts without an INT come to an end when a deep pass in the first quarter bounced out of Jennings’ arms and into Spievey’s. It was his first INT since his final throw of the first half vs. Minnesota in Week 7, a streak of 181 passes that put him at No. 2 in the team record books behind only Starr (294, 1964-65)…At New England (Dec. 19): Inactive due to the concussion, which snapped a streak of 45 consecutive starts that was the fourth-longest streak in the league among active QBs at that point…Vs. N.Y. Giants (Dec. 26): Returned to action and turned in one of the best outings of his career on his way to earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors. Threw for a regular-season career-high 404 yards on 25-of-37 passing while matching his career high with four TD passes. His yardage total was the most by a Green Bay QB in the regular season since Dickey’s 418-yard game vs. Tampa Bay (Oct. 12, 1980), and it was the first 400-yard, four-TD, zero-INT performance in franchise annals. It also marked the 10th time in his career that he threw three-plus TDs and zero INTs in a game, the most in NFL history by a QB within three seasons of his first start (Warner, nine, 1999-2001). Led the Packers to 515 total yards, the most since the team posted 548 at Oakland (Dec. 22, 2003). Big play was an 80-yard TD pass to Nelson in the second quarter as he became the first Packers QB to throw 80-yard TDs to two different players in a season since Starr in ’66…At Philadelphia (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 9): Led the Packers to his first postseason win with an efficient 18-of-27 outing for 180 yards and three TDs (122.5 rating). With seven TD passes in his first two postseason starts (four in ’09 Wild Card game at Arizona), set an NFL record, topping the previous mark of six TDs held by five other QBs…At Atlanta (NFC Divisional, Jan. 15): Had one of the finest playoff games by a QB in NFL playoff history, connecting on 31-of-36 passes for 366 yards and three TDs. His 136.8 passer rating was the highest in league postseason history among QBs with 35-plus attempts. The 31 completions and 86.1 completion percentage were franchise single-game postseason records, and the completion percentage ranks No. 1 in NFL history for QBs with 35-plus attempts. Scored on a 7-yard TD run and consistently avoided pressure to throw with accuracy outside the pocket. Became the first QB in NFL playoff history to throw for 350 yards, three TDs, zero INTs and rush for a TD in a game. Jennings, Nelson, Driver and Jones all had at least 75 yards receiving, the first foursome in NFL postseason history to do so. Completed all 10 of his third-down passing attempts for 151 yards. Helped lead the Packers to a franchise postseason-record 48 points. Combined with the 45-point outing at Arizona in the 2009 Wild Card contest, the Packers became the first team in NFL history to record 45 points in a game in consecutive postseasons. Those two games are the highest-scoring performances in team playoff annals. His three TD passes gave him 10 in his first three postseason starts, the most in NFL history as he surpassed George, Lamonica and Marino (nine each). Along with his 121.4 rating at Arizona in the ’09 playoffs and his 122.5 rating at Philadelphia the week before, became the first QB in NFL history to register a 120-plus rating in each of his first three postseason starts. Also became the first QB in NFL postseason history to throw for three-plus TDs in each of his first three playoff starts…At Chicago (NFC Championship, Jan. 23): Completed 17-of-30 passes for 244 yards, including seven completions of 20-plus yards. Rushed for 39 yards on seven carries (5.6 avg.), including a 1-yard TD on a bootleg run on the opening series. Was picked off twice in the contest, but made one of the key plays in the game following one of the INTs. Was intercepted by LB Brian Urlacher on third-and-goal at the Chicago 6 in the third quarter, but tripped up Urlacher, who otherwise had an open field, with a sliding tackle after a 39-yard return. Green Bay’s defense would force a punt three plays later…Vs. Pittsburgh (Super Bowl XLV, Feb. 6): Closed out his torrid postseason by earning Super Bowl MVP honors with a masterful performance in the world championship game. Completed 24-of-39 passes for 304 yards and three TDs. Joined Montana, Young and Jake Delhomme as the only QBs to throw for 300 yards and three scores in a Super Bowl. First TD pass came on a perfectly placed throw to Nelson for a 29-yard score. Threaded a pass into the hands of Jennings for a 21-yard TD in the second quarter with S Ryan Clark just missing the ball and S Troy Polamalu’s hard shot from behind failing to knock it free from the WR’s arms. Found Jennings once more in the back right corner of the end zone in the third quarter to extend the lead to 28-17. Perhaps his best throw of the game came on the Packers’ clock-killing drive late in the fourth quarter. On third-and-10 from the Green Bay 25, fired the ball to Jennings down the seam just beyond the outstretched arms of CB Ike Taylor as he hit the WR in stride for a 31-yard gain and a new set of downs. The drive burned 5:19 off the clock and set up a 23-yard Mason Crosby FG to extend the lead to 31-25, forcing Pittsburgh to drive for a TD instead of a game-tying FG.

