Donald Driver

Donald Driver earned his second consecutive and third overall Pro Bowl selection in 2007, following another successful season that saw Donald and the Green Bay Packers advance to the NFC Championship game.  Continuing to showcase his abilities as the Packers number one target, Donald once again led the team in receptions and yards.  In 2007, Brett Favre’s go-to receiver became Lambeau Field’s all-time leader in receptions, surpassing Antonio Freeman in the Packers’ third game of the season. 

Off the field he once again hosted Inside the Huddle with Donald Driver, his statewide TV show, which completed its fifth season in 2007.  Every Tuesday Donald talked football with “The Green House” on AM 620 WTMJ, Milwaukee’s number one rated radio station.   He also was at the center of marketing campaigns of top companies such as McDonald’s, Goodwill and Time Warner Cable.

Driver is regarded as the Green Bay Packers’ most versatile and agile pass catcher.   “He’s just to me an excellent football player, a great leader for our group of receivers, a true professional and a hard-working guy in practice”, stated Green Bay receivers coach Jimmy Robinson.  A top performer his entire career, Driver was also selected to Pro Bowls in 2002 and 2006. Donald has led the Packers receiving attack over the past six seasons accumulating over 6,400 yards and 36 touchdowns. Not just a star football player, in college Donald excelled in track and field as well as in football at Alcorn State.  He also qualified for the 1996 Olympic Field Trials in the high jump.

In addition to being extraordinary on the field, Donald is also a true role model off the field.  Persevering through incredible setbacks has sparked Donald to become one of the most active Green Bay Packers in the community; making over 300 appearances since his rookie 1999 season.  In the spring of 2001, Donald and his wife Betina created the “Donald Driver Foundation”, which offers assistance to ill children with unmanageable hospital bills, provides housing for the homeless, and donates to a variety of local charities.  In December of 2003, the foundation put two previously homeless families in new, fully furnished homes.

Donald has also donated much of his time and efforts to such institutions as Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Goodwill Industries.  In 2001, Driver was awarded the “Community Service Award” by the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his outstanding community involvement.  Donald also received the Walter Payton Man of the Year award in 2002, the only NFL award that recognizes off-the-field community service as well as playing excellence.  In 2005 he was awarded the Ed Block Courage award by his Green Bay teammates. If Donald Driver is a Pro Bowl player on the football field, he is surely an MVP in life.

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