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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Brett Favre
| image = Brett Favre Super Bowl 50.jpg
| alt = Favre smiling, wearing a suit, standing on a football field
| caption = Favre at Super Bowl 50 in 2016
| number = 4
| position = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|10|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 222
| high_school = [[Hancock North Central High School|Hancock North Central]]<br />([[Kiln, Mississippi]])
| college = [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]] (1987–1990)
| draftyear = 1991
| draftround = 2
| draftpick = 33
| teams
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1991}})
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1992}}–{{NFL Year|2007}})
* [[New York Jets]] ({{NFL Year|2008}})
* [[Minnesota Vikings]] ({{NFL Year|2009}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})
| pastcoaching =
* [[Oak Grove High School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)|Oak Grove High School]] (2012–2013)<br>Offensive coordinator
| highlights
* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXXI|XXXI]])
* 3× [[Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award|NFL Most Valuable Player]] (1995–1997{{efn|Co-winner with [[Barry Sanders]] in 1997}})
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* Most career interceptions: 336
* [[99-yard pass play|Longest touchdown pass: 99 yards]] (tied)
* Most consecutive starts: 297 (321 including playoffs){{efn|Record for most consecutive starts by a quarterback as well}}
| statlabel1 = Pass attempts
| statvalue1 = 10,169
| statlabel2 = Pass completions
| statvalue2 = 6,300
| statlabel3 = Completion percentage
| statvalue3 = 62.0%
| statlabel4 = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4 = 508–336
| statlabel5 = [[Passing yards]]
| statvalue5 = 71,838
| statlabel6 = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6 = 86.0
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===Post-NFL health issues===
In 2013, Favre was asked to consider returning to the NFL to play for the injury-plagued [[2013 St. Louis Rams season|St. Louis Rams]].<ref name="FavreMemory">{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Gary |date=October 26, 2013 |title=Sunday Morning Quarterback: Brett Favre's memory loss puts a high-profile face on NFL's concussion problem |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/sunday-morning-qb-favre-issues-big-blow-nfl-article-1.1497589 |url-status=live |access-date=November 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202015416/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/sunday-morning-qb-favre-issues-big-blow-nfl-article-1.1497589 |archive-date=December 2, 2013}}</ref> He turned down the offer, telling [[WWRC|WSPZ]] radio in [[Washington, D.C.]], that he has had memory loss and that he feared it was related to the multiple [[concussions in American football|concussions]] he suffered throughout his career. He was previously asked in a 2009 interview with [[NBC]] how many times he had played with a concussion that with the new standards would have resulted in him sitting out. 'A lot', he replied.<ref name="FavreMemory" />
In 2021, Favre was featured in a public service announcement (PSA) urging parents not to allow their children to play tackle football under age 14. In an interview with ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'', Favre stated that while he is in good health, he often questions how healthy he really is due to fears about the long-term effects of his playing career and that he is unsure whether the cognitive lapses he sometimes experiences are a natural effect of his advancing age or a sign that he may have CTE.<ref name="NBC">{{Cite web |last=Holohan |first=Meghan |date=August 17, 2021 |title=Brett Favre urges no tackle football for children under 14 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brett-favre-urges-no-tackle-football-children-under-14-n1276974 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818063002/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brett-favre-urges-no-tackle-football-children-under-14-n1276974 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |access-date=August 18, 2021 |website=NBC News}}</ref>
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