Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs is one of the most polarizing players in the NFL. The Alabama product earned Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors in 2021, due to his league-leading 11 interceptions. However, he allowed a league-leading 1,068 receiving yards. The 23-year-old did all of this in his second season.
Diggs was selected 51st overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2020 NFL Draft. He showed signs of his ball-hawking ability with three interceptions in 12 games (11 starts) of his rookie year. Seven cornerbacks were taken ahead of him.
At Alabama, Diggs was originally a wide receiver during his freshman season in 2016. However, head coach Nick Saban moved him to cornerback the following season.
The new defensive back finished the rest of his college career at that position. His sophom*ore and junior years didn't provide many stats, but his senior year earned him attention from the NFL. Diggs had three interceptions and two fumble recoveries with one touchdown from both categories.
Diggs started this past season better than any other cornerback. After tying the record for most consecutive games with an interception to start a season (seven interceptions in six weeks), he started getting Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) votes from the NFL community.
After tying the record, Diggs began to slow down on the interceptions. He had four more interceptions in the final 10 games of the regular season, which is still good.
During this slump, if you could even call it that, NFL fans began to see that Diggs often gets beat by the opposing receiver. As the weeks went by, more people took their fake DPOY votes away from Diggs.
Just before Week 16,PFFshowed that Diggs hadallowed the 10th-most receptions (53) on the third-most targets (93).
This upcoming fall, Diggs needs to prove that he is more than a ball hawk. He has been known to be jumpy by committing to the ball and not the receiver when the ball is thrown near him.
To be an elite cornerback, intercepting the ball isn't the first thing on the list. Jalen Ramsey, arguably the league's best corner, only had four interceptions last season. He is at the top because of his ability to stay with the receiver at all times in man and zone coverages.
Diggs doesn't have much wrong with his game, but the things that he isn't strong at are extremely important. If he can learn to stay with the receiver and not constantly jump routes, his interception numbers will go down. However, he will also be seen as an All-Pro in everyone's eyes.
Training camp officially started for all 32 teams on Tuesday. Diggs' journey to be seen as a top cornerback has just begun.
This is the ninth story in a team-by-team series highlighting Alabama players in the NFL.
Diggs, who is already the father of two boys, Aaiden and Chosen, began dating Chavis in 2022. She also has two children from prior relationships – a daughter with former rapper-turned-actor Bow Wow, and a son with rapper Future. Chavis announced the pregnancy with a post on Instagram on Thursday.
The eldest is star wide receiver Stefon Diggs of the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys star cornerback, Trevon Diggs. The two brothers are very close, with Stefon being four years older and being a real father-like figure in Trevon's life.
Today is number 7. College: Trevon Diggs joined Alabama in 2016 and looked to play on offense, defense and special teams. He ended his freshman year with 11 receptions for 88 yards and a touchdown.
In 2023, the Kelce brothers became the first pair of brothers to go head to head during the NFL's big game, the Super Bowl. Ultimately, Travis' Kansas City Chiefs came out victorious against his big bro's Philadelphia Eagles.
While there are three players in the NFL with the last name Diggs, there are only two Diggs brothers. That would be Stefon and Trevon. Quandre Diggs, a cornerback for the Seahawks, has the same last name as the brothers, but he is not related at all to Stefon and Trevon.
Diggs' performance over the last two seasons has seen him rise up the rankings of the NFL's best cornerbacks, with some believing he's the best in the league. However, according to an ESPN poll of executives, coaches and scouts, he barely cracks the top 10 - coming in at No.8 overall.
But much of his Thursday media session involved Diggs being dragged into a conversation he didn't start. Following the Bills' loss on Monday, posts from Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs, Stefon's younger brother, had social media abuzz.
After the game, Diggs' younger brother Trevon, a cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, posted about the situation on X, formerly known as Twitter. Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox. Sign up for NBC New York newsletters. Trevon posted, "Man 14 Gotta get up outta there" with two emojis following.
Thirty years later, 88 remains a generational number for Dallas Cowboys receivers. CeeDee Lamb has continued the tradition heading into the NFC wild-card matchup with Green Bay on Sunday. Lamb and Irvin are part of "Club 88," which also includes former Dallas receivers Drew Pearson and Dez Bryant.
Nearly 100 sets of brothers have played together as teammates in Major League history. Just four of them were sets of twins -- and both lists grew in 2023 after the Giants signed left-hander Taylor Rogers, reuniting him with his identical twin and fellow relief pitcher Tyler Rogers.
Among the 21 players with siblings who made NFL rosters last season, twelve of them are Pro-Bowlers. This includes the Kelces, Bosas and Diggs who have all multiple Pro Bowls to their name. The complete list of brothers in the NFL last season is: Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce.
Some Dallas Cowboys folks, including Stefon's own brother, Dallas star cornerback Trevon Diggs, have over the last couple of years tried to see an "America's Team'' connection.
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