Donald Driver

Donald Driver is the Green Bay Packers all-time leading receiver.  In week 6 of the 2009 NFL season Donald caught a short pass from Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and surpassed Sterling Sharpe as the most prolific pass catcher in the Packers proud history.  Donald's record breaking performance comes on the heels of another record breaking season.  In 2008, Donald’s 1,012 receiving yards made him the first Packer in history to mark six 1,000 receiving yard seasons.  Donald also extended his consecutive games with a catch streak to 116 games, breaking Sterling Sharpe’s franchise record in Week 10 against Minnesota.   

Off the field Donald once again hosts Inside the Huddle with Donald Driver, his statewide TV show, which is in its 7th season in 2009.  Every Tuesday Donald talks football with “The Green House” on AM 620 WTMJ, Milwaukee’s number one rated radio station.   As the most popular athlete in the state of Wisconsin,  Donald is at the center of marketing campaigns of top companies such as McDonald's, Goodwill, Jani-King and Time Warner Cable.  Donald also just completed his second children's book, Quickie Handles a Loss which is the follow up to his earlier title, Quickie Makes the Team.  Both books are inspired by Donald’s bedtime story telling with his two children.

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 has been a three time Pro Bowl selection (2002, 2006 and 2007). Donald has led the Packers receiving attack over the past seven seasons accumulating over 7,400 yards and 40 touchdowns.  In 2007 Donald became Lambeau Field’s all-time leader in receptions, surpassing Antonio Freeman in just the Packers’ third game of the season.  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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