Brett Lorenzo Favre (pronounced "Färv") (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. He is widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the NFL.Favre is the NFL's only three time MVP (1995-97), and is known for his durability and toughness, holding the NFL record of 221 consecutive starts, or nearly 14 seasons (241 total starts including playoffs). He is of French and Choctaw ancestry; one of his paternal grandparents was a Choctaw Native American.[http://www.indianz.com/News/2004/001648.asp

Kiln

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Favre was raised in Kiln, Mississippi (pronouced Kill), and attended Hancock North Central High School there. He played quarterback, lineman, strong safety, placekicker and punter in a primarily option, run-oriented offense coached by his father, Irvin Favre. Irvin Favre said he knew his son had a great arm but also knew that the school was blessed with good running backs. As a result, the three years Brett was on the team his father ran a run-oriented offense called the wishbone.

College

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Favre received only one scholarship offer after high school. It was from nearby Southern Mississippi—which wanted him to play defensive back. Favre wanted to play under center instead and clawed his way up from the seventh string to the backup job and then to the starting position just three games into his freshman year. He took over in the second half against Tulane on September 19, 1987 and led USM to a comeback victory with two touchdown passes. Favre led the Golden Eagles to a big upset of Florida State, then ranked sixth in the nation, September 2, 1989. Favre capped off a six-and-a-half-minute drive with the game-winning touchdown pass with 23 seconds remaining.

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