Editing Aaron Rodgers (section)

====2002 season====
Rodgers threw 26 touchdowns in his freshman season at Butte,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aaron Rodgers |url=https://www.cccco.edu/About-Us/Notable-Alumni/Aaron-Rodgers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028170413/https://www.cccco.edu/About-Us/Notable-Alumni/Aaron-Rodgers |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |website=California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stats & Records |url=http://www.butte.edu/departments/athletics/football/StatsRecords.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202112615/http://www.butte.edu/departments/athletics/football/StatsRecords.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |access-date=November 18, 2011 |website=butte.edu |publisher=[[Butte College]]}}</ref> leading the school to a 10–1 record, the NorCal Conference championship,<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2008 |title=Title-tilt bound: Butte secures NorCal championship |url=https://www.chicoer.com/20081108/title-tilt-bound-butte-secures-norcal-championship/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |website=Chico Enterprise-Record |language=en-US}}</ref> and a {{nowrap|No. 2}} national ranking. While there, he was discovered by the [[California Golden Bears football|California Golden Bears]]' head coach [[Jeff Tedford]], who was recruiting Butte tight end Garrett Cross.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGrath |first=Dan |date=November 11, 2004 |title=Cal QB Rodgers has the pedigree |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-11-11-0411110322-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205183533/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-11-11-0411110322-story.html |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=September 13, 2019 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> Tedford was surprised to learn that Rodgers had not been recruited earlier. Because of Rodgers' good high school scholastic record, he was eligible to transfer to the [[University of California, Berkeley]] after one year of junior college instead of the typical two.<ref name="Cal">{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Bruce |date=August 3, 2003 |title=Cal's QB hope: JC transfer Rodgers has what Tedford likes |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/03/SP275334.DTL |url-status=live |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216105944/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/03/SP275334.DTL |archive-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref>