Cowboys reportedly release Trevon Diggs just 2 years after giving him a $97 million extension
The Dallas Cowboys are walking away from a player who once looked like the future of the franchise. The team reportedly released cornerback Trevon Diggs on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Todd Archer.
The move comes just two years after the team signed Diggs to a five-year, $97 million extension.
The Cowboys have released cornerback Trevon Diggs. He goes through the waiver process and if unclaimed, he will be a free agent.
- Todd Archer (@toddarcher) December 30, 2025
The 27-year-old will be subject to waivers before hitting the free-agent market. Due to the nature of Diggs' contract, a team would have to pay Diggs his $472,000 base salary for Week 18 and $58,823 if he's active for the game, per ESPN's Field Yates.
Since the rest of Diggs' contract wasn't guaranteed, the team that claims him wouldn't be on the hook for the remaining roughly $55 million Diggs would have received over the next three seasons if he remained with the Cowboys.
The possibility of Diggs being cut at age 27 seemed extremely unlikely after his first few seasons in the NFL. After being selected by the Cowboys in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, Diggs turned in a modest rookie season.
He burst onto the scene in his second year, however, leading the NFL with 11 interceptions. That performance earned Diggs the first of two straight Pro Bowl nods and made him a first team All-Pro.
He followed that up with a strong third season, picking off three passes and earning another Pro Bowl appearance.
Coming off two straight excellent seasons, Diggs was given a five-year, $97 million extension from the Cowboys in July of 2023. That deal proved to be ill-timed. Diggs played in just two games that season, tearing his ACL in practice ahead of Week 3. He was off to a decent start, already registering an interception and three passes defended before going down for the season.
Though he was able to return in 2024 in time to play in Week 1, Diggs didn't grade out well once back on the field, per PFF. After missing time late in the season with a groin injury, it was announced Diggs would sit out the remainder of the year to have surgery on the same knee in which he tore his ACL in 2023.
Diggs missed time in the offseason and training camp while recovering from surgery. He was able to return in time to play in Week 1, but once again posted poor metrics before a concussion sidelined him after just six games.
After sitting out eight games, Diggs returned to play in Week 16 despite the Cowboys already being eliminated from the playoffs. He registered six tackles in the contest. Diggs then played again just four days later, when the Cowboys took on the Washington Commanders on Christmas. Diggs played every single defensive snap for the Cowboys during that contest.
Five days later, the Cowboys decided to release the former All-Pro.
The move comes on the same day Diggs' brother, New England Patriots wideout Stefon Diggs, was charged with assault and strangulation stemming from an alleged incident Dec. 2.