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Primary Mark<br />
VETERANS<br />
AARON<br />
ROUSE<br />
SAFETY<br />
VIRGINIA TECH<br />
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 227<br />
Third <strong>NFL</strong> Season<br />
Third Packers Season<br />
Born: January 8, 1984<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> Gm. Played/Started: 25/9<br />
Acquired: D3b-07<br />
PRO<br />
career<br />
An aggressive, big<br />
body at the safety position<br />
who has flashed<br />
some playmaking ability in his first two seasons…A top<br />
substitute when either Nick Collins or Atari Bigby has been<br />
injured, has played 25 games with nine starts and intercepted<br />
four passes while <strong>com</strong>piling 101<br />
tackles (70 solo)…Made the biggest play<br />
of his young career last season, intercepting<br />
a Peyton Manning pass and returning<br />
it 99 yards for a touchdown, the longest interception return<br />
in Lambeau Field history and tied for the longest in team<br />
history…Made the most of more limited playing time as a<br />
rookie in 2007, intercepting passes in consecutive games<br />
– including one on national television on Thanksgiving Day<br />
in Detroit, setting up the Packers’ go-ahead touchdown –<br />
while filling in for Collins (knee) for a three-game stretch…<br />
Still looking to <strong>com</strong>pete for a starting job, also contributes<br />
on special teams, with 11 coverage stops in his two<br />
years, plus three more in the ’07 playoffs…A converted<br />
linebacker, played Virginia Tech’s “Rover” position his<br />
final two seasons and made a name for himself with big<br />
hits and big plays…Posted a career-high 77 tackles and<br />
four interceptions as a junior to earn first-team All-Atlantic<br />
Coast Conference honors…Production dropped slightly<br />
during senior season, when he struggled to deal with some<br />
personal issues including his grandfather’s death and an<br />
illness of his mother’s and was replaced as a starter for<br />
three games…Returned to the starting lineup and finished<br />
his collegiate career strong, saying his motivation <strong>com</strong>es<br />
from his mother, who raised him and his three siblings<br />
essentially on her own.<br />
2008 season<br />
Played in 14 games with six starts,<br />
and ranked third among defensive<br />
backs with 68 tackles (44 solo)...Tied rookie total with two<br />
interceptions and scored his first <strong>NFL</strong> touchdown…Also<br />
tallied three passes defensed and made seven stops on<br />
special teams…Inactive for two contests due to separate<br />
injuries…At Detroit (Sept. 14): Despite sprained ankle<br />
sustained in Thursday practice leading up to the game,<br />
played entire second half in place of injured Bigby (hamstring)<br />
and posted one tackle with another stop on special<br />
teams…Vs. Dallas (Sept. 21): Started at strong safety<br />
for an injured Bigby and led team with a career-high 13<br />
tackles (11 solo)…At Tampa Bay (Sept. 28): Started<br />
at SS for second straight game and led defensive backs<br />
with 10 tackles, but left game midway through the fourth<br />
quarter with knee injury, forcing him to miss next game…<br />
At Seattle (Oct. 12): Started at SS and posted five tackles,<br />
but missed second half with head injury…Vs. Indianapolis<br />
(Oct. 19): Started at SS and led defensive backs<br />
with 11 tackles. Picked off Manning’s fourth-quarter pass<br />
intended for WR Anthony Gonzalez and returned the interception<br />
99 yards for a touchdown to set a Lambeau Field<br />
record and match the franchise record set by Tim Lewis<br />
vs. L.A. Rams on Nov. 18, 1984. Also broke up a Manning<br />
pass intended for WR Reggie Wayne in the middle<br />
of the end zone earlier that same drive…At Tennessee<br />
(Nov. 2): Led the team with a season-high two special<br />
►►Last name is pronounced<br />
ROWSE.<br />
►►Returned an interception of<br />
Peyton Manning 99 yards for<br />
a touchdown last season, the<br />
longest INT return in Lambeau<br />
Field history and matching the<br />
longest in team history. at a glance…<br />
►►During stretch of three starts<br />
during rookie season, had interceptions in back-to-back<br />
games vs. Carolina (Nov. 18) and at Detroit (Nov. 22).<br />
►►A converted linebacker, played Virginia Tech’s “Rover” position<br />
his final two seasons (2005-06) there.<br />
►►In 2005, posted a career-high 77 tackles and four interceptions<br />
to earn first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors.<br />
teams tackles, a total he matched the following week at<br />
Minnesota…At New Orleans (Nov. 24): Saw extensive<br />
action at SS and recorded five tackles plus an interception,<br />
picking off WR Lance Moore’s pass intended for RB Pierre<br />
Thomas at the Green Bay 6 and returned the interception<br />
37 yards. Sustained ankle injury in fourth quarter and did<br />
not return, missing the next contest…At Chicago (Dec.<br />
22): Started at SS and led secondary with eight tackles,<br />
including a stop of RB Matt Forte for a 3-yard loss in overtime…Vs.<br />
Detroit (Dec. 28): Started at SS and posted<br />
two tackles but left game in second quarter with a knee<br />
injury and did not return.<br />
2007<br />
Played in 11 games with three starts (for FS Collins,<br />
knee) and was inactive for four contests…<br />
Also played in both playoff games…Tallied 33 tackles<br />
(26 solo), plus two interceptions among four passes defensed…Also<br />
had four special teams tackles, plus three<br />
more in the postseason...Suffered a hamstring injury the<br />
last week of the preseason and did not play at Tennessee<br />
(Aug. 30); returned to practice Sept. 2 on a limited basis<br />
and was inactive for the first three games…At Minnesota<br />
(Sept. 30): Made his <strong>NFL</strong> debut, playing nine snaps<br />
on defense, spelling both Collins (knee) and Bigby (cramp)<br />
at different times and posting one assisted tackle…At<br />
Kansas City (Nov. 4): Played most of the second half,<br />
replacing Collins when he left the game after suffering a<br />
knee injury in the third quarter; made three solo tackles…<br />
Vs. Minnesota (Nov. 11): Made his first career start,<br />
substituting for inactive Collins (knee), and made four solo<br />
tackles. On the Vikings’ final offensive play, tackled WR<br />
Robert Ferguson short of the first down on fourth-and-7,<br />
preserving Green Bay’s 34-0 shutout…Vs. Carolina<br />
(Nov. 18): Started and made his first career interception,<br />
among three passes defensed, plus three tackles.<br />
On Carolina’s opening offensive series, picked off a Vinny<br />
Testaverde pass on third-and-2…At Detroit (Nov. 22):<br />
Started again and led the team with 11 tackles (eight solo),<br />
plus his second career interception. On the first play of<br />
the second quarter, picked off a Jon Kitna pass intended<br />
for Calvin Johnson and returned it 34 yards to the Detroit<br />
11-yard line; Greg Jennings caught a TD on the next play to<br />
give Green Bay a 7-6 lead...Left the game in the second half<br />
with a knee injury…2007 Draft: The 17th defensive back<br />
selected, was the second of two third-round draft picks<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES ROUSE<br />
DRAFT &<br />
FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.<br />
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