GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Cornerback Trevon Diggs was released by the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday, three weeks after they claimed him off waivers from the Dallas Cowboys.
General manager Brian Gutekunst announced the move. The Packers claimed Diggs on Dec. 31, a day after the Cowboys waived him.
Diggs had an NFL-leading 11 interceptions and earned All-Pro honors in 2021. He made the Pro Bowl again in 2022 but his performance has declined since, in part because of two major knee surgeries.
Diggs, 27, joined the Packers just before their final regular-season game. He played nearly half of Green Bay’s defensive snaps in his Packers debut as the team rested its starters in a 16-3 loss at Minnesota.
But he was on the field for only one snap when the Packers lost 31-27 at Chicago in an NFC wild-card playoff game.
That capped a bumpy 2025 season for Diggs.
He played six games for Dallas before sustaining a concussion in an accident at home on Oct. 16. Diggs didn’t explain the cause of the injury to reporters until two months later, when he said he got hit in the head by a mounting pole while trying to install a TV.
Even after Diggs cleared the concussion protocol, he remained off the field for what the Cowboys described as lingering knee issues. Diggs then returned for two games before getting waived in late December.
In other moves Tuesday, the Packers signed defensive lineman Jaden Crumedy and quarterback Kyle McCord to reserve/future contracts.
McCord spent this season on the practice squad of the Philadelphia Eagles, who selected him in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL draft. McCord set an Atlantic Coast Conference single-season record by passing for 4,779 yards at Syracuse in 2024 after playing for Ohio State from 2021-23.
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