Week 15: Trevon Diggs, Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs has been named the DC Touchdown Club Pro Football Player of the Week for the second time this season.

Diggs, who played at the Avalon School in Wheaton, made his NFL-leading 10th interception of the season this past Sunday as the visiting Cowboys beat the New York Giants, 21-6. His 10 interceptions is the most by any Dallas player in 40 years; Everson Walls had 11 interceptions in 1981.

Diggs’ interception came midway through the fourth quarter as the Giants tried to get back in the game. Quarterback Mike Glennon (who played at Westfield High School in Chantilly) threw the ball up for grabs. Wide receiver Kenny Golladay tried to break up the play, but the Cowboys challenged the initial call of an incomplete pass and the play was overturned.

"On that play, the D-line did a great job because they had him," Diggs said. "I thought they were going to sack him and then he got out of the pocket and he just threw it up and he thought that his player was going to catch it. I knew I caught it. I had possession."

Diggs, whose older brother Stefon is a standout wide receiver with the Buffalo Bills, was a two-way star in high school. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, where he switched full-time to defense as a sophomore. He was selected by Dallas in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft.