Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs underwent knee surgery on Thursday, the team said in a news release.
Diggs missed the final six games of the 2024 season with a left knee injury and was eventually moved to injured reserve.
The surgery he needed was a chondral tissue graft procedure, which the Cowboys’ website said “requires considerable time from the initial injury.”
“Still, the Cowboys are hopeful Diggs can return next season at some point, even if he’s not ready to start practicing at the beginning of training camp,” the team website went on to say.
ESPN and the Dallas Morning News reported the timing of Diggs’ surgery could force him to sit out the start of training camp, if not longer.
Diggs, 26, made 11 starts in 2024 before being shut down and recorded two interceptions and 42 tackles. His injury was to the same knee in which he sustained a torn ACL in practice two games into the 2023 season.
In 58 career games (57 starts) since Dallas drafted Diggs in the second round in 2020, he has recorded 20 interceptions, 63 pass deflections, 215 tackles, one sack and two forced fumbles. He is a two-time Pro Bowler and was named first-team All-Pro in 2021, when he led the league with 11 interceptions (two returned for touchdowns).
