Happy Birthday to David Bakhtiari!
Packers T David Bakhtiari celebrates his birthday on September 30th. See photos and facts from his career. Photos by Jim Biever and Matt Becker, Packers.com.
David Bakhtiari, T - #69 - Colorado
Bakhtiari started all 16 games at left tackle for the Packers during the 2014 season and helped Green Bay rank No. 1 in the NFL in points per game (30.4), No. 6 in yards per game (386.1) and tied for No. 1 in giveaways with a franchise-record 13.
Bakhtiari was the only NFL rookie to start all 16 games at left tackle in 2013.
By starting at San Francisco in the 2013 season opener, he became just the fourth Green Bay rookie to start at left tackle in Week 1 since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger and the first since Ken Ruettgers in 1985.
In 2013, he helped Green Bay finish in the top 10 in both rushing (No. 7) and passing (No. 6) for the first time since 2004.
Bakhtiari was born in San Mateo, Calif., and attended the University of Colorado. He earned second-team All-Pacific-12 honors from the conference's coaches each of his last two seasons (sophomore and junior) at Colorado.
His given name is David Afrasiab Assad Bakhtiari. His last name is pronounced bock-tee-R-ee.
Bakhtiari enjoys playing video games, spending time outside and fishing and lists Cristiano Ronaldo, McKayla Maroney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic as his favorite athletes.
Bakhtiari's favorite TV shows include Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Entourage, Lost and Silicon Valley. He enjoys listening to country, dubstep and club music and lists the Batman trilogy, Pitch Perfect and Django Unchained as his favorite movies.
