Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Charles Rodgers ( born December 2, 1983 in Chico, California) is an American professional American football player at the position of quarterback. He plays for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League ( NFL), with whom he won the Super Bowl XLV and was voted Super Bowl MVP. Of his teammates, he was nicknamed A- Rod.

Family

His father Ed played three years as an offensive guard in a semi-pro team. His younger brother Jordan also played quarterback at Pleasant Valley High School and played from 2007 to the crew of the Butte College.

High School

Rodgers attended Pleasant Valley High School Chico his hometown. During his school years he was the starting quarterback for two years and threw passes for 4,421 passing yards. He put it on several school records. For one, he once threw six touchdowns in a game and scored 440 yards. In addition, he presented with 2,466 yards on a season - school record. In his senior season, he also played as a pitcher for the baseball team in high school.

College

Although he had the offer to go to the University of Illinois, Rodgers initially remained at home and attended Butte College in Oroville, California. In the 2002 season, the case presented several school records on ( 2,248 yards, 468 yards in a game against Fresno City; 2,156 passing yards, 26 touchdown passes in a season, and six touchdown passes in a game ).

The head coach of the University of California, Berkeley, Jeff Tedford, was aware of him and took Rodgers to Berkeley for the Golden Bears. In the fifth game of the 2003 season, Rodgers became the starting quarterback and led the team in the Insight Bowl, where the Virginia Tech Hokies were beaten. 2004 will put the Golden Bears the Holiday Bowl, but there were subject to the Texas Tech University.

NFL

Rodgers was selected in the 2005 NFL Draft in the first round, ranks 24 of the Green Bay Packers. He was thus the second quarterback was selected (Alex Smith was the first player from the San Francisco 49ers drafted ). In his first three years in the NFL, he had to but with the role of the substitute 's, behind Brett Favre, satisfied and only came to brief appearances.

After Brett Favre had announced his resignation on 4 March 2008, made head coach Mike McCarthy, Aaron Rodgers as the new starting quarterback of the Packers. This also fitting that the Packers in the 2008 draft with Brian Brohm and Matt Flynn undertook two rookies on the quarterback position and deliberately refrained from hiring an experienced NFL quarterback. At this point of the club and the coaches and the " international retirement " Farvres changed in August, nothing more. Favre was issued Jets after some wrangling on the New York and Rodgers stayed starter. On September 8, 2008 Rodgers made ​​his debut as a starter in Monday Night Football against the Minnesota Vikings at home in Lambeau Field. He was the first starting quarterback of the Packers since 1992, whose name was not Brett Farve. Rodgers played solid, brought 18 of his 22 passes for 178 yards and a touchdown at the man. In addition, he contributed even a touchdown run, the 24:19 victory for the Green Bay Packers, at.

Also his second start in Detroit ended with a success, Rodgers threw for the first time more than 300 yards in a game, scoring three touchdowns without allowing an interception. For this he was elected to the weekly vote for FedEx Air Player of the Week. On 31 October 2008, the Packers extended the contract with Rodgers ahead of six years, with a contract volume of 65 million U.S. dollars. The other season was overall unsatisfactory. Although Rodgers played at a good level ( he reached a quarterback rating of 93.8 ), however, were many games almost lost. In the end for the Packers a record of six wins in ten defeats beech, although a positive points ratio of 419:380 was achieved. Also succeeded Rodgers became only the second quarterback of the NFL, according to Kurt Warner in 1999 to achieve in his first season as a starter more than 4000 yards space thanks passports.

The 2009 season marked a breakthrough for Rodgers. So he won, among others, a quarterback rating of 103.2, and threw only seven interceptions. He led the team into the play- offs, where they but was defeated in the Wildcard game against the Arizona Cardinals at 45:51. The reward for the successful season was Rodgers first-time appointment to the Pro Bowl.

In the following season, 2010, Rodgers secured with the Packers again a wild card. After a slow start, with three wins from their first six games, the team rose by Rodgers and finished the season off with a score of 10:6, which they reached the sixth team in the National Football Conference ( NFC), the play-offs. Rodgers finished the season off with a quarterback rating of 101.2 and 3,922 yards. In the wild card game, the Packers faced the Philadelphia Eagles, which they beat with 21:16. Traded as underdogs, the Packers now went into the game against the Atlanta Falcons, who were the best team in the NFC in the season. However, the Packers won the game surprisingly clear with 48:21. Superior man was Aaron Rodgers, who brought a total of 366 yards and three touchdowns space gain in this game 31 of his 36 passes to the man on the field. In addition, he latched on even a touchdown. In the NFC Championship Game, the Packers met on 23 January 2011, the Chicago Bears. The game ended 21:14 in favor of Green Bay, which Rodgers led his team to the Super Bowl XLV against the Pittsburgh Steelers. After the Packers had dominated in the first half of the game and led by 21:10 at halftime, the Steelers came in the second half, more and more back into the game, but the backlog to catch up at any one time. Rodgers threw passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns. The Packers won the game 31:25. Rodgers was selected in the connection to the Super Bowl MVP.

Rodgers held after the 2010 season with a quarterback rating of 98.4 and a Interceptionrate of only 2.0 percent, two new NFL career records.

With a quarterback rating of 122.5 broke Rodgers in the 2011 season, the record for the best rating in a season. The previous record was set by Peyton Manning in 2004 and stood at 121.1. Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers to a score of 15:1 wins in the regular season and threw passes for 4643 yards, 45 touchdowns, a new team record, and only six interceptions. He also ran even three touchdowns. The last game of the regular season he did not play as the Packers had already secured a home court advantage for the entire playoffs and key players spared. In the divisional playoffs, the Green Bay Packers received the New York Giants. Aaron Rodgers threw 26 complete passes in 46 attempts and two touchdowns, but also an interception. The Packers defeated by the Giants 37:20.

On February 4, 2012 Rodgers was selected by members of the press as the Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) of the 2011 season. He is thus the first player of the Green Bay Packers Brett Favre since 1997, which was awarded this item. From 50 votes cast Rodgers got 48 and was therefore unable to clear himself from Drew Brees, who got the remaining two votes.

Matchday 13 of the 2013 season at the 23:14 victory against the Minnesota Vikings at home in Lambeau Field Rodgers threw Although only a touchdown, but that he broke a 50- year-old NFL record by Johnny Unitas. Rodgers threw 35 home games in a row at least one touchdown pass, Unitas scored his record from 1956 to 1962 domestic Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

In April 2013 it was announced that the Packers until 2014 current contract with Aaron Rodgers for 110 million U.S. dollars extended to a further five years. This made ​​him the highest paid player in the NFL, Joe Flacco before.

In the game against the Chicago Bears in Week 9 of the season 2013, Rodgers suffered a fracture of the clavicle. This injury led to the shutdown, by came the Packers falter. It was not until his return in the last game of the regular season were able to secure a place in the play-offs the Packers.

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