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Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969 in
Gulfport, Mississippi) has been the starting
quarterback for the Green Bay Packers American
football team in the National Football League
since 1992. Favre is considered one of the
greatest players in the history of the NFL.

College and Atlanta

Favre played college football at Southern
Mississippi, and was drafted by the Atlanta
Falcons in the second round with the 33rd overall
pick of the 1991 NFL draft. In Atlanta, he was a
second string quarterback with unremarkable
numbers and got into repeated clashes with head
coach Jerry Glanville. His only notable
accomplishments were completing his first NFL pass
to himself for a seven yard loss following a
deflection and missing the team photo, for which
he was fined. Favre was acquired by the Packers in
1992 in a deal with the Falcons. The trade is
regarded as one of the most lopsided in NFL
history.


Green Bay career

He has started every Green Bay Packers game after
September 20, 1992, when he was summoned in to
replace an injured Don Majkowski during game 3 of
the season against the Cincinnati Bengals and
proceeded to lead the team to a come-from-behind
victory, throwing the game-winning touchdown pass
with 13 seconds remaining. He holds the longest
consecutive starts streak for quarterbacks in NFL
history, a number that continues to grow despite
numerous injuries, including a broken thumb on his
right (throwing) hand that he played with for all
of 2003.

In 1996, Favre led the Packers to their greatest
season in 30 years. Green Bay compiled an NFL-best
regular season record of 13-3, and won the Vince
Lombardi Trophy and Super Bowl XXXI over the New
England Patriots, 35-21, during the playoffs.

The Packers, led by Favre, fought their way to a
second Super Bowl in the 1997 season, losing to
the Denver Broncos by the score of 31-24.

One of the defining moments of Favre's career
took place on December 22, 2003, in a Monday-night
game against the Oakland Raiders. The day before,
his father, who had been his high school coach and
lifelong mentor, died. Where most players would
have taken the week off, Favre elected instead to
play. He passed for four touchdowns in the first
half, and 399 yards in 41-7 victory. He was named
NFC Offensive Player of the Week. He then went to
his father's funeral in Pass Christian,
Mississippi and returned in time to lead the
Packers to a 2003 NFC North title with a win over
the Denver Broncos.


Addiction to painkillers

Early in his career with the Packers, while being
treated for various injuries, Favre developed an
addiction to Vicodin and other prescription
painkillers. He went public with his problem in
May 1996, and immediately sought rehabilitation
after a press conference admitting his problem. He
remained in rehab for 46 days. The next season he
led Green Bay to a Super Bowl victory. Favre has
completely avoided addicting painkillers since his
rehab. Though he did experience problems with
alcohol consumption afterwards, he went sober
several years later.


Honors and awards

Favre has won the National Football League's Most
Valuable Player (MVP) Award a record three times,
all in consecutive years (1995, 1996, and 1997;
the last was shared with Barry Sanders). Favre and
former Houston Oiler running back Earl Campbell
('78-'79-'80) remain the only players in NFL
history to have acheived that consecutive MVP
trifecta.

Favre has been selected to play in the Pro Bowl
eight times in his career.

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle declared November 29,
2004 as Brett Favre Day to honor Favre's 200th
consecutive NFL regular season start. That night,
the Packers defeated the St. Louis Rams on Monday
Night Football.

According to Sports Illustrated, he was named a
sports enemy of four states (North Dakota, South
Dakota, Minnesota, and Illinois).


Recent events

After much speculation regarding the possibility
of retirement, Favre announced his intention of
playing 2005-2006 season on March 10, 2005. This
remains contingent on the health of his wife,
Deanna, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in
2004. Deanna Favre was given a clean bill of
health in June of 2005. [1]


Records

Favre owns a number of team records, having
printed his name into almost every passing
category in the annals of Packers history. He has
also broken several NFL records, most notably the
consecutive games started by a quarterback
streak.

Favre is closing in on a number of other NFL
records and milestones. They include:

    * Passing Touchdowns: 376, record Dan Marino:
420
    * Victories by Starting Quarterback: 136-72,
record John Elway 148-82-1
    * Most seasons with 3000 yards passing: tied
with Marino at 13
    * 50,000 passing yards: currently at 49,734
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