Green Bay Packers safety Morgan Burnett enters his eighth season with the team in 2017. After missing most of his rookie season in 2010, he has appeared in no fewer than 11 games in every season since.
When Burnett was drafted in the third round, the Packers already had Nick Collins as an established veteran along with Atari Bigby, Derrick Martin and Aaron Rouse. They needed Collins' running mate and a guy who could get down and dirty in the box.
Burnett and Collins were penciled in as the long-term duo and answer at safety with Burnett the understudy.