Vontae Diggs

Vontae Diggs
No. 20 – New Orleans Breakers
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	November 7, 1995 (age 26); Downers Grove, Illinois
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
	Washington Redskins (2018); Atlanta Legends (2019); Columbus Destroyers (2019); Edmonton Eskimos/Football Team (2019–2020); Toronto Argonauts (2021)*; New Orleans Breakers (2022–present);
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:	Active
CFL status:	Import
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com · CFL.ca

Vontae Diggs (born November 7, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at Connecticut.

Personal life[]

Vontae Diggs grew up in Downers Grove, Illinois and went to Downers Grove North High School.^[1]

College career[]

Diggs 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[]

He 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]