Biography Aaron roders Aaron Charles Rogers born December 2nd 1983 is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League NFL he played college football for the California Golden Bears where he set several career passing records before being selected in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers spending 18 Seasons with the team he is regarded among the greatest and most talented Court backs of all time after backing up Brett farre for the first three years of his NFL career Rogers became the Packers starting quarterback in 2008 in the 2010 season he led them to a victory in Super Bowl 45 earning the Super Bowl MVP he was named Associated Press athlete of the year in 2011 and was voted League MVP by the Associated Press for the 2011 2014 2020 and 20 21 NFL seasons Rogers is the fifth player to win NFL MVP in consecutive Seasons about Early life Aaron Rogers early life Rogers was born on December 2nd 1983 in Chico California the son of Darla Lee Nate Pitman and Edward Wesley Rogers his father is a Texas born chiropractor who played football as an offensive lineman for the Chico State Wildcats from 1973 to 1976 Rogers is of English Irish and German ancestry the family moved to Yukaya California where he attended oakmanor Elementary School at the age of 10 he was featured on the front page of the Yukaya Daily Journal for his top performance at a local basketball free throw competition the Rogers family returned to Chico in 1997 and Aaron attended Pleasant Valley high school starting for two years at quarterback and garnering 4,421 passing yards yards he set single game records of six touchdowns and 440 all-purpose yards Rogers set a single season School record with 2,466 total yards in 2001 he graduated from Pleasant Valley High School in Spring 2002 after scoring 1310 in the SAT and with an A minus average about Aaron Rogers college career Rogers attracted little interest from division one programs in a 2011 interview with E60 he attributed the relative lack of attention in the recruiting process to his unimposing physical stature as a high school player at 5T 10 in 1.78 m and 165 lb 75 kilg Rogers wanted to attend Florida State and play Under head coach Bobby Bowden but was rejected he was only offered an opportunity to compete for a scholarship as a walk-on from University of Illinois he declined the invitation and considered quitting football to play baseball instead or giving up entirely on the idea of playing in professional sports and attending law school after completing his undergraduate degree he was then recruited to play football at but College in oraville a junior college about 15 M 25 km southeast of Chico Professional career about his professional career Rogers was expected to be selected early in the 2005 NFL draft as he had posted impressive numbers as a junior with Cal throwing for 2320 yards with a 67.5 completion rate in the regular season he threw for 24 touchdowns and only eight interceptions in his last college season impressing many NFL Scouts Rogers was confident that he would be drafted to the team he supported and grew up near the San Francisco 49ers who possessed the number one overall pick in the draft the 49ers Rogers slid all the way down to the 24th overall pick by the Green Bay Packers Rogers slipped to the 24th selection and the Packers choosing to pick Brett fa's future replacement became one of the biggest stories of the draft though he was still the second quarterback selected his drop in the draft was later ranked number one on the NFL Network's top 10 draft day moments Rogers is one of six quarterbacks coached by Jeff Tedford to be drafted in the first round of an NFL draft joining David Carr Joey Harrington and Kyle bowler in August 2005 Rogers agreed to a reported 5-year 7.7 million deal that included $5.4 million in guaranteed money and had the potential to pay him as much as 24.5 million do if all incentives and escalators were met Rogers spent his rookie season as the Packers backup quarterback behind Brett Favre the Packers were 4 to2 at this point and he received his first extended look in the opening preseason game against the San Diego Chargers after replacing Favre Rogers completed two out of seven passes and was sacked twice he continued to struggle through the preseason before ending the preseason by converting two third downs and throwing a touchdown pass to tight end Ben steel against the Tennessee Titans he played against the New Orleans Saints in the fourth quarter of a 52 to3 Victory and completed his first career pass to fullback vont leech for zero yards on December 19th 2005 Rogers entered the game against the Baltimore Ravens at the end of the third quarter in a 48-3 loss he completed eight of 15 passes for 65 yards and an interception Rogers quickly proved that he was one of the best quarterbacks in the league by passing for 4,038 yards in his first season as a starter as well as throwing for 28 