After spending the first 6 years of his career with the Dallas Cowboys, former NFL All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs will almost certainly be with his third team in less than one year when the 2026 season begins.
“The Packers have released CB Trevon Diggs after claiming him off waivers, which was the expected move,” Preme Football wrote on its official X account on Tuesday. “Diggs played one snap in the Wild Card game against the Bears.”
Diggs was claimed by the Packers off waivers on December 31 — just one day after he was released by the Cowboys. Diggs signed a 5-year, $97 million contract extension in July 2023 but only played in 19 regular-season games after that.
This included missing 8 games in 2025 following a mysterious, at-home accident that he later said came from a television falling on his head as he tried to mount it on an outdoor patio.
The final straw for the Cowboys came when Diggs asked to stay in the Washington D.C. area and spend Christmas with his family after a game against the Washington Commanders on Christmas Day — Diggs is a D.C. native — and not fly home on the team plane.
The Cowboys refused his request. Diggs stayed anyways.
” … Things can get spun but bottom line? Team wanted him to return back with team postgame to Dallas and fly back to Washington area on his own,” The NFL Network’s Jane Slater wrote on X after Diggs was released by Dallas. “He didn’t. That clearly pushed an already tenuous situation but the end was inevitable and he ultimately made a choice and the team made theirs but it doesn’t mean he’s a liar.”
Packers Wound Up With Pair of Cowboys All-Pros
It was the second time a former Cowboys All-Pro landed in Green Bay in the 2025 season.
The Packers and Cowboys pulled off one of the biggest blockbuster trades in NFL history shortly before the regular season when Dallas traded perennial All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Packers in exchange for a pair of first round draft picks and Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
Off-Field Issues Strained Relationship With Cowboys
Diggs, the younger brother of New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs, was one of the most dominant cornerbacks in the early stages of his career but after injuries dismantled his time on the field, off-field issues seemed to finish the job.
From ESPN: “If a team were to claim Diggs off waivers, it would be on the hook for the $472,000 he is due in base salary for Week 18, plus $58,823 if he is active this week, according to ESPN’s Field Yates. Diggs has no guaranteed money on his deal beyond this season. The Cowboys had problems with how Diggs rehabbed in each of the past two years. The club enforced a $500,000 base salary de-escalator for 2025 when he failed to take part in 84% of the team’s voluntary offseason program. He chose to do his rehab work in South Florida instead of under the supervision of the team’s athletic training staff.”
Despite signing a $97 million contract, Diggs, 28 years old, only has $47.1 million in career earnings through the end of the 2025 season.
Former Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs Gets Bad News on Future With Packers