Biography #5: Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers is the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. He played at California for college. Aaron had 1 good year there. He thought he deserved to be the 1st pick of the 2005 NFL Draft. Alex Smith was drafted first, and Aaron Rodgers ended up being the 24th pick by the Green Bay Packers. He has played for them as number 12 ever since, starting his career as the backup quarterback under Brett Favre. Rodgers got the starting job in 2008 when Favre "retired". In 2010, the Packers won the Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Aaron Rodgers was named Super Bowl MVP. Rodgers is 6 ft. 2 in., and 225 pounds. On April 26, 2013, the Packers and Rodgers agreed to a 5 year, $110 million contract extension making him the highest paid player in NFL history.

Awards and Achievements:

 

- NFL Records

• Single season QB Passer Rating (122.5)^[1][2]
• Highest career passer rating in regular season with a minimum of 1,500 passing attempts (104.9)
• Only quarterback in history to have a career passer rating of over 100.0
• Only quarterback in history to have a career passer rating of over 100.0 in both the regular season and post season.
• Lowest career pass interception % (1.7%)
• Most games with a passer rating of over 110.0 (12) and 100.0 (13) in a season.
• Most consecutive games with a passer rating of over 100.0 (12) and 110.0 (11)
• Most consecutive games with a passer rating of over 100.0 (12) and 110.0 (11) to start a season.
• Second highest career completion percentage in the regular season (65.7%)
• Third most passing yards in a single postseason (1,094)
• Most passing yards by a quarterback in their first playoff game (423)
• Only quarterback to have over 400 passing yards, 4 touchdown passes, & 2 rushing touchdowns in the same game.
• Best touchdown to interception ratio in NFL history (171:46)
• Tied NFL record for most consecutive games with at least two touchdown passes (13).
• Tied NFL record for most consecutive playoff games with at least 3 touchdown passes (3).
• Most touchdown passes by a quarterback in his first three playoff games (10)
• Only player in NFL history to pass for over 4,000 yards in each of the first two seasons as a starting QB
• Only player in NFL history to throw 45+ touchdowns, and 6 or fewer interceptions in a single season
• Second best touchdown to interception ratio in a season (45:6)
• One of only four quarterbacks (Kurt Warner, Eli Manning, and Dan Marino) to pass for over 1,000 yards in a single postseason
• One of only two quarterbacks to have a seasonal passer rating of over 120.0
• 7x FedEx Air Player of the Week (Week 11, 2010 & Weeks 4–7, 9, 13, 2011)
• 6× NFC Player of the Month
• The Wisconsin Legislature approved a resolution that declared December 12, 2012 (stylized as 12/12/12) "Aaron Rodgers Day" in his honor as Rodgers also wears number 12.^[77][78]
• Threw the fewest interceptions (42) before throwing career touchdown 150 (Dan Marino threw 69 interceptions)
• Only Rodgers, Marino, and Favre have thrown for over 30 touchdowns in more than one season before turning the age of 30

- Packer Records

• Most passing yards in a season (4,643)
• Most touchdown passes in a season (45)
• Best touchdown to interception ratio in a season (45:6)
• Highest completion percentage in a season (68.3%)
• Highest yards per attempt in a season (9.25)
• Highest passing touchdown % in a season (9.0%)
• Best pass interception % in a season (1.2%)
• Best career pass interception % (1.7%)
• Most passing yards in a playoff game (423)
• Most games with a passer rating of over 100.0, 110.0, 120.0 & 130.0 in a season.
• Most consecutive games with a passer rating of over 100.0 and 110.0 in a season.
• Most passing yards in a single postseason (1,094).
• Most passing yards (304) and touchdowns (3) in a Super Bowl
• Most passing yards by a quarterback in their first year as a starter (4,038)
• Highest completion percentage in a playoff game with a minimum of 25 attempts (86.1%)
• Tied record for most passing touchdowns in a game (6)
• Highest career passer rating in regular season (104.9)
• Second highest career passer rating in postseason (103.6)
• 2nd most rushing yards by a quarterback in a season (356)
• Most seasons with a passer rating of over 100.0 (4)
• Most consecutive seasons with a passer rating of over 100.0 (4)
• Most touchdown passes in back to back seasons (84)
• Most touchdown passes in a single postseason (9)
• Only QB to pass for over 4,000 yards and rush for over 300 yards in a season
• Highest career completion percentage (65.7%)
• Highest career yards per attempt (8.1)
• Most games with a completion percentage of over 70.0% in a season (7)
• Highest passing yards per game average in a season (309)
• Only QB to pass for over 400 yards in a playoff game
• Only QB to average over 300 passing yards in a season.

