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2005<br />
Saw action in three games as a rookie; he was<br />
active but did not play in the 13 other contests…<br />
Completed 9-of-16 attempts (56.3 percent) for 65 yards,<br />
with one interception, a 39.8 passer rating…Also credited<br />
with two rushes for 7 yards, including a kneel down on the<br />
season’s final snap, after Favre was given a curtain call…<br />
Got an extended look in the preseason opener vs. San Diego<br />
(Aug. 11), replacing Favre; endured a malfunctioning<br />
helmet radio, four offensive penalties and two sacks, and<br />
as a result the coaching staff didn’t get a great look at him<br />
in his rainy preseason debut…Struggled as the No. 2 QB<br />
the following week at Buffalo (Aug. 20), going 4-for-9, for<br />
21 yards, with one sack and an INT; his two best plays were<br />
carries (22, 9 yards)…Despite a rough preseason, including<br />
another INT vs. New England (Aug. 26), Favre said his<br />
1991 rookie debut with Atlanta was worse…Ended preseason<br />
on a good note, though, at Tennessee (Sept. 1); orchestrated<br />
an important scoring drive, converting two third<br />
downs, before hitting TE Ben Steele on a 12-yard TD…Vs.<br />
New Orleans (Oct. 9): Made his <strong>NFL</strong> debut in 52-3 win.<br />
Entered on the Packers’ initial series of the fourth quarter<br />
and <strong>com</strong>pleted his lone attempt, his first career pass, to FB<br />
Vonta Leach for no gain…At Baltimore (Dec. 19): Got<br />
his most extensive playing time in 48-3 Monday night loss.<br />
Came off the bench toward the end of the third quarter and<br />
finished the contest, going 8-for-15 with one interception,<br />
plus one carry for 8 yards…Vs. Seattle (Jan. 1): Took<br />
the game’s final kneel down, his only play, after replacing<br />
Favre, who had started the drive.<br />
college<br />
A two-year starter and letterman at California,<br />
went 424-for-665 (63.8 percent)<br />
for 5,469 yards, while playing in 25 games with 22 starts…<br />
Had 160 rushes for 336 yards and eight touchdowns…<br />
Majored in American Studies…Junior season (2004):<br />
Started all 12 games for the Bears, including the Holiday<br />
Bowl vs. Texas Tech (Dec. 30)…Finished with 209 <strong>com</strong>pletions<br />
in 316 attempts (66.1 percent) for 2,566 yards and 24<br />
TDs, with eight interceptions…Led an offense that ranked<br />
first in the conference in passing efficiency (167.39, fourth<br />
nationally), total offense (494.7 ypg, fifth nationally), scoring<br />
offense (37.3 ppg, sixth nationally) and rushing offense<br />
(260 ypg, fifth nationally)…Offense was second-highest<br />
scoring in team history…Named first-team All-Pacific-10,<br />
and received honorable mention All-America honors from<br />
The Associated Press, College & Pro Football Newsweekly<br />
and Sports Illustrated.<strong>com</strong>…Also was a second-team Pac-<br />
10 All-Academic choice…Was one of 15 players to receive<br />
letters from the Heisman Trophy Committee in November,<br />
and was named to the watch lists for the Walter Camp<br />
first year under center<br />
VETERANS<br />
Foundation ‘Player of the Year Award,’ the Maxwell Award<br />
and the Davey O’Brien Award…Served as team co-captain<br />
and was chosen as Cal’s co-Offensive MVP…Finished<br />
second in the conference in passing efficiency (154.3),<br />
behind Southern California’s Matt Leinart (now with Arizona);<br />
the efficiency mark ranked eighth among all NCAA<br />
passers in 2004 and was the second-best achievement in<br />
Cal annals (164.5, Dave Barr, 1993)…Fired three-or-more<br />
TDs four times on the season…Sophomore season<br />
(2003): Upon transferring from Butte College, played in<br />
three of the Golden Bears’ first four games before taking<br />
over as the starter in Game 5 at Illinois (Sept. 20), leading<br />
Cal to a 7-3 record as a starter…Authored one of the finest<br />
quarterbacking seasons of any sophomore in Pac-10<br />
history, throwing for 2,903 yards and 19 TDs, with only<br />
five interceptions, on 215 of 349 passing (61.6 percent)…<br />
The passing yardage total ranked second on Cal’s all-time<br />
list and his interception percentage, 1.43 (five INTs in 349<br />
attempts), set a school record (breaking old mark of 1.69<br />
set by Gary Graumann in 1977)…Additionally, his passer<br />
efficiency rating (146.6) ranked third in school annals…<br />
Registered 300-or-more yards through the air five times,<br />
tying Pat Barnes’ school record…Authored two major interception-free<br />
streaks: the first came as he started his Cal<br />
career with 98 straight passes without an INT, the second<br />
came later in the season as he threw 105 times without a<br />
theft, ending at Oregon Nov. 8…Over the last five games of<br />
the season, <strong>com</strong>pleted 68.2 percent of his passes (105 of<br />
154) for 1,596 yards (319.1 ypg), 12 TDs and two INTs…<br />
Was clutch in the school’s final two contests, throwing for<br />
348 yards vs. Washington (Nov. 15) and 359 at Stanford<br />
(Nov. 22), both must-wins in order for Cal to clinch its first<br />
bowl berth since 1996…In the Stanford contest, registered<br />
414 yards of total offense (359 passing, 55 rushing) to record<br />
the highest total in the 106-year history of the ‘Big<br />
Game’; it was the fourth-highest total offense output in<br />
team history…Served as one of two offensive team captains…Freshman<br />
season (2002): During his one year<br />
at Butte College, near Chico, Calif., led the Roadrunners to a<br />
10-1 record, a NorCal Conference championship and a No.<br />
2 national ranking…Passed for 2,408 yards and 28 touchdowns,<br />
with only four interceptions, on 164 <strong>com</strong>pletions in<br />
265 attempts (61.9 percent)…Also carried 101 times for<br />
294 yards and seven TDs…Earned third-team All-America<br />
mention from J.C. Gridwire, in addition to NorCal Conference<br />
and region MVP honors…Voted MVP in Holiday Bowl<br />
victory over San Joaquin Delta (Junior College) with a 251-<br />
yard, two-TD pass performance…SuperPrep listed him as<br />
a JuCo 100, ranking him 41st among all junior college players<br />
nationally.<br />
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers exceeded nearly all expectations in his first year as the starter in Green Bay.<br />
u His 4,038 passing yards made him just the second quarterback in <strong>NFL</strong> history to surpass 4,000 yards in the same season in which<br />
he made his first career start. Kurt Warner (4,353) was the first to ac<strong>com</strong>plish the feat in 1999 with St. Louis.<br />
u Rodgers’ 28 touchdown passes were tops among first-year starters and marked the first time since Daunte Culpepper (33) in 2000<br />
that a first-year starter threw for 25-plus touchdowns.<br />
u He took care of the ball as well, throwing just 13 interceptions in 536 attempts, 2.42% of his throws. It was the lowest percentage<br />
by a Packers quarterback in over a decade (Brett Favre, 1996, 2.39%).<br />
u Proving he is among the <strong>NFL</strong>’s top signal callers will take years of consistent play, but there’s no doubt the 25-year-old Rodgers<br />
is off to a great start. A look at where his 2008 totals ranked in the <strong>NFL</strong>:<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES RODGERS<br />
DRAFT &<br />
FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
Statistic 2008 Total <strong>NFL</strong> Rank<br />
Passing Yards 4,038 4<br />
Completions 341 7<br />
Completion % 65.6 10<br />
Touchdowns 28 4<br />
QB Rating 93.8 6<br />
20-plus yd. <strong>com</strong>pletions 48 5T<br />
40-plus yd. <strong>com</strong>pletions 16 1T<br />
Third-down QB Rating 105.8 3<br />
First downs passing 182 9T<br />
MISC.<br />
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