Trevon Diggs Injury Update
Trevon Diggs, the Dallas Cowboys cornerback, is back on the field after a pretty bumpy recovery road. Monday marked his first offseason practice this year, which felt almost surreal—especially considering he’d just been taken off the dreaded PUP (Physically Unable to Perform) list on Sunday, thanks to passing his physical after months of rehab. The guy’s been through the wringer: an ACL repair in 2023, then a chondral tissue graft in January—a procedure best understood as “I want to play football, but my knee refuses to cooperate.” Diggs isn’t ruling himself out for Week 1 against the Eagles. Funny enough, despite all those setbacks, he looks refreshingly optimistic: “Physically, I don’t have any limitations,” he said, and you can almost see him grinning. For those actually keeping score, yeah, that’s better than he felt after the initial ACL tear; he’s talking about getting back up to football speed, which is a whole different game than just feeling okay in the gym.
Diggs played ten games last season (2024), but after a couple of tough outings and a lingering groin injury, he was benched, then ultimately shut down for another knee procedure. It’s tough—he graded 91st out of 116 cornerbacks, not exactly what fans expected from a one-time All-Pro. Still, 42 tackles, two picks, and 11 pass breakups show he wasn’t invisible, just fighting uphill every snap. According to the coaches and training staff—including Brian Schottenheimer, who’s usually pretty measured in his praise—Diggs worked “incredibly hard” with Britt Brown (the director of rehab) and spent a chunk of training camp working outside the team program. He paid for that independent routine—literally, with a $500,000 fine for not rehabbing with the Cowboys medical staff per contract. Sometimes you gamble on what feels right, even if it’s expensive.
The Cowboys, who’ve struggled with depth in the secondary thanks to injuries (and a dash of bad luck), look thrilled to have Diggs back. With the opener looming against the reigning Super Bowl champs, Philadelphia, they need all the help they can get on defense—especially if Kaiir Elam and DaRon Bland don’t fully click in the slot. Defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus has a little breathing room with Diggs “likely” on the 53-man roster, but nobody’s popping champagne yet. Diggs himself admits, with a seasoned humility, “I think I need a couple more practices to see where I’m at just going full speed. Feel really, really good, so far…but I don’t know yet.” The Cowboys have a short break, but Diggs isn’t leaving town. He’s sticking around to hammer out the last steps before maybe, just maybe, he suits up on September 4.
It’s honestly one of those stories where you’re rooting for the dude, not just because he makes the defense better, but because battling through two major surgeries in two years isn’t just about physical strength—it’s about being stubborn, hopeful, and a little bit crazy. Whether he’s in uniform for Week 1 or needs another week or two, you get the sense everyone—Diggs, coaches, teammates, fans—wants this comeback to stick. Sometimes, football’s just as much about grit as speed. Diggs, right now, seems to have plenty of both.
