Aaron Charles Rodgers born on December 2, 1983, in Chico, California, is a former American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).
| Full name | Aaron Charles Rodgers |
|---|---|
| Nationality | United States |
| birth date | December 2, 1983 |
| birthplace | Chico, California |
| Size | 1.88 m (6’2″) |
| weight | 102 kg (224 lb) |
| Nickname | A-Rod, Mr. Rodgers, Hail Mary King, The Bad Man, Wizard |
| Number | 8 |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Academic or amateur career | |
|---|---|
| 2003-2004 | California Golden Bears |
| Professional career | |
|---|---|
| NFL draft picks | Green Bay Packers (2005, 24th overall pick) |
| 2005- | Packers de Green Bay |
| Super Bowl | XLV (MVP) |
| Pro Bowl | 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| All-Pro | 2011, 2014, 2020, 2021 |
| MVP (AP) | 2011, 2014, 2020, 2021 |
| Pro career | Since 2005 |
Rodgers played collegiately for the California Golden Bears, where he broke several records at his position.
He was selected in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.
A late starter, who remained in the shadow of Brett Favre for his first three seasons, he is often considered one of the best quarterbacks of the 2010s.
He has an impressive track record including winning Super Bowl XLV where he was named the game’s Most Valuable Player, winning the 2011, 2014, 2020 and 2021 regular seasons and nine Pro Bowl selections. Also, he was named Associated Press Sportsman of the Year in 2011.
He is often considered one of the best quarterbacks of all time.
The academic career of Aaron Rodgers
Before university
Aaron Charles Rodgers was born in Chico, California, the son of Darla Leigh (née Pittman) and Edward Wesley Rodgers. Aaron’s father is a Texas-born chiropractor who played football as an offensive lineman for the Chico State Wildcats from 1973 to 1976. His ancestors are of English, Irish and German descent. The family moved to Ukiah, California, where Aaron attended Oak Manor Elementary School. Edward Rodgers plays football with his sons Luke, Aaron and Jordan and tells them not to drink alcohol or party at university, otherwise, they would limit themselves to sports like he did.
Aaron takes this advice very seriously. At the age of ten, he was featured on the front page of the Ukiah Daily Journal for his outstanding performance in a local basketball free throw competition. The family later moved to Beaverton, Oregon, where Rodgers attended Vose Elementary School and Whitford Middle School, and played baseball in the Raleigh Hills Little League as a shortstop, center field and pitcher.
Aaron Rodgers began playing football at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico. Despite good results during his 2 years with his high school, Aaron’s profile is of little interest to universities. Rodgers wanted to attend Florida State University and play for head coach Bobby Bowden, but was not accepted. He received only one offer from the Illinois Fighting Illini, but without a scholarship, he turned down the invitation and considered leaving football to study law.
Butte Community College (2002)
Eventually, Rodgers was recruited by a community college, Butte Community College in Oroville, just 25 km from Chico.
Rodgers scored 26 touchdowns in his freshman, leading the school to a 10–1 record, the NorCal Conference championship and second nationally. He was spotted by California Golden Bears head coach Jeff Tedford, who came to recruit Garrett Cross. Tedford was surprised to learn that Rodgers hadn’t been recruited earlier. Due to Rodgers’ good academic record, he was eligible for a transfer after one year of college instead of two.
California Golden Bears (2003–2004)
Transferred as a junior, Rodgers still has three years of eligibility. He was named the starting quarterback in the fifth game of the 2003 season and played against Illinois, the only team that offered him an opportunity to play in NCAA Division I FBS out of high school. As a sophomore, he helped the Golden Bears record of 7–3.
In his second game as a starter, Rodgers led his team at halftime against USC 21–7 before being replaced in the second half by Reggie Robertson following an injury. The Bears won in the third overtime, 34–31. Rodgers then gained 394 yards passing and was named MVP of the game in the Insight Bowl against Virginia Tech.
In 2003, Rodgers tied the season record for most games with more than 300 yards (5) and set the record for the lowest percentage of passes intercepted in a season (1.43%).
As a junior, Rodgers led Cal to a 10–1 record and ranked the college in the top 5 at the end of the regular season, having conceded only one loss (17–23) to the No.1 USC Trojans in the country. During this game, Rodgers set various college records:
- 26 consecutive successful passes;
- 23 consecutive passes completed in a game (NCAA record equaled);
- record percentage of successful passes in a single game (85.3%);
- University of California career record for the lowest percentage of passes intercepted (1.95%).
Rodgers put the Golden Bears in position for 1st attempt and goal with 1 minute and 47 seconds remaining. The team can win the game if it scores a touchdown. Rodgers started with an incomplete pass and suffered a sack from Manuel Wright on the second attempt. After a timeout, Rodgers threw an incomplete pass on the third attempt. USC stopped a Cal run on the next action and won the match. Rodgers states that it is “frustrating that he didn’t get the job done. He finished the 2004 season with 2,566 yards, 24 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. His 66.1% success percentage is the best in the Pac-10 conference.
After the selection of the Texas Longhorns to participate in the Rose Bowl, the Bears, ranked fourth team in the country, were invited to play in the Holiday Bowl which they lost 31–45 to the Red Raiders of Texas Tech. Rodgers then decided to forgo his senior season to enter the 2005 NFL Draft.
Statistics of Aaron Rodgers’s academic career
| Aaron Rodgers University Statistics | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | team | Status | MJ | Passes | Races | |||||||||||
| Tempted | Successful | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int. | Estimate. | Tempted | Yards | Avg. | TD | ||||||
| 2003 | California Golden Bears | So. | 13 | 349 | 215 | 61,6 | 2 903 | 19 | 5 | 146,6 | 86 | 210 | 2.4 | 5 | ||
| 2004 | California Golden Bears | Jr. | 12 | 316 | 209 | 66,1 | 2 566 | 24 | 8 | 154,3 | 74 | 126 | 1.7 | 3 | ||
| Total | 25 | 665 | 424 | 63,8 | 5 469 | 43 | 13 | 150.3 | 160 | 336 | 2.1 | 8 | ||||
Rewards
- 2003 Insight Bowl Offensive MVP
- 2004 Sports Illustrated Honorable All-America
Professional career
Draft
Prior to the 2005 NBA Draft, experts saw Rodgers being selected quickly, especially since the 49ers had the first pick. Aaron grew up in their area and San Francisco is his team of heart. However, Rodgers fell in the draft and was eventually selected with the 24th pick by Brett Favre’s Green Bay Packers. Aaron is the second quarterback selected in this draft after Alex Smith selected first by the 49ers. The needs of franchises between the 2nd and 23rd picks are not a player playing at the quarterback position, which partly explains this late selection.
Rodgers was one of six quarterbacks led by Jeff Tedford to be drafted in the first round of an NFL draft, joining Trent Dilfer, Akili Smith, David Carr, Joey Harrington and Kyle Boller.
He was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine and performed the following:
| Aaron Rodgers pre-draft measures (NFL Scouting Combine) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size | weight | Arm | Hand | Sprint 40 yd |
the 10 yd |
the 20 yd |
Shuttle 20 yd |
Drill 3 cones |
Trigger vertical |
Trigger horizontal |
Developed lying down |
Test Wonderlic |
| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
223 lbs (101 kg) |
32.25 in 0.82 m |
10.13 in 0.26 m |
4.75 s | 2.79 s | 1.71 s | – | 7.38 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) |
9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
– | 39 |
2005-2007: Substitute
In August 2005, Rodgers agreed to sign a five-year, $7.7 million agreement that included $5.4 million in guaranteed (up to $24.5 million depending on various possible incentives and indexations).
Rodgers spent his rookie season with the Packers as Brett Favre’s backup quarterback. He received his first opportunity in the opening preseason game against the San Diego Chargers, replacing Favre. He has to endure a faulty radio in his helmet and two offensive penalties. In his first NFL game, Rodgers completed two of seven passes and was intercepted twice. He continues to fight during the pre-season. In the final preseason game, he converted two third downs and threw a touchdown pass to tight end Ben Steele against the Tennessee Titans.
In the regular season, Rodgers played very little. He started against the New Orleans Saints in the fourth quarter (52–3 win) and completed his first career pass to fullback Vonta Leach. On December 19, 2005, Rodgers came into play in the game against the Baltimore Ravens late in the third quarter (48–3 loss). He completed eight of 15 passes for 65 yards and one interception. Rodgers made another late-season play against the Seattle Seahawks, taking a knee to finish the game.
Although Rodgers played very little during his rookie season, he managed the reserve team in practice. His job is to emulate his opponents’ tactics to get Green Bay’s defense used to the next week’s game. Rodgers states that this is essential to his success. Defense and reservists often complained that he trained too much and at one point asked him to slow down. He states that he had probably “rubbed people the wrong way” with the harshness of his training.
After Rodgers’ rookie season, head coach Mike Sherman was fired and replaced by Mike McCarthy. Rodgers was placed in McCarthy’s “quarterback school” where he played six hours a day, several times a week. This involves working on Rodgers’ motor skills, such as hand-eye coordination, digital dexterity and mechanics. McCarthy worked and moved Rodgers’ release point, and rather than locating it in front of the ear hole of his helmet, he placed it further forward in order to release the ball more easily.
Rodgers also needs to reduce his body fat by 15-12%. He resisted the changes at first, but later stated that he thought they were for the better. Rodgers completed 62.7 percent of his passes with seven interceptions in practice games at 11-on-11. McCarthy said of him: “He’s better. You’re looking at a guy who is going to mature. He has an athletic skill that people haven’t seen yet”.
Favre doesn’t attend the new coaching team’s quarterback school and therefore doesn’t know the terminology of the new system. It was here that the friendship between Rodgers and Favre began to form, when Rodgers explained to Favre which terms in the Sherman system corresponded to those in the new McCarthy system. When the preseason began, Rodgers was a reserve for all four games. He completed 22/38 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns.
Rodgers played very few games in 2006, but on October 2, he had to replace Favre who left the match due to injury. Rodgers completed two of three passes for 13 yards. On November 19, 2006, Rodgers fractured his left foot while facing the New England Patriots (35-0 loss at home), ending his season. Rodgers made a full recovery and was ready for the start of the 2007 season. With quarterbacks coach Tom Clements, Rodgers reviewed all the games of the previous season, learning to read defensive blankets and stand-out receivers. Rodgers also participated in spring training camps with the Packers’ first team.
However, a few weeks after an emotional interview by Andrea Kremer on NBC and after his team’s victory in Chicago, Favre announced that he would continue with the Packers for the 2007 season, which postponed Rodgers’ arrival as a starting quarterback. Prior to the 2007 season, there were rumors of a possible trade of Rodgers for wide receiver Randy Moss from the Oakland Raiders. However, Moss was traded to the New England Patriots on the second day of the 2007 NFL Draft and Rodgers remained in Green Bay.
On November 29, 2007, Rodgers entered the game when Favre was injured in the second quarter during Thursday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys. He completed 18 passes for 201 yards without an interception. He also threw his first touchdown pass, but suffered three sacks. Leading by 17 points, Rodgers put his team back to a 3-point deficit but the Cowboys eventually won the game 37–27.
Incumbent and ramp-up (2008-2009)
The announcement of Brett Favre’s retirement on March 4, 2008 allowed Rodgers to become the Packers’ starting quarterback for the 2008 season. Although Favre later decided to come out of retirement, he was no longer retained by the Packers and was sent to the New York Jets.
Rodgers quickly proved that he was one of the best quarterbacks in the league by completing 4,038 yards in his first season, throwing 28 touchdowns to 13 interceptions, which was his best career performance. In the season opener, the Packers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24–19 at Lambeau Field. It’s the first time since 1992 that a quarterback other than Favre has started a regular-season game for the Packers. Rodgers finished the game with 178 yards and two touchdowns (one passing, one running). In his second game, Rodgers was voted the winner of the FedEx Air Award after passing for 328 yards, scoring three touchdowns in the win over the Detroit Lions.
In Week Four, Rodgers’ streak of 157 consecutive pass attempts without an interception ended when he was intercepted by Derrick Brooks of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This series is the third longest in franchise history behind Bart Starr (294) and Brett Favre (163). During this match, Rodgers suffered a serious shoulder sprain but he continued to play proving that he had a lot of stamina. Despite these early successes, Rodgers failed to win a close game during the season despite seven opportunities to do so.
On October 31, 2008, Rodgers signed a six-year, $65 million contract extension (through the 2014 season). In Rodgers’ first full season with the team, the Packers had a 6–10 record and missed the playoffs.
In the opening game of the 2009 season, Rodgers recorded his first win after being led by the score. The Packers led early in the fourth quarter when Rodgers completed a 50-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Greg Jennings with about a minute to play, giving his team a 21–15 victory over the Chicago Bears.
Rodgers was named the NFC’s Most Valuable Offensive Player for October 2009 after gaining 988 yards passing (74.5% completion) and earning a plus-110 QB rating in all three games played that month.
After a 4–4 provisional record and a loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (their first win of the season, the team bounced back, with Rodgers leading them to victory in five consecutive games. He totaled 1,324 yards, 9 touchdowns and only 2 interceptions. Rodgers and the Packers won two of their final three games, ending the second half of the season with a 7–1 record. The regular season ended with an overall record of 11–5 and the Packers qualified for the playoffs. They were seeded fifth seed for the playoffs.
The Packers set a new franchise record by scoring 461 points in the regular season (third in the league), breaking the previous record held by the Super Bowl team in 1996 (456). Rodgers also entered the record books, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to reach 4,000 yards in the first two regular seasons of his career. He finished fourth in the regular season in yards passing (4,434), touchdown passes (30), QB rating (103.2) and yards per attempt average (8.2). He also ranks eighth in complete pass percentage (64.7%), while finishing second among quarterbacks in rushing yards (316). His passes made him the second record holder in Packers history, behind Lynn Dickey. His QB rating of 103.2 was also the third highest in team history at the time, behind Bart Starr’s ratings of 105.0 in 1966 and 104.3 in 1968 (with a minimum of 150 attempts).
In the NFC Wild-Card game, the Packers faced the Arizona Cardinals, whom they had defeated the previous week in the regular season, 33–7. QBs, Rodgers and Kurt Warner performed at a high level as the game would later rank second among NFL Network’s Top 10 Quarterback Duels. Rodgers’ first pass was intercepted by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
Rodgers recovered from the error and finished the game completing 28 of his 42 passes, including four touchdown passes for a total gain of 423 yards. Despite Rodgers’ offensive efforts, the Packers lost the game following a fumble recovered by the Cardinals in a controversial overtime play. The ball was returned for a touchdown by Karlos Dansby to give the Cardinals a 51–45 victory. It is the playoff game with the most combined points scored in NFL history.
Due to his regular season performances, Rodgers was selected to his first Pro Bowl as the third quarterback in the NFC Conference, behind Drew Brees and Brett Favre. He became the NFC starter at the position after Favre was injured and Brees was unable to play due to his participation in Super Bowl XLIV. He finished the Pro Bowl with 15 of 19 completions, 197 yards gained and two touchdowns scored in the 30–21 NFC victory.
Super Bowl XLV Winner (2010)
In 2010, Rodgers led the Packers to a 2–0 start, but then lost three of their next four games, including back-to-back overtime losses. These two losses brought Rodgers’ record to 0–5 in overtime games.
By midseason, Rodgers had already thrown nine interceptions, compared to just seven in his previous seasons, and is sixteenth in the league with a passer rating of 85.3. His game improved until the end of the regular season, however, as he scored 16 total touchdowns and only two interceptions, completed 71.4% of his passes, and scored 122.0 as a passer.
In Week 13, in a 34–16 victory over the San Francisco 49ers, Rodgers collected 298 yards passing and three touchdowns to win his first NFC Offensive Player of the Week title. In Week 14, he suffered his second concussion of the season and was replaced by Matt Flynn. The Packers lost the game 7–3 to the Detroit Lions. Against the New England Patriots the following week, Rodgers missed the game, ending his streak of 45 consecutive starts, which was tied for the second-longest in team history.
After losing to the Patriots, the Packers found themselves 8–6 and had to win their final two regular-season games to qualify for the playoffs. Rodgers increases team performance; they won their final two regular-season games, one against the New York Giants, where Rodgers completed 25 of his 37 passes for 404 yards, with four touchdown passes and a 139.9 assist. This is his first regular season game of 400 yards passing. For his efforts against the Giants, he won his second NFC Offensive Player of the Week award for the 2010 season. They defeated the Bears 10–3 in the final game of the season.
Rodgers was named FedEx Air NFL Player of the Year for his smugging performance during the 2010 season.
With a 10–6 record, the Packers entered the playoffs as a wild card with sixth place. In the wild-card round, they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, number 3 of the season, 21 to 16. In the divisional turn, Rodgers completed 31 of his 36 pass attempts for 366 yards and four touchdowns in a 48–21 victory over the No. 1 Atlanta Falcons. This is the most points scored in the Packers’ postseason history. On January 23, 2011, Rodgers earned a 55.4 rating for the Packers, who defeated the season’s No. 2 Chicago Bears 21–14 to win the NFC championship.
After winning the NFC championship game, the Packers won a trip to Super Bowl XLV, a game in which they won 31–25 over the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the game, Rodgers completed 24 of his 39 pass attempts for 304 yards and three touchdowns, and was named Super Bowl MVP for his performance.
He was ranked 11th by his teammates in the NFL’s Top 100 players in 2011.
1st MVP (2011)
Due to the 2011 NFL lockout, the Packers and Rodgers did not schedule unofficial workouts outside of the season, although many teams did. Rodgers and the Packers quickly dispelled any concerns about their preparedness by defeating Super Bowl XLIV champion the New Orleans Saints, who scheduled preseason workouts, 42–34. He had 312 yards passing and three touchdowns to earn the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. After the game, Rodgers said at the press conference: “I was going to wonder what would have happened if we had pre-season practices. I mean, could we have started faster and scored more points tonight?
In Week 4, in the 49–23 win over the Denver Broncos, Rodgers had 408 yards passing, four touchdowns and an interception to earn another NFC Offensive Player of the Week honor. In Week 6, with a 24–3 win over the St. Louis Rams, Rodgers converted a 93-yard touchdown pass (the longest of his career) to Jordy Nelson. In Week 9, winning 45–38 over the San Diego Chargers, he had 247 yards passing and four touchdowns to earn his third NFC Offensive Player of the Week honor for the 2011 season. Rodgers and the Packers started with a 13-0 record in 2011, tying the NFC record for most consecutive wins, but were stopped by the Kansas City Chiefs 19–14 in Week 15, ending their 19-game winning streak. the second-longest winning streak in NFL history.
Rodgers finished the season with 4,643 yards, 45 touchdown passes and six interceptions, giving him a rating of 122.5, which, in 2018, was the highest single-season passer ranking in NFL history. He won the NFC Offensive Player of the Month awards for September, October and November, making his nomination in December 2010, four times in a row. In week four against the Denver Broncos, Rodgers was the only quarterback in NFL history to record more than 400 yards passing with four touchdown passes, while having two rushing touchdowns in the same game. He is the winner of the 2011 Galloping Gobbler as MVP of the Thanksgiving game between the Packers and Detroit Lions, a 27–15 victory in Green Bay, tying an NFL record for consecutive games with at least two touchdown passes (13).
The Packers became the fifth team in NFL history to finish the regular season with a 15–1 record. Rodgers played in 15 of the 16 games, with the sole exception of Week 17 against the Detroit Lions, where he was rested after the club had secured home-court advantage for the playoffs the previous week. The Packers’ offense sets a franchise record for runs scored in a season with 560 points, which in 2018 is the third largest behind the 2007 Patriots (589) and 2013 Broncos (606).
Rodgers set numerous NFL records in 2011. He recorded an assist rating of over 100.0 in thirteen games during the season, including twelve consecutive (two records), and an pass rating of 110.0 or more in twelve games, including eleven in a row (another record). Rodgers also won the league MVP award with 48 of 50 votes (the other two going to Drew Brees). He also finished second, behind Brees, for the Offensive Player of the Year award. Rodgers’ 2011 season was later ranked as the third-greatest quarterback season of all time by ESPN in 2013, and is considered the most effective.
