Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, it’s time to feature an unheralded part of a Green Bay Packers defense that looks ready to take the rest of the NFL and put it in a commemorative box. Cornerback Keisean Nixon had the best game of his career against the Washington Commanders last Thursday night. Now, we get to see whether Nixon can add to it as the season goes along.

Keisean Nixon has been a secret throughout most of his career, and he’s never been a superstar.

That may be about to change, and the ways in which it could really highlight how well Nixon has overcome his own limitations to his current status as the best

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