Packers’ Aaron Rodgers wins Super Bowl MVP award (Part 2)
(This is a continuation of the previous article, discussing Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers winning the Super Bowl MVP award.)
Rodgers did not play perfectly for the entire game. But maybe it was just nervousness.
"We kind of struggled at times on offense", Rodgers said.
Yes Aaron, you did struggle at the beginning. But you, of all people, know all about slow starts.
Rodgers set high school records in Chico, California, about four inches and 55 pounds ago. He set multiple school records, throwing six touchdown passes in games and 440 passing and rushing yards. Yes,
games, as in more than one.
He passed for 2,466 yards in one season and had a two year starting yardage of 4,421 passing yards. Major college recruiters didn’t take him seriously, but Rodgers let it slide. He went to a community college instead.
He attended Butte Community College and led the team to rank second nationally, first in the Northern California (NorCal) Conference and a 10-1 record.
He threw 28 touchdowns in his freshman season, receiving attention from Jeff Tedford, head coach of the University of California Golden Bears. Since Rodgers had a 3.6 grade point average and a SAT Reasoning Test score of 1300 out of high school, he transferred
to California after only one year instead of the usual two.
Rodgers started in the fifth game of the 2003 season, leading the Golden Bears to a 7-3 record. In his second start as a quarterback, Rodgers defeated the University of Southern California Trojans in triple overtime.
In his junior year, he led the Golden Bears to a 10-1 record, losing a close game to the University of Southern California. He completed 26 consecutive passes, a school record, and tied a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) record of 23 successive
completed passes in a single game.
He still holds the school record for only 1.95% of his passes being intercepted and also for completing 85.3% of his passes in a single game.
In 2003, Rodgers received an honorable mention in the All-Pac-10 and was named the Offensive MVP in the Insight Bowl.
In his junior year, 2004, he was named the university’s Co-Offensive MVP, first team All-Pac-10, second team Academic All-Pac-10 and an honorable All-American mention by
Sports Illustrated magazine.
In his first season, 2005, in the professional league, Rodgers played in only two games as a backup to Favre, where he had a win over the New Orleans Saints and a loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
In his second season, he broke his left foot about two months in and missed the rest of the season.
The moment that Rodgers had been waiting for came in 2008 when Favre announced his retirement. Rodgers led the Packers to victory over the Minnesota Vikings, in the first game that someone, other than Favre, started for Green Bay since 1992. That’s 16 years
for those of you who are bad at math.
Rodgers showed just how tough he was when he suffered a badly sprained shoulder but continued to start in games.
In 2009, Rodgers made his first comeback victory with a 50 yard touchdown pass to Jennings against the Chicago Bears in the final minute of the game.
In the month of October, Rodgers had a quarterback rating of at least 110 for all three games in the month, completed 74.5% of his passes and racked up 988 yards through the air, earning the NFC Offensive Player of the Month honors.
The remaining article about Green Bay Packers’ quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers winning the Super Bowl MVP award will be discussed in the next part. Take a look!
Continued in Part 3…
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