The Packers were defeated by eventual Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants in their first playoff game 37–20. The Packers’ receivers dropped six passes in the loss, and Rodgers finished the game with 264 yards passing, two touchdown passes and an interception on his final pass attempt. The 2011 Packers became the only team in NFL history to have a 15–1 record without winning a single playoff game, and the fourth consecutive team to win at least 15 games without winning the Super Bowl. He was named to the Pro Bowl for his 2011 season and was awarded a first-team All-Pro honor. He was voted the league’s Most Valuable Player in the NFL’s Top 100 in 2012 by his NFL peers.
At the top of his game and 2nd MVP title (2012-2014)
Rodgers and the Packers began the 2012 season with a 30–22 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. With this loss, Rodgers lost his bet with the band Boyz II Men and had to wear an Alex Smith jersey during the following week of training. Had the Packers won the game, the Boyz II Men would have sung the national anthem at their next home game in Lambeau.
In Week 4, a 28–27 victory over the New Orleans Saints, Rodgers had 319 yards passing, four touchdowns and an interception and won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. In Week 6 against the undefeated Houston Texans, he tied a franchise record by throwing six touchdown passes in a 42–24 victory, and won his second NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. The Texans allowed only six total touchdown passes during the season to this point. That sparked a five-game winning streak, earning Rodgers 65.7 percent of his passes for 1,320 yards, 17 touchdowns, two interceptions and a passing rating of 119.1.
In Week 15, Rodgers amassed 291 yards and three touchdowns for the Packers to beat the Chicago Bears 21–13, making them NFC North champions for the second consecutive year. In the final game of the season, despite Rodgers catching 28-of-40 for 365 yards, four touchdowns, no interceptions, and a passing rating of 131.8, the Packers lost 37–34 to the Minnesota Vikings. This ended the Packers’ twelve-game winning streak against their NFC North opponents.
The Packers finished with an 11–5 record, first in the NFC North, and won the 3rd seed in the NFC Playoffs. Rodgers leads the league for the second consecutive year in assists (108.0), touchdown pass percentage (7.1%), and touchdowns/interceptions ratio (4,875). He also finished second in touchdown passes (39), third in pass completion percentage (62.2%), fifth in yards per attempt (7.78) and eighth in yards passing (4,295).
In the playoffs, the Packers defeated the Vikings 24–10 in the wild-card game, but were then defeated 45–31 by the San Francisco 49ers. Rodgers earned his third career Pro Bowl nomination for his performances during the 2012 season. He was voted number 6 by his peers in the NFL’s Top 100 players in 2013.
On April 26, 2013, The Packers and Rodgers agreed to a $110 million 5-year contract extension, making him the highest-paid player in NFL history.
The Packers began their 2013 season against the defending NFC champion, the San Francisco 49ers, the team that had eliminated them from the playoffs the previous season. Rodgers completed 21 of his 37 passes, 333 yards, three touchdowns and an interception in the 34–28 loss. The following week, Rodgers totaled a career-high 480 yards to tie the franchise record in the home win over the Washington Redskins. He was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his effort. His 335 yards in the first half set a club record. He also became the first quarterback since Y.Has. Tittle in 1962 to throw for at least 480 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in a game. The following week, Rodgers saw his NFL record of 41 consecutive games without multiple interceptions end in a 34–30 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
After the loss to the Bengals, the Packers began to roll, winning their next four games. Against the Baltimore Ravens, the Packers lost two receivers: Randall Cobb and James Jones. Cobb for a broken leg and Jones with a sprained cruciate ligament. Against the Cleveland Browns, Jermichael Finley suffered a spinal injury, leaving Rodgers without three of his four offensive weapons. The following week, Rodgers completed 24 of his 29 passes against the Minnesota Vikings in a 44–31 victory.
At home against the Chicago Bears in Week 9, Rodgers was captured by Shea McClellin. He fractured his left collarbone in the process and speculation regarding his return ranged from a few weeks to an indefinite schedule and it became a weekly show as to whether or not he could be allowed to play again. Before Rodgers broke his collarbone, the Packers had won four straight games to climb to the top of the NFC North division with a 5-2 record. With Rodgers injured and unable to play, the Packers went winless for the next five weeks and fell to 5-6-1.
After rallying in December behind backup quarterback Matt Flynn, the Packers had a 7–7–1 record heading into the final week of the season. Thursday, December 26, Packers head coach Mike McCarthy announced that Rodgers would be back and playing in the season finale against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field for the NFC North Title. Upon his return from injury, Rodgers collected 318 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Losing 27–28 with less than a minute to play and facing the third 4th down (4th and 8 yards) from the 48-yard line, Rodgers passed to Randall Cobb (also returning for his first game since breaking his leg in Week 6) for a game-winning touchdown to win the North Division championship and earn the right to play a home game against the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs.
Rodgers won GMC’s Never Say Never award in 2013 for touchdown passing, allowing a comeback and winning the division. He led the Packers to the playoffs, this time with an 8–7–1 record, and faced the team that eliminated them last year in the divisional round of the playoffs, the San Francisco 49ers. The Packers lost to the 49ers for the fourth consecutive time, 23–20 on a last-second field goal at Lambeau Field. Rodgers recorded only 177 yards, his lowest score in a playoff game, and one touchdown pass. He was ranked No.11 by his peers in the NFL’s Top 100 players in 2014.
The Packers’ regular season debut in 2014 was against the Seattle Seahawks, defending champions of Super Bowl XLVIII, a game in which they lost 36–16. In Week 2, the team entered the game with a 21–3 deficit against the New York Jets, but came back and won 31–24. The 18-point return marked the biggest comeback of Rodgers’ career. In the third week of the season, the Detroit Lions defense (19–7) ended the Packers’ offense.
The Packers’ 7 points are the fewest points allowed in a play completed by Rodgers; the Packers’ total 223 yards offense are the lowest since Rodgers was named quarterback and his 162 yards passing are also a career low. For the third consecutive season, the Packers started at 1–2. In those three games, Rodgers has five touchdowns and a combined interception, with a passing rating of 95.1. Amid widespread concern, Rodgers told fans and media, “R-E-L-A-X. Relax. We will get through this”.
After their loss to the Lions, the Packers embarked on a four-game winning streak in which Rodgers threw 13 touchdown passes without interceptions. In Week 4, with a 38–17 win over the Chicago Bears, he had 302 yards and four touchdowns and won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. In Week 6 against the Miami Dolphins, Rodgers led the Packers to a win in less than two minutes.
He completed a 4th down and 10 yards with a pass to wide receiver Jordy Nelson and imitated Dan Marino’s famous fake spike by making a pass to wide receiver Davante Adams to get within four yards of the end zone. Rodgers then completed a touchdown pass to tight end Andrew Quarless to win the game 27–24. This game would go on to win the GMC Never Say Never Moment of the Year award. In Week 7, with a 38–17 victory over the Carolina Panthers, he amassed 255 yards passing and three touchdowns to earn the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award.
In a Week 8 loss to the New Orleans Saints, Rodgers completed 28-of-39 passes for 418 yards, with one touchdown pass and two interceptions, ending his 212 consecutive attempts without an interception,the second-longest streak in team history. During the match, Rodgers injured his thigh, which seemed to affect his game for the rest of the game.
In Week 10 against the Chicago Bears, Rodgers became the second player in NFL history and the first since Daryle Lamonica in 1969 to throw six touchdown passes in the first half. Rodgers completed 18 of his 27 passes for 315 yards and six touchdowns, despite playing only one drive in the second half, he won the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. Rodgers also became the first quarterback to ever have 10 touchdown passes against the same team in a season.
In the Week 11 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Rodgers set a record for most consecutive attempts at home without an interception,breaking Tom Brady’s record with 288 consecutive attempts. In the 53–20 victory, he finished with 22 of 36 completions, with 341 yards, three touchdown passes and no interceptions.
The Packers met the New England Patriots in Week 13 at Lambeau Field for the first meeting of the two quarterbacks as starters. Rodgers finished with 24 of 38 complete passes, 368 yards and two touchdowns per pass in the Packers’ 26–21 victory.
Rodgers suffered a calf injury in Week 16 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is severely dehydrated and suffers from flu-like symptoms during the week.
In the Week 17 game against the Detroit Lions, Rodgers re-injured his left calf while extending the play and throwing a touchdown pass to Randall Cobb. He is then helped off the field and goes to the locker room. After missing a drive, Rodgers returned to the game with a 14-14 tie. Despite less mobility with the injury, Rodgers completed 13 of his 15 passes for 129 yards against the league’s second-largest defense. The Packers won 30–20, winning their fourth consecutive NFC North title. Rodgers completed 17 of his 22 attempts for 226 yards, two touchdown passes, no interceptions, a passing rating of 139.6 and a rushing touchdown to earn his fourth NFC Offensive Player of the Week award of the 2014 season.
The Packers were the second seed in the NFC, earning them a playoff ticket and a week off, allowing Rodgers to rest and heal his injured left calf. In the divisional round, the Packers faced the Dallas Cowboys, a first in NFL playoff history when an undefeated home team (Packers) faced an undefeated away team (Cowboys). Rodgers helped secure a 26–21 victory by completing 24-of-35 passes for 316 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions and a rating of 125.4.
The Packers then travel to Seattle to face the top-ranked Seahawks. The Packers led 19-7 with just over five minutes to play, but the home team’s offense finally woke up and, with the help of a Packers special teams gaffe on an onside kick, the Seahawks led 22-19 with 44 seconds remaining. Rodgers quickly descended the field to score a tying field goal, only to watch from the bench as the Seahawks won the overtime draw and scored the decisive touchdown on their first possession.
Rodgers was voted MVP of the 2014 season, with 31 votes, and was named NFC Offensive Player of the Year by the Kansas City Committee of 101 and Fed-Ex Air NFL Player of the Year. He was also named to the AP All-Pro team as the first quarterback, receiving 44 votes, while the second, Tony Romo, received three. He was named to the Pro Bowl for the 2014 season. He was ranked the second-best player in the league by his peers in the NFL’s Top 100 Players in 2015.
Injuries and empty spells (2015-2017)
In 2015, Rodgers had a difficult year. He threw for a career-low of 3,821 yards despite playing at least 15 games, he scored 31 touchdowns for only 8 interceptions. Rodgers completed only 60.7 of his passes, averaged only 6.7 yards per attempt and finished with a pass index of 92.7; all the lowest scores of his career. The absence of Pro Bowl wide receiver Jordy Nelson due to injury is considered a contributing factor to Rodgers’ statistical decline from previous seasons.
In Week 3, in a 38–28 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, Rodgers collected 333 passing yards and five touchdowns to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week. In Week 9 against the Carolina Panthers, he finished with 369 yards, four touchdowns and an interception. The interception occurred with only 1:47 to play in the 4th quarter, and after the interception, Rodgers expressed his frustration by throwing a Microsoft Surface tablet to the ground. The Packers eventually lost the game 29–37.
On December 3, 2015, in a Week 13 game against the Detroit Lions, Rodgers threw a Hail Mary pass caught by Richard Rodgers for 61 yards and 0 seconds remaining, to defeat the Lions 27–23, after overtime because of a facemask penalty against Detroit. The game was quickly dubbed “The Miracle in Motown”.
The Packers qualified for the playoffs as fifth in the NFC with a 10–6 record. They defeated the Washington Redskins 35–18 in the Wild Card round. In division against the Arizona Cardinals, Rodgers threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Janis at the end of the allotted time to extend the game. However, the Packers lost 26–20 in overtime. He was named to his fifth Pro Bowl, and was ranked sixth among the NFL’s Top 100 players in 2016.
Over the first five games of the 2016 season, Rodgers’ 2015 season problems appeared to continue. During these games, he completed 60.2% of his passes, averaged 6.5 yards per attempt and posted a passer rating of 88.4, all similar to those of 2015. He also had five fumbles and lost two. His lackluster performance through these games caused much speculation about the causes of his problems.
On Thursday Night Football in Week 7, a 26–10 win over the Chicago Bears, Rodgers bounced back by recording a total of 39 complete passes, breaking Brett Favre’s previous record in 1993 (36), also against the Bears. Rodgers also had his first 300-yard game since Week 10 of 2015. The following week, against the Atlanta Falcons, Rodgers recorded a career-high regular season with 60 yards on the ground, and finished with four touchdown passes and a rating of 125.5.
After a loss to the Washington Redskins in Week 11, the fourth straight for the Packers, who find themselves with a 4-6 record, Rodgers is optimistic about the rest of the season and says, “I feel we can do it. I really feel it”. Despite doubts about the likelihood of such a streak, the Packers would finish the season with six consecutive wins, as Rodgers predicted.
In Week 12, during Monday Night Football, Rodgers appeared to have injured his hock tendon during a tough game against the Philadelphia Eagles. After the game, Rodgers went to the injured tent on the edge of the field to have his leg treated. Rodgers, however, did not miss a drive and finished with 30 complete passes on 39 attempts for 313 yards, without sacks or interceptions. His 300-yard performance was the fourth of the season and the first allowed by the Eagles’ defense on the entire season. The Packers won 27–13 to end their four-game losing streak.
