From the second he finally got a chance to start as a corner on a consistent basis, Nixon took advantage of every opportunity he got.

Coach Matt LaFleur gave him the chance in the 2023 season, and it was the best thing for his defense. Nixon ended up placing fourth on the team in total tackles, tied for first in solo tackles and tied for first in pass break ups.

The following season in 2024, he tied for fourth in total tackles with All Pro Xavier McKinney, and set a career high in both solo tackles, and pass breakups with seven.

However, this season, we’re four games in, and Nixon has already tied that career high.

He was truly spectacular in Thursday Night Football’s match against the Washington Commanders, playing as clean of a game as any cornerback can.

While guarding both Noah Brown and Jaylin Lane, Nixon broke up five Jayden Daniels passes – already two shy of that career high seven.

It was such an impressive stat, that no cornerback last season registered that in a single game.

He then followed it up in Week 4 with two pass breakups against the Cowboys for Sunday Night Football. 

The Green Bay Packers struggled mightily against Dallas on the defensive end. It should've been a win for the team, and the defense hasn't held their end of the bargain for the past two weeks. Even Nixon was at fault, giving up on a play that resulted in an explosive play from Jalen Tolbert.

Even though there's no excuse for minimal effort, Nixon was still a bright spot on a defense that is having a hard time keeping up.

For someone who was known for the first four seasons of his career with the Las Vegas Raiders and the Packers as a special teams specialist, who would’ve known that the Pack had a diamond in the rough as an every down defensive back?

He did.

“There’s nobody else in the league who can go play corner outside, guard their best receiver for three plays, then go catch the punt return, do something with that and then go catch the kick. Nobody does that,” Nixon told Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. 

“I’m the only person in the league, so they’ll start giving me my credit when it’s due. I don’t even want the credit from anybody, but I know what I’m capable of and what I’m gonna show this season.”

Packers running back, Josh Jacobs, who played alongside Nixon with the Raiders, knew exactly what he was capable of.

“I don’t think that people really understand how good he is or how good he’s gonna be,” Jacobs said. “At the Raiders, I feel like mentally he wasn’t in it because he wasn’t really getting a fair chance at being a guy. When he came here, it was like a fresh start.”

A fresh start indeed. Because this season, he’s on pace to shatter his career high in coverage, and while he’s a little behind on tackles, he’s still one of Green Bay’s most important defenders.