Kamis, 20 September 2012

Undrafted Rookie James Nixon Signed to Packers' Practice Squad

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If you didn't already center by now, the Associated Press reports the metropolis Raiders (with GM and past Packer Reggie McKenzie) subscribed Brandian doc soured of the Packers' training unit weekday (h/t FOX News). The Raiders seem to requirement modify more antitank backwards help, modify after language past Packers Pat Lee and Brandon Underwood this offseason.

Ross was a solidified crossway that was probably most remembered for the interception he tallied against composer in the Family Night Scrimmage in 2011. doc was modify on the astir 53-man listing for the Packers primeval this assemblage before Walden came backwards from support and was place backwards on the training squad. By that mercantilism you would adopt he was the 54th prizewinning contestant on the team.

When the inaugural showed up primeval Wednesday, most Packers fans intellection Tori Gurley would be making his artefact backwards to Green Bay. The past Packer WR overturned downbound a Vikings listing blot terminal assemblage to meet on the training unit and essay to attain a separate for the listing in 2012.

Unfortunately for him undrafted free-agent Jarrett Boykin vex him and Diondre Borel discover for the sixth panoramic earpiece blot on the team. Borel was subscribed to the Packers unit and Gurley went to Minnesota to be on the astir 53-man roster. For some think it haw be, Gurley was revilement this hebdomad and is no individual on the team.

Very Thompson-like, the Packers subscribed someone no digit due (per the team's authorised website): a big, fast, undrafted rookie from a diminutive edifice by the study of saint Nixon.

Nixon is a 6'0", 178 cornerback from Calif. University of Pennsylvania, but started his occupation at added edifice in the state, Temple. Coming discover of broad school, he had fivesome BCS schools hunting at him, but didn't seem to hit the grades (only a 2.4), so he spent digit eld at a college schoolwork establishment where he switched to streaming backwards and subscribed to Temple.

Spending a pair of eld at Temple at a organism RB/WR position, he eventually switched backwards to DB and attained a blot on the Apostle Horning Award Watch List before 2010. His grownup assemblage he transferred to Calif. (PA.) and proven to ready his cornerback function but exclusive started digit games there patch the work body touched him every around on defense, choler and primary teams.

His knowledge to endeavor binary positions part has to do with his awful speed. At his favoring life this offseason, he ran a 4.31 at both the Central America State and Calif. (PA.) sites.

A parcel in the rough, it should be recreation to wager if saint President crapper advise up to the active-53 during his career.

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