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FRISCO, Texas — So much of an athlete’s journey involves goal setting and always being focused on the next thing, the next thing to check off their to do list.
Dallas Cowboys two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs deviated from that mindset and took time to be present and smell the roses prior to his return to NFL action in Week 1 at the Cleveland Browns, a 33-17 Cowboys win. It didn’t hit him that he was truly “back” from a torn ACL he suffered in practice in the lead up to Dallas’ Week 3 matchup with the Arizona Cardinals until pregame game warmups when he embraced Cowboys assistant head coach/defensive backs Al Harris. That hug on the field at Huntington Bank Field was when the tidal wave of emotion, sacrifice and hard work hit him.
“Yeah, 100 percent,” Diggs said on Wednesday when asked if that hug was when all the emotions rose to the surface.. “I didn’t feel it until i was actually out there. It was like ‘wow, I’m actually back.’ Yeah, it was emotional for me. … Just being about to go out there with my teammates and stuff and not miss them, just being able to go out there and compete, it felt good to be back.”
Diggs profiles as a quiet introvert on the surface, but three-time All-Pro Micah Parsons indicated there’s much more than meets the eye in regards to Diggs.
“Oh man, I told you he [Diggs] has more to him than y’all think,” Parsons said Wednesday when asked about Diggs’ emotional pregame hug with Harris. “It’s just who he is man. I think that relief to say man … those who haven’t been injured and God willing and thank God I’ve never had any season ending injury in my career. …. When you can’t walk, and you can’t really move around by yourself. You constantly need someone to help you and to fight through what he went through that whole year after the start he had and then to hurt himself in practice. I know it’s very emotional, and for him to come back…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-12 13:39:46
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