After release from Cowboys, Trevon Diggs claimed by Green Bay Packers
After the Dallas Cowboys released cornerback Trevon Diggs on Tuesday, the Green Bay Packers claimed the 2021 All-Pro off the waiver wire, immediately putting him on their roster ahead of the playoffs.
Diggs reunites with former Cowboys’ teammate Micah Parsons, whom Dallas shockingly traded to Green Bay six days before the season started. While Parsons is out for the season after tearing his ACL earlier this month, he has already expressed his excitement over reuniting with someone he has called his “best friend” in the past.
After signing Diggs to a five-year, $97 million extension in August 2023, it had been all downhill for the two-time Pro Bowler and NFL leader in interceptions. Just two weeks into the 2023 season, Diggs tore his ACL in a practice in Frisco and missed the remainder of the season. One year later, he played in 11 games before having to be shut down because of an issue in the same knee. He would then need to have offseason surgery that kept him out of the entirety of the offseason and training camp.
During the offseason, he elected to train on his own in Miami away from the team facility. Because of a stipulation in his contract that stated he had to be present for at least 84 percent of offseason activities, Diggs was docked $500,000 of his 2025 salary, a move that caused friction between Diggs and the front office.
Although he made it back onto the field in time for Week 1 of the 2025 season, his performance had declined. In eight games, he failed to record an interception or a pass deflection — a first in his six-year career. Then, an at-home accident that resulted in a concussion put Diggs further into the proverbial doghouse. He landed on the injured reserve list shortly after with knee soreness and returned for two games before being released.
While it’s undetermined if this was directly linked to Tuesday’s release, another point of friction between Diggs and the team arrived over the weekend when Diggs requested to stay back in Maryland — where he is from and where his family resides — after the team’s game against the Washington Commanders on Christmas Day.
The request was made directly to head coach Brian Schottenheimer after the game, but it was denied. Diggs said he would’ve had to fly right back out to Maryland when the team came back to Dallas, but as it was laid out from a team source: “We fly out as a team. We fly back as a team. Period.”
One source in the Cowboys’ building did acknowledge the likelihood that the issue with the plane ride back to Dallas was the straw that finally broke the camel’s back to initiate the release.
“We came up with the decision,” Schottenheimer said Wednesday. “It was really an accumulation of multiple factors: performance, other elements. He’s been an incredible player for this organization, and truly I like Trevon a lot. I wish him nothing but the best. I’m excited to see where he lands and continue his career.”
That career, at least for the immediate future, will take place in Green Bay. The Packers will take on the $472,000 he is due in Week 18, plus another $58,823 if he is active in the game. With no guaranteed money left on his contract, the Packers can work on a restructure of his deal as soon as the season ends.
This story was originally published December 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM.
