Vontae Diggs (born November 7, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the Memphis Showboats of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Connecticut.
| No. 20 – Memphis Showboats | |||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | November 7, 1995 Downers Grove, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | North (Downers Grove, Illinois) | ||||||||
| College: | UConn | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2018 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career spring football statistics as of 2024 | |||||||||
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| Stats at CFL.ca | |||||||||
Personal life
editDiggs grew up in Downers Grove, Illinois, and went to Downers Grove North High School.[1]
College career
editDiggs played all 48 games for the UConn Huskies in his collegiate career. Diggs tallied 77 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss[2] in his senior season.
Professional career
editHe tried out with the Washington Redskins after graduating from the University of Connecticut.[3]
Diggs has played in five different football leagues, including the AAF and Arena Football League. Most notably, Diggs spent two years with the Edmonton Elks in the Canadian Football League where he won the team's "Most Outstanding Rookie" award in 2019.[4] He was released by the Eskimos in 2020 and signed with the Toronto Argonauts. In October 2021 he was released by the Argonauts.[5]
Diggs signed with the New Orleans Breakers of the USFL on September 28, 2023.[6] The Breakers folded when the XFL and USFL merged to create the United Football League (UFL).[7] He was selected by the Memphis Showboats during the 2024 UFL dispersal draft on January 5, 2024.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Vontae Diggs - Football". University of Connecticut Athletics.
- ^ "Vontae Diggs College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ^ Myers, Jacob (August 8, 2018). "'Football saved my life': Vontae Diggs went from homeless to trying to make the Redskins roster". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- ^ 3DownStaff. "Argos release linebacker Vontae Diggs". 3 Down Nation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Argos release linebacker Vontae Diggs". 3DownNation.
- ^ @USFLBreakers (September 28, 2023). "Free Agent Signings" (Tweet). Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Seifert, Kevin (January 1, 2024). "Newly formed United Football League sets 8 markets, tabs coaches". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ "2024 UFL Team Rosters". TheUFL.com. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
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