Seahawks Reportedly Sign Trevon Diggs To 1-year Deal, Give Cb Next Chance After Cowboys, Packers Released Him

The defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks are on the prowl to continue elevating a defense that returned several of its standouts from a year ago when it allowed the fewest points per game of any NFL team.

They're looking for whatever edge or depth they can get. That became clear last week when they reportedly signed embattled cornerback Terrion Arnold, who is facing felony charges of kidnapping and armed robbery and is expected to spend some time on the the NFL commissioner's exempt list when his contract becomes official.

This week, Seattle reportedly added another cornerback in need of an opportunity. The Seahawks are bringing aboard Trevon Diggs on a one-year deal, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Wednesday.

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Diggs, 27, is four seasons removed from his last Pro Bowl campaign. He earned that honor in back-to-back seasons from 2021-22 with the Dallas Cowboys.

The Cowboys, who drafted him out of Alabama in the second round in 2020, rewarded Diggs handsomely in the wake of that stretch, which began with him receiving first-team All-Pro accolades for his head-turning Year 2 (he led the league with 11 interceptions that season). Ahead of the 2023 season, Dallas gave Diggs a five-year, $97 million extension.

Since, he's picked off a total of three passes in three seasons. Injuries tell a sizable part of that story. During practice early in the 2023 campaign, Diggs tore the ACL in his left knee. That setback cost him most of that season.

He made his way back for the 2024 season, although he later missed time with a groin injury and then was shut down for the year to have another surgery on his left knee.

Diggs was sidelined while rehabbing this past offseason, including during training camp leading up to a Week 1 return that Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons, one of Diggs' close friends, criticized the Cowboys for mismanaging.

Diggs then suffered a concussion in October because of an accident at home. A TV that he was trying to mount fell on his head. Also that month, he was placed on injured reserve due to a right knee injury that had lingered last fall.

Not even two and a half years after the Cowboys offered Diggs his now-infamous deal, they released him late last season.

At the time, Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer said Diggs' release resulted from a "culmination of multiple factors," one of which was the Maryland native straying from protocol and not flying back to Dallas with the team after its Christmas Day road win over the Washington Commanders. Diggs had asked Schottenheimer if he could stay in the D.C. area to see family, but Schottenheimer turned down Diggs, just as he said he rejected requests from other players who had asked to fly separately that week.

Another factor Schottenheimer mentioned was Diggs' performance. It waned as he navigated injuries down the stretch of his stay in Dallas, where last season Diggs was outspoken about his frustration toward the team's defensive scheme.

The Packers claimed him off waivers; however, Diggs logged only 34 total defensive snaps for Green Bay, including just one in its wild-card loss to the Chicago Bears.

Diggs was released by the Packers, too, making him a free agent again.

The Seahawks will see if he can provide more competition for their CB3 battle. The winner of that will take the place of Riq Woolen, who signed with the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason.