GREEN BAY – The question is asked of Herb Waters without fail every time the Packers’ first-year cornerback returns home to Florida.
“People back home are like, ‘Are you still playing receiver?’” said Waters, smiling. “I’m always like, ‘Nah, I’m at corner now.’ It’s slowly setting in.”
Before Waters made an in-season switch during his rookie season in Green Bay a year ago, the native of Homestead, Fla., was known as an offensive playmaker during his four years at the University of Miami (Fla.).
Waters caught 99 passes for 1,534 yards and nine touchdowns in 47 games with 20 starts for the Hurricanes, with a bulk of that production coming his senior year when he set career highs in both receptions (41) and receiving yards (624).