touchdowns and only 13 interceptions as of the 2021 season this still stands as the most interceptions he has thrown in a season with Rogers making his debut as a starter the Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings 24-19 at Lambo field this marked the first time since 1992 that a quarterback other than far started a regular season game for the Packers Rogers ended the game with 178 yards passing and two touchdowns one passing and one rushing and just his second NFL start the following week ERS was voted the FedEx air Award winner after passing for 328 yards and three touchdowns in a win against the Lions alternative medicine advocacy and Personal life covid-19 Rogers has been vocal about his use of alternative medicine and is a proponent of the legalization of psychedelic drugs he revealed in 2022 that he had previously made offseason trips to Peru where he consumed iasa Rogers is one of the most prominent American athletes to choose not to get vaccinated against the covid-19 virus and was critical of the NFL's health and safety protocols during the covid-19 pandemic his stances on the covid-19 vaccine were criticized by scientists Health officials and some former players and commentators due to concerns that Rogers was spreading vaccine misinformation and potentially was risking the health of his teammates about Aaron Rogers personal life Rogers is a Christian Rogers was in a relation ship with actress Olivia m from 2014 to 2017 and with former professional racing driver Dan katrick from 2018 to 2020 he started dating actress shayene Woodley in the second half of 2020 in an appearance on the tonight's show of starring Jimmy Fallon in 2021 Woodley confirmed that she was engaged to Rogers on February 16th 2022 Rogers and Woodley called off their engagement honorary members ship and business ventures Rogers was initiated as an honorary member of tppa Epsilon TK on January 5th 2012 at the sigasi chapter at St norber College in April 2018 Rogers was announced as a limited partner in the Milwaukee Bucks ownership group making him the first active NFL player with an ownership stake in an NBA franchise media appearances Rogers was a longtime spokesperson for State Farm Insurance and was frequently featured in their commercials in the commercials Rogers often highlights his championship belt touchdown celebration which stake Farm renamed as the discount double check Rogers has also been featured in Pizza Hut advertisements as well as numerous local wisconsin-based advertisements in May 2015 Rogers appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy he defeated Shark Tank investor Kevin oi and astronaut and Future United States Senator Mark Kelly winning $50,000 for his charity in April 2021 Rogers had a two-e stint as guest host on Jeopardy from April 5th to 16th Rogers has also made numerous Cameo appearances on television including in a 2013 episode of The Office a 2019 episode of Game of Thrones and a 2015 episode of the sketch comedy television series Key and Peele he also to Cameo as Jeopardy host for an episode of the counter in 2021 Rogers took part in the match four which was the fourth installment in the exhibition match play golf series he was paired with professional golfer Bryson Des Shambo the team went up against Phil mikkelson and Tom Brady Des Shambo and Rogers won the match three and two Rogers also took part in the sixth edition of the match where he teamed up with Brady against fellow quarterbacks Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes Rogers and Brady defeated Mahomes and Allen one up humanitarian and charitable efforts Rogers is the founder and the co-creator along with David Gruber of its Aon a charity of creating awareness for organizations and people who are changing the world he is also a supporter of the Mac fund raise hope for Congo and other humanitarian and charitable efforts Roger Celebrity Jeopardy when earned $50,000 for the Mac fund during his 2021 appearance as Jeopardy just host the show made a charitable donation equal to the cumulative winnings of the contestants including the runners up for those 10 shows Rogers is a supporter of his Alma Mater University of California Berkeley he has donated funds to renovate the athletic facilities and also established an endowed scholarship for transfer students at the school in 202 21 he was honored by the school for his charitable work in 2021 Rogers donated $1 million to help small businesses in Chico and but County California in 2024 Rogers raised $3 million for Charities with a flag football tournament thank you for joining us on this journey through the life story of Aaron Rogers we hope you enjoyed learning more about this talented and remarkable athlete be sure to like comment and subscribe for more content on your favorite athletes and sports personalities until next time stay tuned for more exciting videos on our Channel take care and we'll see you soon [Music]