| Profile |
Name: Brett Lorenzo Favre
Birth Date: October 10th, 1969
Birth Place: Gulfport, Mississippi
Height: 6'2"
Parents: Irvin Favre
Siblings: Scott, Jeff, Brandi
College: U of Southern Mississippi
Turned Pro: 1992
| | Brett Favre Stats - Records | | *Pro Wins: 160-90 | | *Most career pass completions (5,133) | | *Most career points by a quarterback (2,604) | | *Most career regular season wins by a starting quarterback (151) | *Most consecutive seasons with 20 or more touchdown passes: 12
(1994-2005) | | *Most consecutive seasons with 30 or more touchdown passes: 5 (1994-1998) | | *Most seasons with 30 or more touchdown passes: 8 (1994-1998, 2001, 2003-2004) | | *Most seasons leading the league in touchdown passes: 4 (1995-1997,2003) | | *Most consecutive 3,000+ yards passing seasons: 15 (1992-2006) | | *Most consecutive 300+ completion seasons: 15 (1992-2006) | | *Most consecutive AP NFL MVP awards: 3 (1995, 1996, 1997) | | *Most consecutive starts by a quarterback: 241 (261 including playoffs) | | *Most games with 3 or more touchdown passes thrown | *Longest touchdown pass: 99 yards
(to Robert Brooks, 1995) | | *From 2002 to 2004, Favre threw a touchdown pass in 36 consecutive games, the second longest streak ever behind Johnny Unitas' 47 | | *First all-time in career pass attempts, with 8,393 | | *First all-time in career passing touchdowns, with 422 | | *First all-time in career starts by a quarterback, with 241 | | *Brett Favre is the only consecutive three-time AP MVP (1995-97) in NFL history. | | *Led the Packers to two Super Bowls (with a victory against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI and a loss to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII). | | *Brett Favre played 17 seasons in the NFL and never missed a start (first start for the Packers was in 1992). | | *Most career touchdown passes (422). | | *Most consecutive starts among NFL quarterbacks (241, 261 total starts including playoffs). | | *Most career pass completions (5,133). | | *Most career pass attempts (8,393). | | *Most career interceptions. | | *Second to Dan Marino (61,631) in career passing yards (58,705). | | *With 151 career victories, Brett Favre has the most QB wins in NFL history. | | *Nine-time Pro Bowl selection. | | *Seven-time All-Pro selection. | | *Sports Illustrated 2007 Sportsman of the Year. | | *2007 Reflections - by Corey Wilson |
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| Career Highlights |
Brett Favre attended Hancock North Central High School where he played baseball and football.
Started for the Hancock North Central baseball team as an eighth-grader and earned five varsity letters (he led team in batting all five seasons) and three in football at Hancock North Central High School in Kiln, where his father, Irvin, was his coach.
Played quarterback, lineman, strong safety, placekicker and punter in a primarily option, run-oriented offense coached by his father.
Played in Mississippi high school all-star game following senior season.
1987 began freshman year as seventh string quarterback but took over the starting position in the second half of the third game of the year.
Led the Golden Eagles to an upset of Florida State (ranked sixth in the nation) in his junior season (1989).
On July 14, 1990, before the start of Favre's senior year of college, he was involved in a near-fatal car accident.
Drafted by Atlanta Falcons 1991 (second round, 33rd overall).
The Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf traded a first round pick (19th overall, RB Tony Smith, Southern Miss) for Favre during the following off-season.
1992 - began the longest consecutive starts streak for a quarterback in NFL history.
During the season, Favre helped put together a six-game winning streak for the Packers, the longest winning streak for the club since 1965.
Finished his first season as a Packer with 3,227 yards and a quarterback rating of 85.3, helping him to his first Pro Bowl.
The following season Favre helped the Packers to their first playoff berth since 1982 and was named to his second pro bowl.
High school jersey (number 10) retired (April 1993).
Favre and the Packers finished the 1994 season 9-7, advancing them to the playoffs in back to back years, a feat the Packers had not done since the Vince Lombardi era.
In 1995, Favre won the first of his three AP MVP awards. Favre led the Packers to an 11-5 record, Green Bay's best record in nearly thirty years.
Packers advanced to the NFC Championship Game after upsetting the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Game. Lost the NFC Championship game to the Dallas Cowboys.
Favre helped the Packers advance farther in the playoffs than any other Packer team since 1967.
While being treated for various injuries, Brett Favre developed an addiction to vicodin (became publicly known when he suffered a seizure during a hospital visit).
In May 1996 he went into treatment and remained in rehabilitation for 46 days.
Favre led the Packers to their best season in 30-years in the 1996 season, winning his second consecutive MVP award in the process.
Packers won Super Bowl XXXI over the New England Patriots, 35-21.
Favre was named AP co-MVP of the league along with Detroit Lions' running back Barry Sanders, his third straight award.
Packers lost to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII by the score of 31-24 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
Brett Favre was inducted into the Southern Miss Sports Hall of Fame in April 1997.
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