Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the first round (24th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Packers. Rodgers was expected to go earlier in the draft, but as a first round pick. Rodgers played college football at the University of California, Berkeley, where he set several California Golden Bears records, including lowest single-season and career interception rates at 1.43% and 1.95%, respectively.

After backing up Brett Favre for the first three years of his NFL career, Rodgers became the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback in 2008 and led them to a win in Super Bowl XLV after the 2010 NFL season; Rodgers was named Super Bowl MVP. As a result, he was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2011. Professionally, Rodgers is the NFL's all-time career leader in passer rating during both the regular season with a rating of 104.7, and the postseason with a rating of 105.5 – among passers with at least 1,500 and 150 pass attempts respectively. He also holds the league's lowest career pass interception percentage for quarterbacks during the regular season with a percentage of 1.81%, and the single season passer rating record of 122.5.