When Are We Going To See Aaron Rodgers With Long Hair?
Certainly among the great quarterbacks of all time, we are still waiting for Aaron Rodgers to capture his second Super Bowl and grow long hair—like really long.
At the dawn of a fresh 2022 season, when everyone is still in it, we take a look at Aaron Rodgers’ hair throughout his decorated NFL career, asking the question we’ve all been wondering…
What’s the deal with Aaron Rodgers?
2005
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Coming out of college, first at Butte College and then Cal, Aaron Rodgers had a clean-cut, high and tight, prototypical quarterback haircut.
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2006
The short hair carried on for his first three seasons backing up Brett Favre.
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2007
Even with the short hair, we knew this guy had something special.
2008
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The first promising signs of long hair came in 2008, Aaron Rodgers’ first season as the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. At this point we’re thinking, “ok, this guy is fully in.”
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2009
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We saw a stunning hair regression leading into the 2009 season, punctuated by a heartbreaking 51-45 overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Wild Card Playoffs.
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2010
Despite the short hair, Aaron Rodgers led the Packers to Super Bowl XLV, securing his first championship following the 2010 season, pictured celebrating with all-time NFL hair legend Clay Matthews.
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2011
He remained in the short hair realm throughout the 2011 season, when Aaron Rodgers won his first NFL MVP award, leading the Packers to a 15-1 regular season record before suffering the first of nine playoff elimination losses.
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2012
Still pretty short.
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2013
No signs of Aaron Rodgers growing it out in 2013.
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2014
Short hair, still super chill.
2015
Second MVP following the 2014 season. Lotta gel.
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2016
Pictured with actress Olivia Munn, not sure what we’re seeing up top.
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2017
We are losing hope.
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2018
Short hair, red carpet, flashy vibes, Aaron Rodgers.
In 2020 The Longhairs had the inside edge. Through a friend of the program we delivered a hair care package to All-Hair-Pro Davante Adams out of Fresno State, complete with custom Hair Ties For Guys, headwraps, shampoo & conditioner and more.
Our enclosed handwritten letter ended with a call to action for Davante:
PS: tell #12 to grow his hair out.
#12 won his third MVP.
2021
Promising signs began to surface entering the 2021 season.
While reports alleged Aaron Rodgers began growing his hair out “for a Halloween costume,” it cannot be ruled out that he began growing long hair in direct response to our 2020 appeal via Davante Adams.
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By the end of the season, Aaron Rodgers was a borderline longhair. While Super Bowl hopes were dashed yet again at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers, he went on to win his fourth MVP award.
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That was almost the end for El Rubio, but the hair dream lived on. Would Aaron Rodgers continue growing in the offseason?
El Rubio has been creating original long hair content since 2014, authoring over 200 articles and appearing in dozens of video tutorials. He first grew long hair in 2012 while traveling the world, donated at The Great Cut in 2019, then again in 2024, before embarking on his next long hair journey. He is a writer, traveler, avid skier and athlete.
