Las Vegas Raiders 2020 NFL Draft prospect profile: Trevon Diggs
Resume and Accolades
As a true freshman, Trevon played wide receiver, cornerback, and was a return specialist for the Crimson Tide. Going into his sophomore season he transitioned into strictly playing cornerback. During his tenure at Alabama, Diggs amassed 68 TOT tackles, 4 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 TOT defensive touchdowns.
Both touchdowns came in 2019 during his senior season, one as an interception return and one as a fumble recovery return.
In 2018, Trevon helped lead his team to not only an SEC Championship title, but a College Football Playoff National Championship as well. In 2019 his ability on the field earned him First Team All-SEC honors and being regarded as one of the top 5 cornerbacks coming into this years NFL Draft.
It’s not surprising as to what he can do athletically, with what we’ve been able to see older brother and current Buffalo Bills WR Steffon Diggs do during his 5 seasons in the league.
According to Pro Football Focus Diggs was only targeted 52 times his senior year, despite being asked to guard opposing teams top receiver each week. His worst game came at the hands of consensus No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow and the LSU Tigers. In that game he gave up 9 receptions on 13 targets, for 133 yards and 1 touchdown.
How he fared the rest of the season tells the tail of just how effective and lock down he was overall. In all of his remaining games combined he totaled 13 receptions on 39 targets, giving up 176 yards and no touchdowns.
Another stand out stat he had during his senior year was his effectiveness in single coverage. Single coverage skills are highly regarded as the most translatable to the NFL quite simply because it tracks how well you do man to man with no help. according to Pro Football Focus Trevon Diggs ranked 2nd among eligible cornerbacks with at 90.9 overall grade. He only allowed 12 receptions on 40 targets, for a 30% completion percentage.
Diggs was able to use his size to get physical at the line of scrimmage, and his speed to stay with opposing receivers. He was very effective in not let them gain separation, as he saw nearly all his targeted passes come in some form of single coverage.