Keisean Nixon, who didn’t practice all week because of a groin injury, turned his first touch of Sunday’s showdown with the Minnesota Vikings into a 105-yard kickoff return touchdown.
The score, Nixon’s first of his career, gave the Packers a 7-3 lead in the first quarter and provided an immediate response to the Vikings’ opening score after a blocked punt.
The touchdown was the Packers’ first kickoff return for a score since Randall Cobb in 2011.
Nixon got blocks from Josiah Deguara, Jonathan Garvin and Patrick Taylor in the middle of the field and then beat kicker Greg Joseph to race into the open field.
Here’s the touchdown:
Nixon entered Week 17 as the NFL leader in kickoff return yards and kickoff return average. He had a 93-yard kickoff return against the Miami Dolphins last week.
