• Aaron was such a good basketball player as a teenager that his friends nicknamed him “Hurley” after Sacramento Kings star Bobby Hurley.
• Aaron joined his high school baseball team as a senior and pitched for the Vikings. His fastball was clocked at 90 mph that spring.
• Aaron wore a Joe Montana t-shirt under his uniform during his college days.
• During his freshman season at Butte, Aaron passed for 2,408 yards and 28 touchdowns. He also ran for seven TDs.
• Aaron was the NorCal Conference MVP in 2002 and was named MVP of the Holiday Bowl, as Butte beat San Joaquin Delta JC.
• Aaron still keeps in touch with his coach and Butte, Craig Rigsbee. They text each other regularly.
• Aaron was the Offensive MVP of the 2003 Insight Bowl. His 394 passing yards against Virginia Tech were the most by a Division I quarterback that season.
• Aaron was First-Team All-Pac 10 in 2004.
• Aaron was the second Cal player taken by the Packers in the first round. The first was Rich Campbell in 1981. 
• Aaron opened the 2008 season throwing 157 passes without an interception. Only Bart Starr and Brett Favre had longer streak as Packers.
• The 2009 Packers were the first team in history with a 4,000-yard passer (Aaron), a 1,200-yard runner (Ryan Grant) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Greg Jennings and Donald Driver.
• In 2009, Aaron came within 24 yards of breaking the team record for passing yards—set by Lynn Dickey in 1984.
• Aaron was named NFC Offensive Player of the Month for the final month of the 2010 season.
• Aaron’s streak of 45 consecutive starts between 2008 and 2010 ranks second among quarterbackss in franchise history.
• The 48 points that Aaron and his teammates put up against the Atlanta Falcons in the 2010 playoffs set a franchise record for scoring in a postseason game.
• When the Packers lost the 2012 opener to the 49ers, Aaron had to wear an Alex Smith jersey during practice the following week as part of a bet with San Francisco QB.
• Aaron’s 335 passing yards in the first half of a 2013 win over Washington set a new club record.
• Aaron won the 2013 GMC Never Say Never Award for his division-winning touchdown throw against the Bears in Week 17.
  
• Aaron is the first NFL quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards in his first two seasons as a starter.
• Aaron’s 21,332 passing yards from 2008 to 2012 are the most by any NFL QB in his first five years as a starter.
• In 2013, the Packers inked Aaron to a 5-year extension that made him in the highest-paid player in NFL history.
• Aaron is an admitted ham. One of his favorite pastimes is inserting himself in the pictures taken of Green Bay game captains before each kickoff.
• Aaron visited troops at a military base in Alaska in 2008. During his time there he participated in a dog-sled race.
• Aaron owns the alternative rock label Suspended Sunrise Recordings. His favorite bands are Anberlin, Counting Crows, Cry of the Afflicted, Emery, Number One Gun and The Killers.
• Aaron majored in American Studies at Cal.
• Aaron’s brother, Jordan, is a quarterback for Vanderbilt.

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