The Seahawks took a look at a familiar name this week, bringing in former All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs for a tryout, according to Tuesday’s NFL transaction wire.
Diggs, who was once a standout with the Dallas Cowboys, has been a free agent since the Green Bay Packers released him after two appearances in 2025. Seattle’s interest adds another twist to a career that once looked headed for stardom.
Diggs entered the league as a second-round pick by Dallas in 2020, and Seahawks fans remember him for one particularly memorable play against DK Metcalf, when Metcalf’s easy-looking run to the end zone was cut short by Diggs’ effort to punch the ball out of the end zone for a touchback.
His peak came in 2021, when he piled up a league-best 11 interceptions and earned first-team All-Pro honors. He followed that with a Pro Bowl nod in 2022, but the rest of the ride has been defined more by injuries and uneven play than by those early highs.
A torn ACL wiped out most of his 2023 season after just two games, and he later underwent another surgery on the same knee the following year. In his last season with Dallas, Diggs also missed significant time because of non-football related concussion symptoms, and the Cowboys moved on in December. The split came after a stretch marked by both declining production and growing tension with the organization.
Diggs is still just 27, but the combination of injuries and shaky results in coverage and tackling has kept him unsigned into mid-August. The Seahawks’ tryout suggests they’re at least exploring the possibility, though any comeback would have to overcome a lot.
Seattle’s timing is notable because of the complications tied to signing Terrion Arnold, who would be placed on the commissioner’s exempt list and wouldn’t be able to practice or play with Seattle until he’s off the list.
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