Cowboys officials plan to withhold $500,000 of cornerback Trevon Diggs‘ salary for not working out enough with the team this offseason.
Team officials will deduct $500,000 from Diggs’ $9 million base salary for his failure to complete at least 84% of his offseason workouts, a person with knowledge of Diggs’ contract told The Dallas Morning News. Diggs’ agent did not respond when asked for comment about the salary deduction.
Some players have workout clauses in their contracts as a bonus for attending a certain percentage of sessions, or a penalty for not doing so.
Diggs is recovering from surgery on his left knee.
Instead of doing a majority of his rehab work at The Star with team medical officials, he elected to do it away from the facility. Diggs has not told the media what his issues are with the team’s medical staff.
Diggs attended the mandatory veteran minicamp in June and was examined by team doctors this offseason. Last month, Diggs said he’s doing well in rehab work and has a goal of playing in the first Cowboys’ regular-season game Sept. 4 at Philadelphia. Diggs most likely will start training camp on the physically unable to perform list. The Cowboys have their first practice next Tuesday.
Last season, Diggs endured cartilage issues before ending his season after 11 games. In January, Diggs underwent a chondral tissue graft surgery to replace the damaged cartilage.
In 2023, Diggs suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during a practice before the third game of the season.
Diggs said the injury he suffered last season isn’t related to poor rehab work or the ACL tear. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones intimated Diggs needed to work better in rehab without identifying what areas the team wanted to see improved.
The Cowboys’ starting cornerback is a two-time Pro Bowler and was named to the All-Pro team once. He led the NFL with 11 interceptions in 2021. Yet, he’s played just 13 games the last two seasons, compiling three interceptions.
He’s considered one of the better corners in the NFL and in 2023 signed a five-year, $97 million deal that averages $19.4 million per season.
Without him, the Cowboys have a hole at cornerback. DaRon Bland is the other starting outside corner as the team enters training camp. Not only is the team searching for Diggs’ temporary replacement, there is need for a slot corner as well.
CLARIFICATION, 7 p.m., July 17, 2025: This story has been updated to clarify the Cowboys have not yet executed the salary reduction clause in Trevon Diggs’ contract, but plan to do so.
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