Trevon Diggs Fires Off Statement After Cowboys’ Decision

Earlier this offseason, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs decided to rehab away from the Dallas Cowboys’ facility. When members of the team were present for OTAs, Diggs was in Florida.

At the time, it was clear there was a chance Diggs was looking at a six-figure deduction in his salary. In his contract, it states he would need to do most of his rehab at the team’s facility. The star cornerback admitted to reporters on Tuesday that he didn’t believe the Cowboys would take away the $500,000. It turns out he was wrong.

“The de-escalation is contractually spelled out. When he decided to train in South Florida, he understood what the consequences would be,” Cowboys’ Executive Vice President Stephen Jones said.

Diggs took to social media on Tuesday to fire off a statement of his own in response to his team’s big decision.

“They knew where I was rehabbing at,” Diggs wrote on X. “[I] was in full communication with the therapist [the] whole step of the way. I am not behind on my recovery process.”

Diggs then followed up by sending out, “Control what you can control,” with a praying hands emoji.

Before Diggs took to social media to sound off, he stood next to Cowboys star Micah Parsons following the first day of Dallas Cowboys training camp. When asked about the de-escalation, Diggs revealed his candid thoughts.

“I didn’t expect that, that kind of hurt my feelings,” he admitted, according to Pro Football Talk. “It’s OK. Hopefully, I’ll make it back in incentives.”

Diggs is currently rehabbing from a knee surgery that he received during the 2024 NFL season. Over the past two years, he’s been dealing with knee-related concerns after tearing his ACL during a practice early on in the 2023 NFL season.

Currently, Diggs is on the NFL’s PUP list. His availability for Week 1 is up in the air. The team has not revealed a timeline for his return to action. Despite his inability to participate in anything other than rehab, Diggs was expected to be present for all phases of the offseason, according to Jerry Jones.

“He didn’t earn it; he didn’t come,” Jerry Jones said on Monday. “That’s in his contract that he doesn’t get that unless he’s going to be here. Those are contractual things, as Stephen said. It would be very detrimental to the team not to abide by the agreement. We expect a player paid like Trevon to be here all the time. We expect him to be leading.”

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