Brett Favre will be returning to the Lambeau Field to have his No. 4 jersey retired and to take his place in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
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The news surfaced on Sunday night, during the 2014 Hall of Fame Game.
While the reports were floating around about Favre’s jersey retirement, it was not confirmed until the man himself shared his excitement about the upcoming announcement which will take place on Monday afternoon.
Favre confirmed the news on his official website.
“I’m pleased to announce that I will be returning to Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2015 for induction into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and retirement of my jersey,” Favre wrote.
“It was a tremendous honor to play 16 years for the Green Bay Packers. Now to have my name placed among others such as Starr, Hornung, Kramer, Taylor, Lambeau, Nitschke, Lombardi, Davis, White and Hutson is a special honor that I share with all of my teammates and coaches, and that would not have been possible but for the foresight of Ron Wolf, the greatest GM In the history of the NFL.
“I’m truly looking forward to celebrating and sharing this special moment with all of the great fans of the Green Bay Packers.”
It is great to see that Favre and the Packers have finally put their differences behind them, and now he can move towards being remembered alongside the Packers greats and not as a man who finished his career with the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings.