After being drafted in in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft, Rodgers emerged as the Green Bay Packers starting quarterback in 2008. He would later win Super Bowl XLV against his new team, the Steelers, as well as four MVP awards with the Packers.

New York Jets wide receiver Allen Lazard has spent the majority of his NFL career catching passes during the season

Aaron Rodgers will wear No. 8 for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rodgers wore No. 12 throughout his entire Green Bay Packers career, but he switched to No. 8, which he wore in college at Cal, when he landed with the Jets in 2023. No. 12 was unavailable in New York with that jersey retired in honor of Super Bowl III-winning quarterback Joe Namath.