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Hyde Becoming a Household name for the Packers

Even in his rookie year, the cards were stacked against Micah Hyde, creating an almost impossible learning curve for the former Iowa cornerback.

The Packers selected Hyde in the 2013 draft and almost instantly, the team's cornerbacks coach - whose unit has been deemed as one of the best under him since 2009, began filling Hyde's plate. Each corner position he would have to master — an unusual workload compared to the traditional repetitions the other corners on the team were taking at the time.

Eventually, the team converted him to a safety the following year and the versatility that would soon define Hyde began to show.