In a 38–10 win over the Seattle Seahawks, a Week 14 game, Rodgers and the Packers continued their recent offensive and defensive success. He finished with 346 yards, three touchdown passes and a passing rating of 150.8. The assist rating is the best recorded against Seattle’s defense since head coach Pete Carroll in 2010. Rodgers did so despite suffering a calf injury early in the game. He was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Seahawks.
In Week 16, Rodgers and Drew Brees broke the NFL record for most seasons with at least 35 touchdown passes with four, a record shared with Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. In the game, Rodgers finished with 28-of-38 passes for 347 yards, four touchdown passes, and one rushing touchdown to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week. His 300-yard performance was the first of the season allowed by the Minnesota Vikings’ defense. He also set the Packers’ regular season records for most seasons with 4,000 yards (6), complete passes in a season (374) and, with Jordy Nelson, touchdowns by a combined receiver/quarterback with 59.
Rodgers helped the Packers win an NFC North title and a playoff spot in 2016. The Packers defeated the New York Giants in the Wild Card Round and the Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional Round. They lost to the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Conference Finals in the final game at the Georgia Dome.
In 2016, Rodgers finished with 401 successful passes on 610 attempts (two career highs), a completion percentage of 65.7%, 4,428 yards, 40 touchdown passes, seven interceptions, a passing rating of 104.2, 369 yards on the ground (career high) and four touchdowns on the ground. With 40 touchdown passes, he led the league for the first time in his career, and became one of only four quarterbacks to score at least 40 touchdowns over several seasons. Rodgers also finished fourth in yards, completions, attempts, and assists. Among quarterbacks, he finished third in yards on the ground and fifth in touchdowns. He was ranked sixth by his peers in the NFL’s Top 100 Players in 2017.
On December 20, 2016, Rodgers was selected to his third consecutive Pro Bowl and sixth overall.
In a Week 1 win (17-9) over the Seattle Seahawks, Rodgers has his 50th career game with at least 300 yards. He finished the game with 311, but his streak of 251 consecutive passes without an interception ended when defensive tackle Nazair Jones caught one of his passes in the first quarter. In the next game, a 34–23 loss to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 2, he totaled 343 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in the first game at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. In week five, losing 28–31 to the Dallas Cowboys with less than two minutes on the clock, he threw a nine-play, 75-yard drive for a game-winning touchdown in a 35–31 victory, earning him NFC Offensive Player of the Week award.
In Week 6 against the Minnesota Vikings, Rodgers was removed from the field by his coaches and medical staff after injuring his shoulder after being tackled by Anthony Barr. Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that he suffered a fractured right collarbone. The next day, on October 16, it was announced that he would have surgery on his broken collarbone. On October 19, he underwent the operation and was officially placed on the injured list the next day. A total of 13 screws were inserted to stabilize his collarbone.
Rodgers returned to training on December 2, 2017, making him eligible to play in the next game of Week 15. On December 12, 2017, it was announced that he was medically fit and that he would start the next game against the Carolina Panthers. It is officially activated on December 16, 2017. Rodgers returned in Week 15 against the Panthers, where he finished with 290 yards, 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions as the Packers lost 24–31. However, two days later, the December 19, Rodgers was returned to the reserves after the Packers were eliminated from the playoff race. He was ranked No.10 by his peers in the NFL’s Top 100 players in 2018.
Renewal (2018)
On August 29, 2018Rodgers signed a four-year extension with the Packers worth $134 million, with a signing bonus of $57.5 million.
On Sunday Night Football in Week 1, against the Chicago Bears, Rodgers left the game with a knee injury but returned in the third quarter. Losing by 20 points, Rodgers finished with 286 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Packers Rally to a 24–23 victory. Despite a nagging knee injury, Rodgers has at least 40 pass attempts in each of the next three games. In the last, he threw his first interception in 150 attempts. In Week 5, Rodgers amassed 442 yards (the second-highest score of his career) and three touchdowns, as well as two fumbles, in a 31–23 loss to the Detroit Lions. In the next game, a 33–30 victory over the San Francisco 49ers, he totaled 425 yards and two touchdowns.
After the rest week, Rodgers had his third straight week with a passing rating of over 100, which included 286 yards, no interceptions and a 40-yard touchdown pass to Marquez Valdes-Scantling in a 29–27 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. In Week 13 against the Atlanta Falcons, Rodgers set an NFL record by converting his 359th consecutive pass without an interception, breaking Tom Brady’s previous record. In Week 15 against the Chicago Bears, Rodgers amassed 274 yards and an interception in a 24–17 loss. Rodgers’ record-breaking streak without an interception ended with 402 pass attempts after being intercepted by free safety Eddie Jackson. In Week 16 against the New York Jets, Rodgers amassed 442 yards, two passing touchdowns and two touchdowns on the ground. Rodgers and the Packers won 44–38 in overtime.
On December 18, 2018, Rodgers was named to his seventh Pro Bowl.
At the end of the regular season against the Detroit Lions, Rodgers suffered a concussion early in the game and did not return. He was then sent to the hospital to look for concussion symptoms. With the Packers already out of the playoff race, Rodgers answered the question of whether he should play for fear of injury by saying, “That’s not how I am, and I’m super competitive, and I want to be with the guys and I’m looking forward to being there. Rodgers was later spotted with the Packers after the game.
Rodgers finished the season with 372 complete passes, 597 attempts, 4,442 yards, 25 touchdowns passing, two interceptions and a passing rating of 97.6. His touchdown/interception ratio of 25:2 (12.5) ranks third among the best of all time (300 attempts minimum). In addition to setting the record for consecutive passes without an interception during the season, Rodgers also set an NFL record for interception percentage for a season, with only 0.335% of his passes intercepted.
Season 2019
Rodgers began the 2019 season under Matt LaFleur, a new head coach hired to compensate for the departure of Mike McCarthy. Rodgers helped the Packers win the first three games of the season (against the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, and Denver Broncos). In the fourth week of Thursday Night Football against the Philadelphia Eagles (27–34 loss), he gained 422 yards and scored two touchdowns by passing despite an interception. In Week 5 in the 34–24 win over the Dallas Cowboys, Rodgers completed 22 of 34 passes for 238 yards. In Week 7 against the Oakland Raiders (42–24 win), he had a perfect QB rating of 158.3 for the first time in his professional career. He is the first quarterback in franchise history to get it.
He completed 25 of 31 passes for 429 yards and scored five touchdowns. He was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for this performance. The following week on NBC Sunday Night Football, he gained 305 yards and scored three touchdowns passing in the game 31–24 against the Kansas City Chiefs. In Week 13 in the 31–13 win over the New York Giants, Rodgers gained 243 yards while scoring four touchdowns. In Week 17 against the Detroit Lions (23–20 win), Rodgers gained 323 yards passing, scoring two touchdowns for one interception. As a result of this victory, the Packers were waived from the wild-card round of the playoffs. Rodgers finished the 2019 season with 4,002 yards passing, 26 touchdowns scored by the pass while being intercepted only four times.
