Brett Favre
American football player
1969 –
Who is Brett Favre?
Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings. Favre is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 70,000 yards, over 500 touchdowns, over 300 interceptions, over 6,000 completions, and over 10,000 pass attempts.
Favre started at the quarterback position for the University of Southern Mississippi for four years before being selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by Atlanta. He was traded to Green Bay on February 10, 1992, for the 19th pick in the 1992 NFL Draft.
Favre became the Packers' starting quarterback in the fourth game of the 1992 season, stepping in for injured quarterback Don Majkowski, and started every game through the 2007 season. He was traded to the New York Jets and started at quarterback for the 2008 season before signing with the Vikings on August 18, 2009 as their starting quarterback. He made an NFL record 297 consecutive starts.
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- Born
- Oct 10, 1969
Gulfport - Also known as
- Brett Lorenzo Favre
- The Gunslinger
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Deanna Favre
(1996/07/14 - )
- Deanna Favre
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Cajun
- French American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- The University of Southern Mississippi
- Employment
- Quarterback, Green Bay Packers
(1992/02/10 - 2008/08/07) - Quarterback, New York Jets
(2008/08/07 - 2009/02/11)
- Quarterback, Green Bay Packers
- Lived in
- Mississippi
- Gulfport
- Hattiesburg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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