OXNARD, Calif. — Trevon Diggs was running a drill during his rehab work Thursday afternoon when he caught a ball, ran down the field and fell.
Diggs said he slipped to the ground and that he didn’t collapse due to the weight of a knee injury that’s continuing to heal. Diggs said he’s fine and that he went to the locker room afterward because his rehab work had concluded.
But the scare created by Diggs falling Thursday in front of fans, who then posted on social media indicating something was wrong with him, is only one of the issues with the Cowboys’ starting cornerback.
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs recovers in the shade of the tower after pulling up and collapsing in the end zone after running in a pass completion. Diggs was catching a pass and running it down the sideline during a training camp practice in Oxnard, California, July 31, 2025.
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Diggs told The Dallas Morning News he’s still baffled as to why the team plans on taking $500,000 of his $9 million base salary. The team docked Diggs’ money because he didn’t work out at least 84% of the time this offseason.
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“The organization knew where I was,” Diggs said. “I told them I was going to Florida. I told them to tell my team everything they wanted me to do and they still took the money. I don’t understand it.”
The Cowboys were disappointed Diggs only worked out a third of the time in Florida, a team official told The News. Overall, Diggs was supposed to work out 84% of the time, at The Star in Frisco or elsewhere.
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“He was notified. He was told. It wasn’t a surprise, he knew when he missed the first day,” Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones told KRLD-FM (105.3 The Fan) this week. “Coach [Brian] Schottenheimer was really wanting him, he said, ‘You don’t want to lose this money. That’s a lot of money you’re talking about.’ He made a conscious decision to do it and we have to respect that.”
Diggs has an opposing view. In his mind, by communicating with the organization as to where he was going to rehab and by reporting to the mandatory minicamp in June, he had satisfied his requirements.
The Cowboys thought otherwise, which prompted Diggs to respond to Stephen Jones’ comments.
On social media, Diggs posted a blue baseball cap emoji. A baseball cap, or saying cap or capping, is slang for accusing someone of making a false statement.
When asked if the cap reference was about Stephen Jones’ comments, Diggs smiled and said, “I’m not talking anymore. I’m going to do all my talking on the field.”
At some point, Diggs, who led the NFL in interceptions in 2021 when he was selected to the All-Pro team, will return to the field.
Diggs said in the offseason he hopes to play in the season opener Sept. 4 at Philadelphia. But a more realistic timeline is the middle of September. Diggs said the team knows he’s targeting a mid-September return. Yet, team officials don’t have much of a timeline as they continue to watch his progress in rehab.
One of the main reasons Diggs didn’t work out in Frisco was because of a difficult relationship with the rehabilitation staff.
“I’d say things have gotten better between us,” Diggs said of the staff since he reported to training camp July 21.
Diggs works out with Britt Brown, the associate athletic trainer/director of rehabilitation. Brown is considered one of the best in the NFL at getting players back to playing after injury.
Brown has received praise from numerous players, including Dak Prescott and the retired Zack Martin.
Cowboys officials support Brown and the rest of the medical staff and hope Diggs will continue to improve so he can get back on the field.
In the last two seasons, Diggs has suffered a knee injury.
In 2023, he tore his ACL two weeks into the season. Diggs said he returned sooner than expected and started the 2024 season on time. But he had another knee injury, forcing him to get season-ending surgery after playing in 11 games. Team owner Jerry Jones hinted that if Diggs had taken his rehab work more seriously in 2023, it could have prevented another knee injury.
“This knee injury has nothing to do with the torn ACL, nothing to do with my rehab,” Diggs said.
Whether it’s the loss of $500,000 or questions about his rehab work, the divide will continue until the two-time Pro Bowl player returns to the field, whenever that is.
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