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On Thursday, Aaron Rodgers signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of his 21st season in the NFL.
His football journey has been a rollercoaster ride. He was a star quarterback in high school, registering 4,421 passing yards, but was overlooked by college recruiters. He didn't receive a single Division 1 offer.
On Friday, SportsCenter Next recapped Rodger's high-school career on Instagram.
"Aaron Rodgers is soon to be a Steeler ⭐ The 4x NFL MVP defied the odds coming out of high school," the caption read.
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The post prompted a lot of fan reactions.
"High School sports isn't about Division 1 offers. One percent of kids get those. The other 99% do it for the love of the competition and doing it with their buddies," a fan wrote.
"Can't wait to see him spin it," another fan wrote.
"The GOAT," one fan said.
"Let's see some Aaron Rodgers high school hoop highlighted," a fan commented.
"It's an amazing story and I was always a fan," another fan commented.
"Steelers to the Super Bowl," one fan said.
Rodgers is a product of Pleasant High School in Chico, California. His former position coach, Ron Souza, shared insight into his high school football journey. He said that recruiters missed out on his talent.
"There's Aaron as a sophomore at about 5'6", 125 pounds," Souza said in 2018, via Bleacher Report. "He's just a midget. How did people miss on him? Here it is."
Souza also recalled Rodgers' growth and development since his freshman year.
"The reality is, he arrived as a 5'3" freshman, his (junior varsity) year I think he was 5-foot-7 and his senior year he started at 6-feet, 180 pounds," Souza said. "But Aaron always had an incredible understanding for the game."
"He's the type of person that doesn't have doubt in himself" - Aaron Rodgers' HS coach about his go-getter attitude
Aaron Rodgers' talent was overlooked until Jeff Tedford discovered him at a community college. His high school coaches shared what was going on in his mind back then.
"He's the type of person that doesn't have doubt in himself," former Pleasant Valley coach Sterling Jackson said in 2018, via Bleacher Report. "You knew that can-do attitude would take him as far as he could go. We weren't sure where that would be, but now we know.
"He was pretty dejected about the lack of recruiting interest, so we got him to come out for baseball. But Aaron wasn't ready to walk away from football. Aaron has always handled himself well under pressure."
After graduating from high school and with zero Division 1 offers, Rodgers wanted to play college football for Florida State but was rejected. He went on to suit up for Butte College and was discovered by then-California Golden Bears coach Jeff Tedford. Rodgers held a good academic record, and he was able to transfer to the Golden Bears in his junior year.
In 2005, he declared for the NFL draft and was picked by the Green Bay Packers at No. 24.
