Welcome back to our 100-part series on the greatest Green Bay Packers players to wear every jersey number from No. 0 to No. 99.
With our single-digit entries now completed, we're moving on to our first double-digit jersey at No. 10, and there is certainly no shortage of options here. But before we reveal the big winner, let's first have a quick look at every player who's donned the digit for the Green & Gold over the past 100-plus years.
- Louie Aguiar, P
- Cub Buck, OT, K, P
- Tiny Cahoon, OT
- Dennis Claridge, QB
- Jack Concannon, QB
- Al Del Greco, K
- Lynn Dickey, QB
- Matt Flynn, QB
- Roger Grove, HB
- Blair Kiel, QB
- Eddie Kotal, HB/QB
- Jordan Love, QB
- Chad Lucas, WR
- Perry Moss, QB
- Peaches Nadolney, OL
- Babe Parilli, QB
- Frank Patrick, QB
- John Roach, QB
- Jeremy Ross, WR
- Jake Schum, P
- Darrius Shepherd, WR
- Jan Stenerud, K
- Billy Stevens, QB
- Bill Troup, QB
- Dave Zuidmulder, TB
See, we told you there were options, although it obviously goes without saying that not every single person on this list was in consideration. But there are some notable names here.
Babe Parilli stands out, but he made his name with the New England Patriots. And we do have to at least mention Matt Flynn, who served as Aaron Rodgers' backup but shares team records with Rodgers for both the most passing yards in a single game (480) and the most touchdown passes in a single game (six), hitting both numbers in the 2011 regular-season finale, as Rodgers was resting for the playoffs.
In addition to those two, this list also includes three members of the Packers Hall of Fame. You've got Cub Buck, who was the first player in Green Bay history to get a guaranteed salary, as Curly Lambeau began paying him $75 per game in 1921. Buck served several roles for the Packers, playing both offensive and defensive line while also doing some punting and kicking. So, he was in the running but isn't our winner.
Kicker Jan Stenerud is the only player on this list in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he only played with the Packers for four of his 19 NFL seasons, and his biggest accomplishments came elsewhere as well, as he earned five Pro Bowl selections and two All-Pro nods and won a title with the Kansas City Chiefs and then earned a sixth trip to the Pro Bowl and another All-Pro selection with the Minnesota Vikings.
And then, of course, you've got Lynn Dickey, who would be our call had he worn No. 10 longer. But as he switched up a few years into his career, which we'll get into momentarily, we're going in another direction. And that direction is none other than the man who currently wears it, Jordan Love.
Jordan Love accomplished a feat neither Brett Favre nor Aaron Rodgers did in their first three years as the Packers' QB1
So, here's the thing with Dickey. When he came to the Packers in a trade with the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans), he was assigned No. 10 but only wore it through the 1979 season. And during that stretch, he didn't put up big numbers, mainly due to the fact that he missed roughly two full calendar years after suffering a broken leg in 1977.
In 1980, he switched numbers, and it was after that switch that he started posting monster stats for Green Bay. After leading the Packers to their first postseason appearance in a decade in 1982, albeit during that strike-shortened season that saw 16 of the 28 teams make the playoffs, he threw for 4,458 yards in 1983, a team record that stood until Rodgers surpassed it in 2011. His 32 touchdown passes that season were also the most in franchise history until Brett Favre topped him with 33 in 1994.
Here's the big issue. We can't give Dickey No. 10 because he didn't do that much with it. And we can't put him in the other slot either because you know what number he switched to? That would be 12, which is obviously going to Rodgers. But while we can't put him anywhere on this list, we at least wanted to give him his due here.
But let's get to Love, who was famously taken in the first round of the 2020 draft to eventually become Rodgers' successor. Like Rodgers had done before him with Favre, Love sat on the bench for the first three years of his career, finally getting his shot to start in 2023 when Rodgers, just as things had gone with Favre, was traded to the New York Jets.
Sure, Love has only been the starter for three seasons, but he's already accomplished quite a bit.
First and foremost, he's led the Packers to the playoffs in each of his first three years as QB1, which neither Favre nor Rodgers did. And it should be noted that outside of that 1982 season, Dickey, despite posting big numbers, never got Green Bay back to the postseason. Sorry, we just have to validate our pick here, you know?
And speaking of big numbers, while Love may not have the video-game stats just yet that his predecessors had or that some of the other QBs in the league these days post, he's still already thrown for 11,535 yards, which is good for the fifth-most in Packers history, and his 83 TD passes are already good for sixth on the team's all-time list. And it won't be long until he reaches the top five there, as he needs just seven to surpass Tobin Rote.
So, again, Love has already done a lot wearing No. 10, and his best years are still in front of him. So, even if you think he may not deserve this slot now, we're betting you'll come around and join us in the next couple of years.
Other Green Bay Packers jersey honorees
- No. 0: There's literally only one choice here
- No. 1: Micah Parsons isn't the pick just yet
- No. 2: The Packers' all-time leading scorer
- No. 3: The second player in franchise history to have his jersey retired
- No. 4: There's no introduction needed here
- No. 5: This player should have been the last to wear the number but wasn't
- No. 6: A genuine ironman
- No. 7: This player was straight magic (until he wasn't)
- No. 8: This player has the second-most points in Packers history
This list will be updated daily until all 100 entries are complete, so be sure to check back in with Lombardi Ave for updates.
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