A Camden, New Jersey native who bounced back from a quiet Texas A&M career with a captain's role and a Nagurski Award weekly honor in one season at Syracuse.
Fadil Diggs is a defensive end for New Orleans who took a long road to the NFL, transferring from Texas A&M to Syracuse for a single, productive senior season before the Saints took a flier on him in the final round of the 2025 draft. At 6-foot-4 with a 79-inch wingspan, Diggs offers the kind of length and athletic upside teams bet on late in the draft.
Path to the league
Diggs starred at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, earning New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year honors before enrolling at Texas A&M. After four seasons with the Aggies that included a four-sack, 11-tackle-for-loss junior year in 2023, he transferred to Syracuse for 2024, where he served as a team captain and recorded 7.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss in his lone season with the Orange.
Career highlights
Diggs finished his college career with 15.5 sacks across 45 games between the two programs. His breakout Syracuse season included a two-sack game against UNLV that earned him the Football Writers Association's Nagurski Award National Defensive Player of the Week. He tested well at the pre-draft process, posting a 4.57-second 40-yard dash and a 9.36 Relative Athletic Score for his size.
2025 season recap
The Saints selected Diggs with the 254th and final pick of the 2025 NFL Draft. He made his NFL debut against the Arizona Cardinals on September 6, 2025, and spent the year shuttling between New Orleans' active roster and practice squad before earning a roster promotion on January 2, 2026.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Fadil Diggs
- New Orleans Saints: Fadil Diggs
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Defensive End
- Group
- defense
- College
- Syracuse
- Hometown
- East Camden, NJ, USA
- Age
- 24
- Status
- active