 

Aaron Rodgers in 2008

 

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98th Rose Bowl: My 2nd Rose Bowl

On January 2nd, I went to the 98th Rose Bowl. It was my 2nd year in a row going. This year, the Wisconsin Badgers were playing the Oregon Ducks. At first, I wasn't going to go because I got my mom's ticket last year. My mom's friend who played for Wisconsin in college ended up coming. Because he came, I got to go. I went with my mom, dad, my parent's friend (John), my mom's friend (Mike), and his son (Zachary).
Before the game, we were tailgating. While everyone else was drinking I was playing football with John, my dad, and Zachary. When all of them stopped playing, a man came up to us. He said his sons wanted to know if they could play with me. He said he played football. We played for a little while. Everyone was looking at his throws and saw him limping so much that we figured that he was a quarterback. Then Mike went over. It turned out he was Tony Graziani!

At the end of the first quarter the score was 14-14. The score at halftime was 28-28. After the third quarter, the score was 38-35 and the Badgers were leading the Ducks. And, in the highest scoring Rose Bowl ever, the score was 45-38 and Oregon won! Three ways Wisconsin could've won were not fumbling in the same play as a huge gain, Russel Wilson spiking in with no time left, or the refs made the right call and said that there was 1 second left when he spiked it.

Here are some stats:

Wisconsin:

Wilson: 19/25 passing, 296 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception, 6 rushing attempts, 18 rushing yards, and 1 rushing touchdown

Ball: 32 rushing attempts, 164 rushing yards, and 1 touchdown

Toon: 104 receiving yards and 1 touchdown

Abbrederis: 119 receiving yards and 1 touchdown

Henry: 1 interception returned for 18 yards

Oregon:

Thomas: 17/23, 268 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 rushing yard, and 1 interception

James: 25 carries, 159 yards, and 1 touchdown

Thomas: 2 carries, 155 yards, and 2 touchdowns

Tuinei: 158 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns

Alonso: 1 interception

Here is a picture of me, Zachary, Mike, my dad, Tony Graziani, and his sons:

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97th Rose Bowl: My 1st Rose Bowl

Yesterday, I went to the Rose Bowl with my dad. We went because my parents went to Wisconsin for college. Wisconsin was playing against TCU. Wisconsin is ranked the 5th best college football team in the USA. TCU is ranked the 3rd best college football team. At the beginning, people from the Navy flew down the coin for the coin toss and the game ball. TCU won the coin toss and selected to defend so Wisconsin got the ball first. Then the 97th Rose Bowl game began. After the 1st quarter, TCU was winning 14-10. At the end of the 1st half, TCU was winning 14-13. At the end of the 3rd quarter, TCU was winning 21-13. TCU won 21-19. Here are three ways Wisconsin could of won. The kicker could of made a field goal in the middle of the game. They could of made the 2-point conversion with 2 minutes left and won in overtime. Special teams could of recovered the onside kick and scored a touchdown or made a field goal. Some of Wisconsin's players were Tolzien, Ball, Clay, White and Toon. Some of TCU's players were Dalton and Curley. Here are some pictures from the Rose Bowl.

That is a Rose Bowl shirt I got.

That is me at the 97th Rose Bowl game.

That is the Navy flying down the coin for the coin toss and the game ball.

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