Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named the 2014 NFL MVP by the Associated Press at Saturday evening's NFL Honors awards show, held the night before Super Bowl XLIX.

This marks the second time Rodgers has been recognized with the same honor, having also been named MVP for the 2011 season. He becomes just the eighth player to win the award multiple times.

"That’s a great list," said Rodgers. "To be mentioned with those guys is an honor, and like I said up there with Peyton (Manning), ‘You set the gold standard.’ He and Tom Brady, as far as quarterback play in my generation. Peyton’s won it five times; I mean, that’s incredible. But twice, it feels great. It just means that there’s been some consistent play. That’s what I pride myself on – a consistent approach every week and a good preparation and making the plays that my teammates expect me to make.”

Along with Brett Favre and Bart Starr, the three Packers quarterbacks have combined for six MVP awards. Favre leads the way with three MVP awards in 1995, 1996 and 1997.

All told, the Packers have won eight MVP awards with Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor also winning the award.

On the season, Rodgers led the NFL with a 38-to-5 touchdown-to-interception ratio. He also completed 65.6 percent of his passes for 4,381 yards with a 112.2 passer rating while chipping in 269 rushing yards, with a career-high 6.3 yards per carry, and two more touchdowns.

Rodgers' achievement is all the more remarkable considering the injuries he played through during the 2014 season, including a hamstring pull in the Week 8 game against the New Orleans Saints and a strained calf that hampered him the final two games of the regular season.

“So much has to come together for this to happen. It was a tough year, injury-wise," said Rodgers. "I had the unathletic hamstring and calf pulls, and just dealing with those. My training staff and my acupuncturist and my massage therapist deserve a lot of credit for getting me back on the field. But it was tough; it was a tough grind to get through it, but that’s what we do as players. Nobody’s healthy at the end of the season, and we all put our bodies on the line every week for our teammates.”

Among Rodgers' season highlights were coming back from injury in the season finale against the Detroit Lions to help the Packers clinch the NFC North division title and a bye in the playoffs.

He also directed a comeback on the road against the Miami Dolphins in Week 6, which was recognized as the league's Never Say Never Moment of the Year. Rodgers threw the winning touchdown pass with just three seconds left in the contest, set up with a fake spike and completion for a first down the previous play.

Rodgers also threw six touchdown passes in the first half of a win over the Chicago Bears in Week 10.

The Packers quarterback was also named the Air NFL Player of the Year on Saturday evening, a sponsored award from FedEx. He previously was named the MVP by the Pro Football Writers of America earlier in the month.

Rodgers was also a finalist for the Walter Payton Man of the Year for community service and excellence on the field, but did not win the award that went to Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis.