Keisean Nixon

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Keisean Nixon
Keisean Nixon by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Nixon in 2023
No. 25 – Green Bay Packers
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1997-06-22) June 22, 1997 (age 26)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Salesian
(Los Angeles, California)
College: Arizona Western (2015–2016)
South Carolina (2017–2018)
Undrafted: 2019
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Total tackles:141
Sacks:0.5
Forced fumbles:1
Fumble recoveries:2
Pass deflections:9
Interceptions:2
Return yards:2,110
Return touchdowns:1
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Keisean Nixon (born June 22, 1997) is an American football cornerback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arizona Western before transferring to South Carolina, and was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2019.

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Early years

Nixon grew up in Compton, California and attended Salesian High School in Los Angeles, where he ran track and played running back and cornerback on the football team. He missed a large portion of his senior season due to a broken collarbone. [1]

College career

Nixon in college at South Carolina in 2018 Keisean Nixon.jpg
Nixon in college at South Carolina in 2018

Nixon began his collegiate career at Arizona Western College. As a freshman, he made 36 tackles with five interceptions and four pass breakups and was named a second-team All-NJCAA All-American as a sophomore after intercepting six passes (two returned for touchdowns) with five pass breakups and two kicks returned for touchdowns. [2] Nixon transferred to the University of South Carolina for the final two years of his NCAA eligibility. [3]

Nixon played mostly on special teams and as a reserve defensive back in his first season at South Carolina, playing in all 12 of the Gamecocks games with a fumble recovery and an interception. As a senior, Nixon started 11 games and led the team with nine passes broken up and finished third with 63 tackles. [4]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 10+1⁄4 in
(1.78 m)		196 lb
(89 kg)		30+3⁄4 in
(0.78 m)		9+3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)		4.42 s1.56 s2.60 s4.52 s7.28 s32.5 in
(0.83 m)		10 ft 0 in
(3.05 m)		10 reps
All values from Pro Day [5]

Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders

Nixon signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2019. [6] He made his NFL debut on September 9, 2019, against the Denver Broncos. [7] Nixon finished his rookie season with 12 tackles, one pass defended and three kickoffs returned for 63 yards in 14 games played. [8]

On September 2, 2021, Nixon was placed on injured reserve. [9] He was activated on October 9. [10]

Green Bay Packers

2022

Nixon signed with the Green Bay Packers on March 26, 2022. [11]

On September 25, 2022, in his second game on the active roster for the Packers, Nixon recorded seven combined tackles and one forced fumble in a Week 3 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [12]

Though Nixon saw defensive snaps throughout the 2022 season, the Packers began to utilize him more often as a return specialist in October. Beginning on October 16 during a Week 6 loss to the New York Jets, Nixon returned 35 kickoffs for 1,009 yards (with five returns of 50 yards or more), the only player in the NFL to record more than 1,000 yards that year. [13] On January 1, 2023, Nixon returned a kickoff 105 yards for his first NFL touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings, swinging the game's momentum in the Packers' favor and propelling them to a 41–17 victory that kept their playoff hopes alive. [14] He was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance. [15] Nixon finished the season as the NFL's leading kick returner, and was named a first-team member of the 2022 All-Pro Team at that position, receiving 44 out of 50 first-place votes. [16]

2023

On March 15, 2023, Nixon re-signed with the Packers on a 1-year $4 million contract. [17]

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters during the offseason that he was exploring ways to utilize Nixon on the offensive side of the ball. [18] Nixon worked through some individual drills with the offense during training camp; [19] he finally saw his first action as an offensive player on September 24, 2023, during a Week 3 win over the New Orleans Saints, recording one carry for 11 yards. [20] He was named to the 2023 All-Pro Team. [21]

Nixon was re-signed on March 15, 2024. [22]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Led the league
BoldCareer-high

Regular season

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsKick returnsFumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstTFLSckPDIntYdsAvgLngTDRetYdsAvgLngTDFFFR
2019 OAK 1401212000.01000.00036321.026000
2020 LV 151149500.00000.0003217.018000
2021 LV 111127500.00000.000000.00000
2022 GB 1742318510.02111.010351,00928.8105T110
2023 GB 171380592130.56122.0203078226.151002
Career74191411053640.59231.52071187526.4105T112
Source: pro-football-reference.com

Postseason

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsKick returnsFumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstTFLSckPDIntYdsAvgLngTDRetYdsAvgLngTDFFFR
2021 LV 1020200.00000.000000.00000
2023 GB 211610611.02000.00029748.573000
Career311810811.02000.00029748.573000
Source: pro-football-reference.com

Personal life

Throughout the first four years of Nixon's NFL career, rumors persisted that he was the nephew of rapper Snoop Dogg. [23] [24] [25] However, Nixon told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2022 that, while he did play in Snoop's nonprofit Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL) in high school, they are not actually related. [26]

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