2009 SEASON: Selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career...Started every game for the second straight season and completed 350-of-541 passes (64.7 percent) for 4,434 yards, 30 TDs and seven INTs for a 103.2 rating, which ranked fourth in the NFL and second in team history behind Starr’s 105.0 in 1966...Ranked fourth in the league in passing yards, fourth in TD passes and first in INT percentage (1.29), the latter mark second in team history to Starr’s 1.20 in ’66 as Rodgers posted 12 games without an INT to break Starr’s franchise mark of 11 in 1964…Nearly broke Dickey’s single-season team record for passing yards set in 1984 (4,458) while joining Favre (1998-99) as the only QBs in team history to post back-to-back 4,000-yard seasons and joining Dickey and Favre as the only Green Bay QBs to hit 30 TDs in one season…Had a 133.5 rating on third down, which led the league and was the highest since Warner (137.3) in 1999; third-down production included an NFL-best 14 TDs, no INTs, and a league-high 1,710 yards, the most yards by an NFL QB since the stat began to be kept in 1991...Tied for NFL lead (with Donovan McNabb and Tony Romo) with 17 completions of 40-plus yards...Was tied for second in the league (with Romo and Drew Brees) with 39 completions of 25-plus yards, trailing only Eli Manning’s 42...Rushed for 316 yards and five TDs on 58 carries (5.4 avg.), the second-most yards by any QB in 2009 (David Garrard, 323) and the most runs of 10-plus yards with 14...His five rushing TDs were the most since Majkowski posted the same number in ’89…Became the first QB in NFL history to throw 30 or more TDs, seven or fewer INTs, and rush for five TDs in the same season…Earned NFC Offensive Player of the Month honors for October…Vs. Chicago (Sept. 13): Completed 17-of-28 passes for 184 yards, with his lone TD a game-winning 50-yarder to Jennings on a post route with just over a minute remaining…Vs. Cincinnati (Sept. 20): Along with 261 yards on 21-of-39 passing, rushed for 43 yards on four carries, including three runs of 10-plus yards. His 43 yards were the most by a Packers QB since Favre posted 49 on the ground on Dec. 20, 1998, vs. Tennessee…At St. Louis (Sept. 27): Completed 13-of-23 passes for 269 yards, two TDs (plus a rushing TD) and no INTs for a 126.9 rating, the third-highest rating of his career. Posted three completions of 40-plus yards, a 46-yarder to Driver and passes of 50 and 53 yards to Jennings. Added 38 rushing yards to become first Packers QB since Majkowski (Sept. 23-Sept. 30, 1990) to rush for 35-plus yards in consecutive games...At Minnesota (Oct. 5): Threw for a regular-season career-high 384 yards on 26-of-37 passing for a 110.6 rating. Connected with TE Jermichael Finley on a 62-yard TD pass in the first quarter and on a 33-yard TD with Nelson in the fourth. Was intercepted for the first time on the season when CB Antoine Winfield picked off his pass intended for Jennings on the right sideline at the Minnesota 23 early in the second quarter; the INT snapped a career-best streak of 159 passing attempts without one, then the third longest in team history behind Starr (294 in 1964-65) and Favre (163 in 2001-02)…Vs. Detroit (Oct. 18): Completed 29-of-37 passes for 358 yards, two TDs and one INT for a 113.7 rating, giving him two career firsts – back-to-back games with 350-plus yards and three straight contests with a 110.0 rating or better. His 78.3 completion percentage was the second-best single-game performance in team history (min. 35 attempts), trailing only Favre’s 79.5 percent on 31-of-39 passing at Minnesota on Nov. 21, 1998…At Cleveland (Oct. 25): Completed 15-of-20 passes for 246 yards, three TDs and no INTs for a 155.4 passer rating, the best single-game rating in franchise history (min. 20 attempts). TDs went to TE Spencer Havner (45 yards), Driver (71 yards) and Jones (5 yards), and his fourth straight game with a 110.0-plus passer rating made him only the second QB in team history to accomplish the feat in the same season (Starr, Sept. 18-Oct. 9, 1966)…Vs. Minnesota (Nov. 1): Connected on 26-of-41 attempts for 287 yards, three TDs (two to Havner, one to Jennings) and no INTs for a 108.5 rating. Also posted a career-high 52 yards rushing on five attempts (10.4 avg.), including a career-long 35-yarder down the right sideline to the Minnesota 15 that set up the Jennings TD pass three plays later…Vs. San Francisco (Nov. 22): Posted 344 yards passing and a career-high 32 completions on 44 attempts with two TDs and no INTs for a 108.0 rating. Threw for 274 yards in the first half alone, his career-high yardage mark for any half in the regular season. Second-quarter scores went to Jennings on 64-yard catch-and-run over the middle and to Nelson on 7-yard hitch. Added a 2-yard sneak on third-and-1 at midfield with just over two minutes remaining to clinch the win...At Detroit (Nov. 26): Threw for 348 yards and three TDs on 28-of-39 passing for a 124.7 rating. Completed four passes of 25-plus yards, including throws of 68 and 45 yards to Driver that set up two of the scores…Vs. Baltimore (Dec. 7): Connected on 26-of-40 passes for 263 yards and three TDs (two to Finley) with two INTs. Set up 8-yard TD strike to Driver just before halftime with 23-yard scramble up the middle…At Pittsburgh (Dec. 20): Threw for 383 yards and three TDs with no INTs on 26-of-48 passing for a 101.3 rating. The 383 yards were just one yard shy of his career high in Week 4 at Minnesota, and the 48 attempts without an INT were most in a single game in team history. Connected on career-long pass when he found Jennings over the middle for an 83-yard TD early in the first quarter, adding scoring tosses of 11 yards to Finley and 24 yards to Jones, plus a career-long 15-yard TD run of his own. On third down, was 8-of-13 for 217 yards and three TDs for 145.0 rating...Vs. Seattle (Dec. 27): Completed 12-of-23 passes for 237 yards, a TD and no INTs for a 103.0 rating in three quarters of play as the Packers clinched a playoff berth. Score came on 13-yard screen to RB Brandon Jackson. Added big gains of 40 and 38 yards to Jennings and 38 yards to Finley…At Arizona (Jan. 3): Threw for 235 yards and a TD on 21-of-26 passing in three quarters of play. His 80.8 completion percentage was a career high for a game with 25 or more attempts...At Arizona (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 10): Posted team playoff-record 423 yards and four TDs on 28-of-42 passing with one INT for a 121.4 rating. The four TD passes matched a franchise playoff mark held by Starr (at Dallas, Jan. 1, 1967) and Dickey (vs. St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1983). The yardage total is tied for No. 5 in NFL playoff history, and his 319 yards passing after halftime set an NFL playoff record, eclipsing the previous mark of 274 yards set by Miami’s Dan Marino (at Buffalo, Dec. 30, 1995). Became one of only six QBs in the Super Bowl era to throw for 400 yards/4 TDs in a postseason game, and one of only two signal callers to post 400 yards/4 TDs and a rushing TD in a playoff game (Peyton Manning, vs. Denver, Jan. 9, 2005). Completed six passes of 25-plus yards as he helped team come back from 21-point deficit in the second half to tie the game, with the longest score coming on 30-yarder to Jones on fourth-and-5 early in the fourth quarter…Pro Bowl (Jan. 31): Started for the NFC and completed 15-of-19 passes for 197 yards with two TDs and no INTs for 145.0 rating. Scoring tosses went to Carolina WR Steve Smith (48 yards) and Philadelphia WR DeSean Jackson (7 yards) in leading NFC to 17-14 lead in second quarter of eventual 41-34 defeat.

2008: Becoming the first QB other than Favre to start a Packers game since Majkowski (Sept. 20, 1992), started all 16 games and ranked third in the NFC and sixth in the NFL with a 93.8 passer rating…Completed 341-of-536 passes (63.6 percent) for 4,038 yards, 28 TDs and 13 INTs…Under center for 1,039-of-1,049 (99.1 percent) offensive plays…Ranked fourth in the league in both TD passes and passing yards…Became just the fourth QB in team history to surpass 4,000 yards in one season (Favre, Dickey, Majkowski) and only the second in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards in the first season that he started a game (Warner, St. Louis, 1999)…Third in the NFL with a 105.8 passer rating on third down, including 14 TDs, which trailed only Philip Rivers’ 15…Completed 16 passes of 40-plus yards, tied for first in the NFL with Drew Brees…Tied for fifth in the league with 48 completions of 20-plus yards...Third on the team with 207 rushing yards on 56 carries (3.7 avg.) and tied for the team lead with four rushing TDs…Vs. Minnesota (Sept. 8): Started first NFL game and completed 18-of-22 passes for 178 yards and a TD with no INTs. His 81.8 completion percentage ranks as the second-best mark in league history by a QB in his first start (min. 20 attempts), behind only former Jacksonville QB Rob Johnson’s 83.3 percentage (20-of-24) in 1997. Scored first career rushing TD on 1-yard plunge in the fourth quarter to give Green Bay a 24-12 lead…At Detroit (Sept. 14): Posted first 300-yard passing day in NFL and threw three TD passes. Connected on 24-of-38 passes for 328 yards…At Tampa Bay (Sept. 28): Sprained his right shoulder in third quarter on 7-yard scramble as he dove to extend the ball for a first down. On next series, hit Jennings for a 48-yard TD pass, but then sat out the following series with the injury. Returned for one more series late in the fourth quarter before exiting the game for good. Finished the afternoon 14-of-27 for 165 yards and two TDs, but had a string of 157 consecutive passes without an INT snapped, the fourth-longest streak in team history…Vs. Atlanta (Oct. 5): Started despite being limited all week in practice as he recovered from sprained right shoulder. Recorded the second 300-yard passing game of his pro career as he connected on 25-of-37 passes for 313 yards and three TDs …At Tennessee (Nov. 2): Completed 22-of-41 passes for 314 yards, one TD and one INT, the third 300-yard passing game of his career. Connected on a career-high six passes of 20-plus yards…Vs. Carolina (Nov. 30): Connected on 29-of-45 passes for 298 yards and three TDs. Completed passes to nine different players, which tied a season high…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28): Completed 21-of-31 passes for 308 yards and three TDs for a season-high 132.2 passer rating, and matched season best with three TD passes. With Lions having just scored a TD to narrow Green Bay’s lead to 24-21, connected on season-long pass when he found Driver deep down the right sideline midway through the fourth quarter for a 71-yard score. The pass also put him over the 4,000-yard mark for the season.  

2007: Serving as Favre’s backup for the third straight season, appeared in two regular-season games and completed 20-of-28 passes (71.4 percent) for 218 yards with one TD and no INTs for a 106.0 rating, plus seven rushes for 29 yards…Put together his best preseason as a pro, completing 37-of-59 passes (62.7 percent) with three TDs in four appearances…Vs. Minnesota (Nov. 11): Saw his first action of the regular season, entering with 3:56 remaining and completing both of his passes for 17 yards, including a 15-yarder to Jones on his first throw…At Dallas (Nov. 29): Was inserted into the game in the second quarter after Favre suffered elbow and shoulder injuries. Completed 18-of-26 passes for 201 yards and one TD for a 104.8 passer rating, plus had five rushes for 30 yards. On the Packers’ final drive of the first half, found Jennings for a 43-yard catch-and-run and connected with him again on an 11-yard TD (Rodgers’ first TD pass as a pro). In the third quarter, led a 12-play, 69-yard drive that finished with a 1-yard Ryan Grant TD plunge; on the series, completed all six passes for 61 yards, including throws of 22 and 17 yards. In the fourth, led the team’s final scoring drive that culminated in a 52-yard Crosby FG…Injured a hamstring the following week in practice and was inactive for the final four regular-season games before recovering to serve as Favre’s backup in the postseason…Vs. Seattle (NFC Divisional, Jan. 12): Played the final series of playoff game, but did not attempt a pass.

2006: Served as the No. 2 QB for the team’s first 10 games, playing in two contests…Dressed but did not play in the other eight games…In the preseason, served as the No. 2 QB for all four games…Completed 22-of-38 passes for 323 yards and three TDs, including an 85-yard pass to Jennings, vs. Atlanta (Aug. 19)…Before sustaining a season-ending broken foot in Week 11, had taken 36 regular-season offensive snaps and completed 6-of-15 passes (40.0 percent) for 46 yards, with no TDs or INTs, for a 48.2 rating…At Philadelphia (Oct. 2): Made his season debut in place of an injured Favre (neck/head); nearly engineered a TD drive on the last series of the game, completing 2-of-3 passes for 14 yards, but the Packers were held out of the end zone on a goal-line stand…Vs. New England (Nov. 19): Saw the most extensive action of his career to date when he was inserted into the lineup for an injured Favre (elbow), and played the last two offensive snaps of the first half and the entire second half. Completed 4-of-12 passes and had a 6-yard scramble on a third-and-6. Played the second half with a foot injury he sustained toward the start of the third quarter; post-game tests revealed a fracture that caused him to miss the rest of the season. Placed on injured reserve Nov. 21.

2005: Saw action in three games as a rookie; he was active but did not play in the 13 other contests…Completed 9-of-16 attempts (56.3 percent) for 65 yards, with one INT, and a 39.8 passer rating…Also credited with two rushes for 7 yards, including a kneel-down on the season’s final snap, after Favre was given a curtain call…Got an extended look in the preseason opener vs. San Diego (Aug. 11), replacing Favre; endured a malfunctioning helmet radio, four offensive penalties and two sacks, and as a result the coaching staff didn’t get a great look at him in his rainy preseason debut…Struggled as the No. 2 QB the following week at Buffalo (Aug. 20), going 4-for-9, for 21 yards, with one sack and an INT; his two best plays were carries (22, 9 yards)…Despite a rough preseason, including another INT vs. New England (Aug. 26), Favre said his 1991 rookie debut with Atlanta was worse…Ended preseason on a good note, though, at Tennessee (Sept. 1); orchestrated an important scoring drive, converting two third downs, before hitting TE Ben Steele on a 12-yard TD…Vs. New Orleans (Oct. 9): Made his NFL debut in 52-3 win. Entered on the Packers’ initial series of the fourth quarter and completed his lone attempt, his first career pass, to FB Vonta Leach for no gain…At Baltimore (Dec. 19): Got his most extensive playing time in 48-3 Monday night loss. Came off the bench toward the end of the third quarter and finished the contest, going 8-for-15 with one INT, plus one carry for 8 yards…Vs. Seattle (Jan. 1): Took the game’s final kneel-down, his only play, after replacing Favre, who had started the drive…2005 Draft: Selected by the Packers in the first round with the No. 24 overall pick. Was the second QB taken after Alex Smith (49ers) at No. 1, the eighth QB drafted by the Packers in the first round and the first since Campbell, also from Cal, in 1981. Also joined Campbell as the only Cal players drafted by Green Bay in round one.

COLLEGE: A two-year starter and letterman at California, went 424-for-665 (63.8 percent) for 5,469 yards, with 43 TDs and 13 INTs while playing in 25 games with 22 starts…His 150.3 career passer rating and 1.95 INT percentage are both tops in school history…Threw for 250-plus yards 10 times and had 160 rushes for 336 yards and eight TDs…Majored in American Studies…Junior season (2004): Started all 12 games for the Bears, including the Holiday Bowl vs. Texas Tech (Dec. 30)…Finished with 209 completions in 316 attempts (66.1 percent) for 2,566 yards and 24 TDs, with eight INTs…Led an offense that ranked first in the conference in passing efficiency (167.39, fourth nationally), total offense (494.7 ypg, fifth), scoring offense (37.3 ppg, sixth) and rushing offense (260 ypg, fifth)…Offense was second-highest scoring in team history…Named first-team All-Pacific-10, and received honorable mention All-America honors from The Associated Press, College & Pro Football Newsweekly and Sports Illustrated.com…Also was a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic choice…Was one of 15 players to receive letters from the Heisman Trophy Committee in November, and was named to the watch lists for the Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award, the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award…Served as team co-captain and was chosen as Cal’s co-Offensive MVP…Finished second in the conference in passing efficiency (154.4), behind Southern California’s Matt Leinart (now with Arizona); the efficiency mark ranked eighth among all NCAA passers in 2004 and was the second-best achievement in Cal annals (164.5, Dave Barr, 1993)…Fired three or more TDs four times on the season…Completed a single-game school-record 23 consecutive passes at USC (Oct. 9) to tie an NCAA mark, running his school-record string to 26 straight completions dating back to previous game at Oregon State (Oct. 2). Finished USC game 29-of-34 for 85.3 percent, another school record…Sophomore season (2003): Upon transferring from Butte College, played in three of the Golden Bears’ first four games before taking over as the starter in Game 5 at Illinois (Sept. 20), leading Cal to a 7-3 record as a starter…Authored one of the finest quarterbacking seasons of any sophomore in Pac-10 history, throwing for 2,903 yards and 19 TDs, with only five INTs, on 215-of-349 passing (61.6 percent)…The passing yardage total ranked second on Cal’s all-time list (now third) and his INT percentage of 1.43 set a school record (breaking old mark of 1.69 set by Gary Graumann in 1977)…Additionally, his passer efficiency rating (146.6) ranks fourth in school annals, and with 210 yards rushing, his 3,113 total yards ranks second…Registered 300 or more yards through the air five times, tying Pat Barnes’ school record…Authored two major INT-free streaks: the first came as he started his Cal career with 98 straight passes without an INT, the second came later in the season as he threw 105 times without a pick, ending at Oregon (Nov. 8)…Over the last five games of the season, completed 68.2 percent of his passes (105 of 154) for 1,596 yards (319.1 ypg), 12 TDs and two INTs…Was clutch in the school’s final two contests, throwing for 348 yards vs. Washington (Nov. 15) and 359 at Stanford (Nov. 22), both must-wins in order for Cal to clinch its first bowl berth since 1996…In the Stanford contest, registered 414 yards of total offense (359 passing, 55 rushing) to record the highest total in the 106-year history of the “Big Game”; it was the fourth-highest total offense output in team history…Stretched streak of 300-yard passing games to three in Insight Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (Dec. 26), throwing for collegiate-high 394 in 52-49 win and putting up 424 yards of total offense, third best in school annals…Served as one of two offensive team captains…Freshman season (2002): During his one year at Butte College, near Chico, Calif., led the Roadrunners to a 10-1 record, a NorCal Conference championship and a No. 2 national ranking…Passed for 2,408 yards and 28 TDs, with only four INTs, on 164 completions in 265 attempts (61.9 percent)…Also carried 101 times for 294 yards and seven TDs…Earned third-team All-America mention from J.C. Grid-Wire, in addition to NorCal Conference and region MVP honors…Voted MVP in Holiday Bowl victory over San Joaquin Delta (Junior College) with a 251-yard, two-TD pass performance…SuperPrep listed him in JuCo 100, ranking him 41st among all junior college players nationally.

PERSONAL: Given name Aaron Charles Rodgers…Born in Chico, Calif. …Nicknamed “A-Rod”…Single… Father, Ed, played offensive guard at Chico State from 1973-76 and then lined up for three-plus seasons (three games in 1978, 1979-81) with the Twin City Cougars, a semi-pro football team in Marysville, Calif.; Cougars captured the 1980 semi-pro national championship by defeating the Delavan (Wis.) Red Devils, 37-20…High school: A two-time all-section choice (2000-01) at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif., passing for 4,419 yards over the course of his junior and senior seasons…Authored single-game school records for TDs (six) and all-purpose yards (440), plus single-season marks during his senior year for passing yards (2,303)…Also pitched for his high school baseball team as a senior…Community involvement: Has become particularly active with the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund and has hosted the fundraising banquet, “An Evening with Aaron Rodgers,” in Milwaukee in each of the last two offseasons on behalf of the organization…In December 2011, is slated to host “A Pack Lunch with Aaron Rodgers,” where MACC Fund donors will join him for an afternoon lunch hour in Green Bay…In 2009, worked with The Salvation Army to have “Twelve’s Day of Christmas,” a benefit partnering with Shopko to give holiday gifts to underprivileged children…Co-hosted a charity golf tournament with Young Life from 2006-08…Participates in offseason charity events for teammates Jennings and Driver…Plays annually in the Andy North and Friends Golf Getaway, an event that raises money and awareness for the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center…A scratch golfer, plays regularly and has played in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, Calif., seven times…Has participated in the Edgar Bennett Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon, the Vince Lombardi Golf Classic and the 2009 ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic…While at Cal, he and WR Geoff McArthur participated in fundraiser “Touchdown for Kids,” with money donated to local youth programs for every TD pass connection authored by the two…Hobbies/interests: Worked a summer job in 2004 washing windows in the San Francisco Bay Area with Cal punter David Lonie, who was briefly with the Packers prior to the 2007 season…An avid indie rock and country music listener, his favorite solo artists include Ben Harper, Mat Kearney, Ray LaMontagne and Pete Murray, and lists his favorite bands as Anberlin, Counting Crows, Switchfoot, Emery, and The Make…Owns a record label, Suspended Sunrise Recordings, and recently helped in the development and promotional launch of the band, The Make…Is also an ardent Milwaukee Brewers fan and enjoys attending their games…Lists the Bible as his favorite book and A River Runs Through It, The Boondock Saints, Legends of the Fall and The Princess Bride as his favorite movies…Jeopardy, Jersey Shore and South Park are among his favorite TV shows…His offseason travels have featured trips to Australia, Cabo San Lucas, the Kentucky Derby, and the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, where he served as a presenter…Residence: Chico, Calif.