aaron rodgers
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Aaron Rodgers
• Personal Life
• Aaron Rodgers, He was born in Dec.2nd, 1983. He is a quarterback in Green Bay Packers of the NFL. He lives in Suamico, Wisconsin. He owns a home in the affluent beach. He has two brothers; his younger brother Jordan played quarterback at Vanderbilt University and briefly spent time with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He then signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• As a junior college transfer, Rodgers had three years of eligibility at Cal. He was named the starting quarterback in the fifth game of the 2003 season, coincidentally against the only team that offered him a Division I opportunity out of high school, Illinois. As a sophomore, he helped lead the Golden Bears to a 7–3 record as a starter. In his second career start, Rodgers led the team to a 21–7 halftime lead against USC (then ranked No. 3) before being replaced in the second half by Reggie Robertson due to injury. The Bears won in triple overtime, 34–31. Rodgers passed for 394 yards and was named game MVP in the Insight Bowl against Virginia Tech.
Early Years
He is the son of Darla Leigh, and Edward Wesley Rodgers. Aaro
n's father is a Texas-born chiropractor who played football as an offensive lineman for California State University, Chico, from 1973 to 1976. His ancestry includes English, Irish and German.The family moved to Ukiah, California, where Aaron attended Oak Manor Elementary School. Edward Rodgers tossed a football with his sons Luke, Aaron and Jordan, and told them not to drink and not to party in college or they would limit themselves in sports like he did. Aaron Rodgers took this advice to heart. At the age of ten, he was featured on the front page of the Ukiah Daily Journal for his top performance at a local basketball free throw competition.
Honors
• • 2003 Honorable mention All-Pac-10
• • 2003 Insight Bowl Offensive MVP
• • 2004 Cal Co-Offensive MVP
• • 2004 First-team All-Pac-10
• • 2004 Second-team Academic All-Pac-10
• • 2004 Honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrated