What makes Shields rare, though, is he already has the Packers thinking they might have found a real player on the undrafted scrap heap. In fact, less than two weeks into training camp the receiver-turned-cornerback from the University of Miami has the organization as excited as its been about an undrafted rookie in the last 20 years.
Hes going to be special one day, said Joe Whitt, the Packers cornerbacks coach.