Five seasons into his NFL career, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs figures he’s got a lot of football still ahead of him to make his son Aaiden’s wish come true.
“Yesterday, he said, ‘Can you play 19 more years so we can play together?’” Diggs said during an appearance with internet personality and live streamer N3on this week. “I’m like, I’m try to get my LeBron James on.
“He want me to play till I’m like 40.”
During the 2024-25 NBA season, James, at 40 years old, and his son Bronny James played together on the Los Angeles Lakers.
Diggs’ son is 8 years old, and the Cowboys cornerback said the youngster loves football.
Even if he can’t make it that far on the football field, Diggs said he would like his “life after football” to revolve around his children.
“I want to have, like, seven kids and just pour all into them that I’ve learned,” Diggs said. “Basically do everything that I would want to continue to do and do it with them and pour into them. Whatever they want to do.”
More immediately, after two injury-affected seasons, Diggs is hoping to be ready when Dallas’ 2025 season kicks off on Sept. 4 against the Philadelphia Eagles.
A knee injury caused Diggs to miss six of the Cowboys’ final seven games in the 2024 season. In 2023, Diggs played in only the first two games before a torn anterior cruciate ligament caused him to miss the rest of the season. Last year’s ailment affected the same knee, and Diggs had a procedure in January intended to improve the joint function.
A second-round draft pick from Alabama in 2020, Diggs was a first-team All-Pro selection in 2021 when he led the NFL with 11 interceptions. He earned Pro Bowl recognition again in 2022. With 20 interceptions, Diggs is among the 28 players in NFL history to reach that total in his first 58 games.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.
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