Keisean Nixon

Green Bay Packers

Pos CB

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

79.6 MODEL

2022

68.1

2023

71.0

2024

81.9

2025

81.5

2026

79.6

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Two Pro Bowls plus 2024 tier 3 (#18) STTM breakout as a 2019 UDFA puts Nixon in the rare journeyman elite-peak CB class with championship-pedigree value. The South Carolina SEC UDFA origin plus the multi-team chapter gives him real veteran market value. The 2026 question is whether Nixon returns to tier 4-5 territory or whether the structural mid-career instability returns.

Nixon came out of South Carolina as a 2019 undrafted free agent signed by the Las Vegas Raiders. He has made two Pro Bowls (2022, 2023) as a return specialist plus emerged into a structural CB role with the Green Bay Packers. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#73) in 2022, tier 8 (#90) in 2023, tier 3 (#18) breakout in 2024, and tier 6 (#45) regression in 2025.

Strengths

Two Pro Bowls (return specialist) plus 2024 tier 3 (#18) STTM breakout as a 2019 UDFA puts him in the rare outlier-positive journeyman CB class.
Seven years of NFL survival across two systems gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

27-spot regression from tier 3 (#18) in 2024 to tier 6 (#45) in 2025 confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit and scheme dependent.
Green Bay's broader defensive identity around Jeff Hafley's continued tenure compresses the structural support around Nixon.

What to watch: Whether Nixon returns to tier 4 (top 30) in 2026, the threshold for confirming the 2024 ceiling can be recaptured.