Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs is out for the season to undergo knee surgery and might not be ready to suit up until after training camp ends in August 2025, Dallas executive vice president Stephen Jones said Monday.

Jones said Diggs, 26, was playing with fluid in his knee and did everything possible to avoid missing Sunday’s game at Carolina and landing back on injured reserve. Diggs was ruled out for the game and didn’t travel with the team to Charlotte, where the Cowboys (6-8) beat the Panthers 30-14.

“He was out there doing everything he can because he wants to play, he wants to compete, he wants to contribute,” Jones said in a radio interview with 105.3 FM The Fan in Dallas. “But, unfortunately, he (has) a new injury that has to do with cartilage. It’s certainly a very legitimate injury that’s gonna take him some time to recover from. … I don’t think he’ll be a player during training camp. I think his timeline is going to be right about the start of the season.”

Diggs has 42 tackles and two interceptions in 11 games (all starts) this season.

He tore the ACL in his left knee during a practice before Week 3 last season and played in only two games.

The Cowboys selected him in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft out of Alabama. He has 215 tackles, one sack, 63 passes defensed and 20 interceptions — including two returned for touchdowns — in 58 regular-season games (57 starts).

Diggs led the league with 11 picks for 142 yards in 2021, when he made the first of his two Pro Bowl teams and was first-team All-Pro.

–Field Level Media