Brett Favre

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Brett Favre

Favre with the Jets
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Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1969-10-10) October 10, 1969 (age 54) Gulfport, Mississippi
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school:	Kiln (MS) Hancock North Central
College:	Southern Miss
NFL Draft:	1991 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33
Career history
Atlanta Falcons (1991) Green Bay Packers (1992–2007) New York Jets (2008) Minnesota Vikings (2009–2010)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XXXI) 11× Pro Bowl (1992, 1993, 1995–1997, 2001–2003, 2007–2009) 3× First-team All-Pro (1995–1997) 3× Second-team All-Pro (2001, 2002, 2007) 3× AP NFL Most Valuable Player (1995–1997) Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year (2007) AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1995) 4× NFL passing touchdowns leader (1995–1997, 2003) 2× NFL passing yards leader (1995, 1998) Green Bay Packers No. 4 retired Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame NFL 1990s All-Decade Team Southern Miss Golden Eagles No. 4 retired
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts: 10,169 Pass completions: 6,300 Completion percentage: 62.0% TD–INT: 508–336 Passing yards: 71,838 Passer rating: 86.0 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969, in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Favre was known for his controversy as well, especially his retirement saga and sexual abuse scandal with New York and failure to cooperate in the investigation, for which he was fined $50 thousand. Favre is also well known for his love of the outdoors and his "iron man" reputation earned for his toughness, which helped him in cold Wisconsin and Minnesota. He was a color anylst for one 2011 college game.