Trevon Diggs contract details: How much Cowboys owe star CB amid injury concerns. Details out

Trevon Diggs signed a five-year, $97 million contract extension in 2023 before the Dallas Cowboys released the cornerback.

Published on: Dec 31, 2025, 03:35:28 IST

By Shirin Gupta

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The Dallas Cowboys reportedly released cornerback Trevon Diggs on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Todd Archer. Diggs signed a five-year, $97 million contract extension with the team just two years before he was released.

Trevon Diggs signed a five-year, $97 million contract extension in 2023 before the Dallas Cowboys released the cornerback. (Photo by Scott Taetsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)

Before entering the free-agent market, Diggs will be open to waivers. According to ESPN's Field Yates, Diggs' contract requires a team to pay him his base salary of $472,000 for Week 18 and $58,823 if he is active for the game.

Trevon Diggs Contract details

In July 2023, the Cowboys and Trevon Diggs agreed to a five-year, $97 million contract extension. This made him one of the highest-paid cornerbacks in the NFL at the time.

Diggs received a $21.25 signing bonus in addition to $1.0 million in roster bonuses per game from 2024 to 2028. He also received a significant financial guarantee with about $33.3 million guaranteed at signing and roughly $42.3 million in total guarantees over the course of the contract.

He also received an injury guarantee of $9 million for 2025 that was set to vest in the year 2025; however, the Cowboys cut Diggs before it fully locked in.

However, in the 2025 season, the Cowboys exercised a workout-clause provision in Diggs’s contract after he did not meet the required percentage of offseason training at team facilities, resulting in a $500,000 reduction to his base salary.

Injury problems and limited production

Diggs has been limited by injuries and inconsistent availability ever since he signed the extension.

A torn ACL in 2023 sidelined him for most of that year, and subsequent cartilage issues and a 2025 concussion further curtailed his playing time.

Since the contract began, Diggs has appeared in just 21 of a possible 50 games with only three interceptions and 25 tackles in 2025 before being waived.

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Shirin Gupta
Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More

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