Green Bay Packers all-time Mount Rushmore

FOXBORO, MA - OCTOBER 13: Quarterback Brett Favre #4 of the Green Bay Packers prepares to pass against the New England Patriots on October 13, 2002 at Foxboro Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Favre threw his 300th touchdown pass in this game. The Packers defeated the Patriots 28-10. (Photo by Arthur Anderson/Getty Images) /

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Green Bay Packers defensive end Reggie White (92) celebrates after the Packers recovered a San Francisco 49ers’ fumble during the fourth quarter of the Packers 36-22 win 01 November in Green Bay. White had three of the Packers nine sacks in the game. AFP PHOTO/Joe PICCIOLO (Photo by JOE PICCIOLO / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOE PICCIOLO/AFP via Getty Images) /

DE Reggie White (1993-98)

At first glance, the choice of Reggie White for the Packers’ all-time Mount Rushmore does seem a bit odd. White only spent six seasons in Green Bay, beginning his NFL career in Philadelphia and finishing it in Carolina.

The reason that White makes it here is that his arrival as a free agent in 1993 was one of the big moves that helped turn around a Packers’ franchise that had been struggling mightily. The arrival of the Minister of Defense, who had already won the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year award back in 1987, added some potent pass-rushing ability to Green Bay’s defense.

Opposing quarterbacks were routinely harassed by White, who racked up 68.5 sacks in his six seasons as a Packer. White played a starring role on the Green Bay defense that complemented Brett Favre’s high-flying offense, winning a Super Bowl in 1996 and making another the following year.

The Packers retired White’s number after he retired, which is extremely notable since the franchise has retired only six numbers despite having plenty of Hall of Famers. That alone cements the importance of White to Green Bay and his place on the franchise’s all-time Mount Rushmore.

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