Commanders Camp Football
Commanders wide receiver Stefon Diggs practices Friday in Ashburn, Va. Throughout his career, Diggs has earned the reputation of helping elevate young quarterbacks.
ASHBURN, Va. — For the first decade of his NFL career, Stefon Diggs always felt like he had something to prove when going up against Washington.
“That’s my hometown team, them and the Baltimore Ravens,” Diggs said Friday. "I always played with a chip on my shoulder, but the chip got really big when I’d go home because I felt like they passed up on me, didn’t give me a chance, and I was right in their backyard.”
Washington, and every NFL franchise, passed on Diggs multiple times in the 2015 draft before Minnesota selected him in the fifth round. After stints with the Vikings, Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans and New England Patriots, and four Pro Bowl selections later, Diggs signed with his hometown Commanders earlier this week.