Defying his age (19) and lack of major college experience, Rodgers emerged as one of the top field generals in the Pac-10 in his rookie campaign at Cal last season . named 2004 preseason Pac-10 Player of the Year by Athlon Sports . staged one of the best passing seasons of any sophomore in conference history, completing 61.6 percent of his passes (215-of-349) for 2,903 yards, 19 touchdowns and only five interceptions in 13 games to earn honorable mention All-Pac-10 notice . his crowning moment came in the Insight Bowl, where - despite missing his All-American wide receiver Geoff McArthur (fractured arm) in the lineup - he set all-time Cal bowl records for passing yardage (394) and highest completion percentage (77.1%, 27-of-35), and accounted for four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) while throwing no interceptions . completed 15-of-17 passes for 245 yards in the second half, when Cal exploded for 31 points to overtake favored Virginia Tech in a 52-49 win . produced the third- and fourth-highest total offensive outputs in the school's 121-year history in his final two 2003 games against Stanford (414 yards) and Virginia Tech (424 yards) . also owns four of top 15 total offensive games in Ca annals . his 2,903 passing yards last season rank second on Cal's single season list, even surpassing 2003 NFL first-round draft pick Kyle Boller's 2,805 yards at Cal the previous season . set a school record for lowest interception percentage with five picks in 349 attempts (his 1.43% eclipsed the old mark of 1.69% by Gary Graumann in 1977) and ranked third on Cal's all-time single-season list for pass efficiency with a 146.6 rating . dating back to his 2002 season at Butte JC, he has thrown 47 touchdown passes and only nine interceptions over the last two years combined . earned JC All-America honors in his only year at Butte College, where he threw for 2,408 yards, 28 touchdowns and only four interceptions last season . a JC teammate of Cal tight end Garrett Cross.

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