As hard as it may be to believe, it's been more than six years now since the Green Bay Packers used the No. 26 overall pick in the opening round of the 2020 NFL Draft to select Jordan Love, who was ultimately the fourth quarterback off the board that night behind Joe Burrow (Cincinnati Bengals, No. 1), Tua Tagovailoa (Miami Dolphins, No. 5), and Justin Herbert (Los Angeles Chargers, No. 6).
One of the big reasons why it doesn't seem that long ago that Love entered the league, of course, is because he sat behind Aaron Rodgers for his first three seasons, just as Rodgers had held the clipboard as a backup to Brett Favre for his first three campaigns after being taken by Green Bay at No. 24 overall in the 2005 draft.
Naturally, just as Rodgers will always be linked to Favre, Love will always be linked to Rodgers, and while only time will tell if he can live up to the ridiculous standards set by those who came before him, which is just what comes with the QB1 role in Titletown, the Utah State alum is certainly off to a solid start, leading the Packers to three consecutive trips to the playoffs in his first three seasons as the starter, something neither Favre nor Rodgers did (or Bart Starr, for that matter).
And barring some sort of serious injury, Love is already primed to take his place in the top five on the Packers' all-time touchdown passes list early in the upcoming 2026 season.
Jordan Love needs just seven TD passes to take over fifth on the Packers' all-time list
Including the 10 games in which he appeared in those first three years (actually his first two years, as he never saw a single snap in 2020), Love has thrown 83 touchdown passes in his 57 regular-season appearances, thus putting him in the No. 6 slot on the Packers' all-time list, which shakes out as follows:
- Aaron Rodgers: 475
- Brett Favre: 442
- Bart Starr: 152
- Lynn Dickey: 133
- Tobin Rote: 89
- Jordan Love: 83
As you can see, with just his seventh TD pass of the '26 campaign, Love will take over the No. 5 slot from Tobin Rote, who tossed 89 passes during his days with the Green & Gold from 1950 to 1956. Rote actually led the NFL in TD passes in his final two years with the Packers, tossing 17 in 1955 and 18 in 1956, ultimately earning Second-Team All-Pro honors each season.
Oddly enough, Love will soon take over the No. 5 slot from Rote on Green Bay's all-time passing yards list as well. In fact, he'll do so on his very first completion in Week 1 against the Minnesota Vikings, as the two are currently tied in that fifth position with 11,535 yards.
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