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Cowboys Star Trevon Diggs Wins ‘Alabama Pro Athlete of the Year’
FRISCO – Early in 2021, Trevon Diggs mentioned he wished to place the NFL on discover that “I’m right here.”
The NFL observed. And now so have the oldsters again house in Alabama.
Diggs helped lead a Dallas Cowboys defensive turnaround and in addition led the NFL with 11 interceptions. He made the Professional Bowl … and now he’s been named the state of Alabama’s 2021 Professional Athlete of the 12 months.
Mentioned 2020 NFL Draft classmate Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb of Diggs: “We all the time knew Tre was a canine. Me personally, I did, coming in collectively and seeing him at Bama. I perceive what was happening.
“I knew that Tre was a Professional Bowler or simply an All-Professional DB. I have a look at him as that.”
The league is wanting, too. And so is the state of Alabama, the place he began at cornerback for the highly effective Crimson Tide program.
Diggs rising as a playmaking” nook is now indeniable. He has targets to be extra of a “shut-down nook” for defensive coordinator Dan Quinn as effectively.
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Diggs’ early-career numbers put him in lofty firm. Statistically, he compares to Cowboys standout Everson Partitions. His total manufacturing? Community TV analyst Troy Aikman has in contrast him to Tremendous Bowl teammate Deion Sanders, the best playmaking nook in NFL historical past.
Diggs believes his particular person abilities can result in Cowboys success.
“I used to be actually excited and happy with what we did final yr, and I really feel like that was a great begin to construct on,” Diggs mentioned not too long ago. “We acquired a great base, a great floor, a great basis and we simply acquired to construct off that. And we acquired the fellows to do it, so we simply acquired to get it performed.”
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