In the divisional round of the playoffs against the Seattle Seahawks, Rodgers completed 16 of 27 passes and threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns in the 28–23 victory.
In the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers, he completed 31 of 39 passes and threw for 326 yards and two touchdowns, but was also intercepted twice, including one by Richard Sherman in the final two minutes of the game, as the Packers lost 37–20.
Season 2020
In December 2020, Rodgers became the fastest player to reach 400 passes for a touchdown. He reached that mark in 193 games, surpassing Drew Brees who needed 205 games. Rodgers also became the first player to complete at least 35 touchdown passes for 5 seasons.
Professional Statistics of Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers currently holds the best rating in NFL history for a quarterback with at least 1,500 attempts with a rating of 103.1 (current career).
Rodgers leads the NFL four times in touchdown-to-interception pass ratio (2011, 2012, 2014 and 2018), three times in passer rating (2011, 2012 and 2020), and touchdown pass completion percentage (2011, 2012),three times in lowest interception percentage (2009, 2014, 2018) and twice in passing touchdowns (2016 and 2020) and yards per attempt (2011).
Rodgers is the leader in career assists in the NFL regular season. He is one of two quarterbacks to get a passer rating above 100 in the regular season, the other being Russell Wilson. Rodgers was fifth in the career passer rating rankings in the playoffs. He has the best touchdown-to-interception ratio in NFL history with 4.23, holds the league’s lowest career interception percentage with 1.5% and the record for the highest single-season passer rating with 122.5. Due to Rodgers’s frequent fact that Rodgers leads the NFL regular season assists rankings and his high level of play, he is considered by some broadcasters and players to be one of the best quarterbacks of all time.
Regular season
| NFL regular season statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | team | MJ | Passes | Races | Sacks | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||
| Tempted | Successful | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int. | Estimate. | Tempted | Yards | Avg. | TD | Nb. | Yards | Nb. | Lost | |||||||
| 2005 | Packers de Green Bay | 3 | 16 | 09 | 56,3 | 065 | 0 | 1 | 39.8 | 2 | 07 | 3,5 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2006 | Packers de Green Bay | 2 | 15 | 06 | 40.0 | 046 | 0 | 0 | 48.2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2007 | Packers de Green Bay | 2 | 28 | 20 | 71,4 | 0,218 | 1 | 0 | 106,0 | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 536 | 341 | 63.6 | 4 038 | 28 | 13 | 93.8 | 56 | 207 | 3.7 | 4 | 34 | 231 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 2009 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 541 | 350 | 64,7 | 4 434 | 30 | 7 | 103,2 | 58 | 316 | 5.4 | 5 | 50 | 306 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 2010 | Packers de Green Bay | 15 | 475 | 312 | 65.7 | 3 922 | 28 | 11 | 101,2 | 64 | 356 | 5.6 | 4 | 31 | 193 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2011 | Packers de Green Bay | 15 | 502 | 343 | 68,3 | 4 643 | 45 | 6 | 122,5 | 60 | 257 | 4.3 | 3 | 36 | 219 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 552 | 371 | 67.2 | 4 295 | 39 | 8 | 108,0 | 54 | 259 | 4.8 | 2 | 51 | 293 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 2013 | Packers de Green Bay | 9 | 290 | 193 | 66,6 | 2 536 | 17 | 6 | 104,9 | 30 | 120 | 3.3 | 0 | 21 | 117 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 520 | 341 | 65,6 | 4 381 | 38 | 5 | 112,2 | 43 | 269 | 6.3 | 2 | 28 | 174 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| 2015 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 572 | 347 | 60.7 | 3 821 | 31 | 8 | 92.7 | 58 | 344 | 5.9 | 1 | 46 | 314 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| 2016 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 610 | 401 | 65.7 | 4 428 | 40 | 7 | 104,2 | 67 | 369 | 5.5 | 4 | 35 | 246 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| 2017 | Packers de Green Bay | 7 | 238 | 154 | 64,7 | 1 675 | 16 | 6 | 97.2 | 24 | 126 | 5.2 | 0 | 22 | 168 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2018 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 597 | 372 | 62,3 | 4 442 | 25 | 2 | 97.6 | 43 | 269 | 6.3 | 2 | 49 | 353 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 2019 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 569 | 353 | 62,0 | 4 002 | 26 | 4 | 95.4 | 46 | 183 | 4.0 | 1 | 36 | 284 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 2020 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 526 | 372 | 70,7 | 4 299 | 48 | 5 | 121,5 | 38 | 149 | 3.9 | 3 | 20 | 182 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | Packers de Green Bay | 16 | 531 | 366 | 68,9 | 4 115 | 37 | 4 | 111,9 | 33 | 101 | 3.1 | 3 | 30 | 188 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 213 | 7 118 | 4 651 | 65,3 | 55 360 | 449 | 93 | 104,5 | 685 | 3 372 | 4.9 | 34 | 498 | 3 338 | 84 | 35 | |||||
Playoffs
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| Year | team | MJ | Passes | Races | Sacks | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||
| Tempted | Successful | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int. | Estimate. | Tempted | Yards | Avg. | TD | Nb. | Yards | Nb. | Lost | |||||||
| 2007 | Packers de Green Bay | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | Packers de Green Bay | 1 | 42 | 28 | 66,7 | 0,423 | 4 | 1 | 121,4 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2010 | Packers de Green Bay | 4 | 132 | 90 | 68,2 | 1 094 | 9 | 2 | 109,8 | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2011 | Packers de Green Bay | 1 | 46 | 26 | 56.5 | 0,264 | 2 | 1 | 78.5 | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2012 | Packers de Green Bay | 2 | 72 | 49 | 68,1 | 0,531 | 3 | 1 | 97.6 | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | Packers de Green Bay | 1 | 26 | 17 | 65,4 | 177 | 1 | 0 | 97.8 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | Packers de Green Bay | 2 | 69 | 43 | 62,3 | 0,494 | 4 | 2 | 91.1 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2015 | Packers de Green Bay | 2 | 80 | 45 | 56,2 | 0,471 | 4 | 1 | 84.9 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | Packers de Green Bay | 3 | 128 | 80 | 62.5 | 1 004 | 9 | 2 | 103,8 | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 0 | 10 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Packers de Green Bay | 2 | 66 | 47 | 71.2 | 0,569 | 4 | 2 | 104,9 | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2020 | Packers de Green Bay | 2 | 84 | 56 | 66,7 | 0,642 | 5 | 1 | 104,4 | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | Packers de Green Bay | 1 | 29 | 20 | 69,0 | 0,225 | 0 | 0 | 91.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 774 | 501 | 64,7 | 5 894 | 45 | 13 | 100,1 | 56 | 285 | 5.1 | 4 | 55 | 367 | 12 | 5 | |||||
