Mike Reiss
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots extensive receiver Stefon Diggs, who reported to coaching camp Saturday with different rehabilitating gamers, is cleared to follow for the primary day of coaching camp Wednesday, based on a supply.
Diggs tore his proper ACL in Week 8 of final season with the Houston Texans.
In March, the Patriots signed Diggs to a free-agent contract that included $26 million in bonuses and assured cash, projecting that his restoration would go easily and he may emerge as a possible No. 1 choice for second-year quarterback Drake Maye.
The primary indication that Diggs was cleared for follow got here Saturday, when New England positioned 4 gamers on the bodily unable to carry out checklist — and Diggs wasn't considered one of them.
Diggs, 31, practiced on a restricted foundation within the spring and mentioned in June that he wasn't but one hundred pc however near it.
Diggs joins veteran free agent signing Mack Hollins, third-year slot DeMario Douglas and 2025 third-round decide Kyle Williams atop the receiver depth chart, with a handful of others competing for roster spots — a bunch together with Kayshon Boutte, Kendrick Bourne, and 2024 draft picks Ja'Lynn Polk and Javon Baker, amongst others.