Awards and records
Records NFL of Aaron Rodgers
Career
- Career assists rating for the regular season with a minimum of 1,500 attempts (103.2)
- Most consecutive seasons with a passer rating above 100 with 6 (2009–2014)
- Fifth in assists in playoffs (99.4)
- Career-low interception percentage (1.5%)
- Best touchdown/interception ratio in NFL history (4.23)
- First player in NFL history to pass more than 4,000 yards in each of the first two seasons as a starting quarterback
- Pass attempts without interception (402)
- Consecutive home touchdown passes without an interception (playoffs included) (49)
- Pass attempts without pick six (3,807) November 8, 2009–present
- Number of pick-six per attempt (1 pick-six: 4,458)
- Consecutive passes without interceptions at home, (playoffs included) (587)
- One of six quarterbacks (Kurt Warner, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Joe Flacco and Dan Marino) to throw 1,000 yards in a single playoff series
- Consecutive games without multiple interceptions (41)
- Number of interceptions (42) before his 150th touchdown pass (Dan Marino had 69 interceptions)
- Number of interceptions (53) before his 200th touchdown pass (Tom Brady had 88)
- 21,332 yards passing from 2008 to 2012, best for a QB in the first five seasons as a starter
- Number of attempts to reach 30,000 yards (3,652)
- Third in touchdown passes of 70 yards or more (16) (behind Eli Manning and Drew Brees)
- Seasons with a smuggler rating greater than 100 (8)
- Seasons with an interception percentage under 1.5% (6)
- One of three quarterbacks to have multiple seasons with a passer rating of at least 110
- One of four QBs to pitch multiple seasons with 40 touchdown passes
- One of four QBs to throw at least 35 touchdown passes over four seasons
- Percentage of touchdown passes (6.4%) in the Superbowl area
- Only QB with a touchdown pass percentage greater than 6.0% in the Superbowl area
In a season or in a single game
- Passer rating in a season (122.5)
- Interception percentage in a season (0.3)
- Games with a passer rating above 95.0 (14) in a season (2011)
- Games with a passer rating above 100.0 (13) in a season (2011)
- Games with a passer rating above 110.0 (12) in a season (2011)
- Games with a passer rating above 115.0 (10) in a season (2011)
- Games with a passer rating above 130.0 (4) in a season (2011)
- Games with a passer rating above 140.0 (4) in a season (2011)
- Consecutive games with a passer rating above 95.0 (13) in a season (2011)
- Consecutive games with a passer rating above 100.0 (12) in a season (2011)
- Consecutive games with a passer rating above 110.0 (11) in a season (2011)
- Games with more than 200 yards passing without interceptions in a season (11) (2014)
- Games with more than two touchdown passes without interceptions in a season (11) (2014)
- Games with more than three touchdown passes without interceptions in a season (8) (2014)
- Touchdown passes in one half (6)
- Only player to complete more than 400 yards while completing four touchdown passes and two TDs rushing in one game
- One of only five quarterbacks to pass for more than 300 yards, with 3 touchdown passes and no interceptions in a Super Bowl
- Single-season home assist rating (133.2) (2014)
- Complete pass percentage (86.1%) in a playoff game with minimum 35 attempts
Academic awards and honors
- 2003 Honorable Mention All-Pac-10
- 2003 Offensive MVP of the Insight Bowl
- 2004 MVP Co-offensive Cal
- 2004 First-team All-Pac-10
- 2004 Second-team Academic All-Pac-10
Other awards and honors
- 2× GMC Never Say Never Award (2013,2014)
- 2× NFC Offensive Player of the Year (2011, 2014)
- 2× FedEx Air NFL Player of the Year (2010, 2014)
- The Wisconsin legislature approves a proposal declaring the December 12, 2012(stylized 12/12/12) Aaron Rodgers Day in honor of Rodgers whose NFL jersey number is 12.
Privacy
Rodgers currently resides in Suamico, Wisconsin, a suburb north of Green Bay 10 miles from Lambeau Field. He also owns a house in Del Mar, California, 20 miles north of downtown San Diego, and lives in Los Angeles during the off-season. He has two brothers, the youngest, Jordan, was a quarterback at Vanderbilt University, he spent briefly with the Jacksonville Jaguars, and later with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Rodgers was in a relationship with actress Olivia Munn from 2014 to 2017.
In 2018, Rodgers began dating Danica Patrick, a former race car driver.
Commercial enterprises
In April 2018, Rodgers was announced as a limited partner of the Milwaukee Bucks ownership group, making him the first active NFL player with an interest in an NBA franchise.
Media appearances
Since becoming a starter in 2008, Rodgers has been known for his unique touchdown celebration, which he and his teammates have dubbed the “Championship Belt“. After a scoring game, Rodgers celebrates by making a gesture as if he is putting an invisible championship belt around his waist.
This celebration is also featured in a series of advertisements by State Farm Insurance, renamed Discount Double Check. Several teammates, including Raji, Matthews and Cobb, joined him in commercials.
Rodgers is also featured in Pizza Hut ads, as well as numerous local Wisconsin-based ads.
In 2015, he made an appearance (along with Packers teammate Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and fellow NFL players Leger Douzable, D’Brickashaw Ferguson, Tank Carradine, Prince Amukamara, Fozzy Whittaker, Ishmaa’ily Kitchen and Frostee Rucker) in a segment of the second season of the television series Key & Peele. This segment is the third installment of “East/West College Bowl“, a sketch that parodies players at televised football games. In the sketch, all featured players have unusual names; Rodgers pronounces his as “A-A-Ron Rod-Gers” in a reminder of a sketch from the show’s first season.
Aaron Rodgers has the honor of having a small role as an extra in episode 5 of season 8 of the series Game of Thrones.
Jeopardy!
In May 2015, Rodgers appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy!. He beat investor Kevin O’Leary (former Shark Tank contestant), as well as an astronaut and U.S. Senator Mark Kelly. He won $ 50,000 for his charity. From 5 to April 16, 2021, Rodgers served as moderator for two weeks on Jeopardy!. He also recorded a cameo as host of Jeopardy! for an episode on The Conners.
Humanitarian and charitable actions of Aaron Rodgers
Rodgers is the founder, and with David Gruber, co-creator of its Aaron with a mission to “raise awareness among organizations and people who are changing the world”.
He is also a supporter of the MACC Fund, RAISE Hope for Congo, and other humanitarian and charitable efforts. In an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy of May 12, 2015, he raised $50,000 for the MACC Fund by defeating astronaut Mark Kelly and Shark Tank panel member and entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary to win the funds.
References (sources)
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