Who is Darez Diggs All About Stefon Diggs Brother
Darez Diggs (born on the 18th of December 1995; Age: 28 years old) is a former National Football League (NFL) cornerback and wide receiver best known as the brother of Stefon Diggs, Buffalo Bills’ wide receiver.
Darez made waves in both collegiate football and the National Football Association during his active days in the game. The University of Alabama alum recorded admirable stats with teams like Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills, the Seahawks, and the Lions. However, he later decided to give it all up and went to pitch his tent in the fashion industry. Currently, Darez is a staff of Blue Boii – a top-notch fashion firm known for making cool t-shirts, sweatpants, hoodies and more.
According to what we could sieve from available records, Darez Diggs was born on the 18th of December 1995, in Washington DC. in the United State. This pegs his current age at 28.
Although his full name is Darez MarSean Diggs, he prefers to be go by his first and last names. The former NFL player is an American citizen and ethnicity-wise, his physical appearance is a testament to his African-American roots.
There isn’t much to go by on the identity of Darez Diggs’s father, but according to reports, he is a football enthusiast named Aron Diggs. Reports have it that it was Aron who got his three sons into football and took pride in their individual successes in the game. It is also said that he coached them at the initial stage of their careers, taking them to their training sessions every day before they were old enough to seek professional training.
Sadly, Aron didn’t live long enough to reap the fruit of his labor as his life was cut short in January 2008. The Patron of the Diggs family died after losing the battle to congestive heart failure at age 39.
Darez’s mum, on the other hand, is an African-American woman who goes by the name Stephanie Diggs. Nothing much has been said about the Stephanie/Aron marriage but we were led to understand that the late Aron was younger than Stephanie by a couple of years.
Reports also said their marriage ended when their children were still young and they moved on to other relationships. The Diggs family ran a Christian household and trained their children to follow the faith.
Darez Diggs’ earliest academic journey is not recorded but when the time came for the former football cornerback to go to high school he chose to join Edison-Friendship Academy High School.
Thanks to his father’s mentorship, the youngster already had an interest in playing football which led him to go under the watch of Coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim for his professional training. From what is perceivable, Diggs went from Edison-Friendship Academy to the Iowa Community College and later passed through the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association).
Diggs’ high school playing days were quite memorable; during his senior year, he helped his team in winning the city championship. In the year 2015, the promising cornerback earned the title of NJCAA First Team All-American after playing in a total of 32 games within a season. As a junior in 2017, Darez Diggs was fielded in 12 games, starting five. He later joined the University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Diggs’ active involvement in sports during his high school and university days gave the youngster the needed training and exposure which contributed to his later success in football at the professional level.
During his active years in football, Darez Diggs played for several clubs both at the university level and during his brief stint with the National Football Association.
As a freshman in college, Darez Diggs played as a defensive back for the Morgan State Bears, though he was severally fielded as a wide receiver. During his exploits with the team, he sported the numbered 35 jersey.
His days with the Bears gave him the opportunity to play alongside football greats like Orlando Jhonson (running back), Broderick Gager (wide receiver), and quarterback, Ricky Fisk.
He effected his transfer to the University of Alabama in 2015 where he did exploits with the University of Alabama Blazers (UAB) as a cornerback. After one year at UAB, Darez Diggs emerged among the junior college commitments to become part of the university’s 2016 recruiting class.
Meanwhile, while he was making the move to join UAB, Diggs had other mouthwatering offers from American colleges like the University of West Virginia but stood firm in his decision to join the Blazers FC.
His activities as a cornerback and wide receiver in the 2016 class drew the attention of the football media outlet 247Sports.com, which ranked him as the fifth-best football prospect in D.C, 123rd nationally as a recruiter, and 12th as a cornerback. Diggs achieved all these with a 0.8059 composite score.
Darez Diggs’ draft into the National Football Association became a reality in 2015 when he was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings as the 145th overall in the 5th round of the 2015 draft. His draft was pronounced after he ran for the 20-yard shuttle within 4.11 seconds plus the 60-yard shuttle within 11.46 seconds.
While he was part of the National Football Club, Diggs had brief stints with clubs such as the Buffalo Bills. There was also a period in 2019 when the wide receiver was traded to the Seahawks after he played briefly with the Lions.
Growing up in Washington DC. Darez Diggs built childhood memories with two direct brothers, Stefon and Trevon Diggs.
Born on the 29th of November, 1993 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Stefon is Darez’s big brother who is older than him by a couple of years. A University of Maryland alum, Stefon played collegiate basketball for his school’s team from 2012–2014.
The wide receiver is currently making waves with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football Association, though he was drafted into the NFL by the Minnesota Vikings during the 2015 draft in the fifth round.
Darez’s younger brother is another football star who goes by the name, Trevon De’Sean Diggs. He was also born in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on the 20th of September 1998 and is three years younger than Darez.
Just like his big brother, Trevon also graduated from the University of Alabama where he was very active in collegiate football. The baby of the Diggs family was drafted into the NFL in 2020 during the second round and he is currently playing as a cornerback with the Dallas Cowboys FC.
Apart from his two direct siblings, Darez Diggs has three half-siblings from his father’s previous relationship. There is Aron McDonald Diggs Jnr., who is the oldest among the Diggs’ brood.
The former footballer also has a half-sister who goes by the name Porche Green, and another half-brother named Dimitri Ricks. Dimitri obviously got his last name from his mum, Renee Ricks who works and earns a living as a beautician.
Out of all the Diggs siblings, Stefon is the most popular followed by Trevon. Though Darez has long left football, he still enjoys some level of popularity as the younger brother of Stefon. Their step-siblings are not as well-known as the three footballers but they are believed to be doing great in their individual endeavors.
Going by several online reports, Darez Diggs and his big brother, Stefon Diggs, enjoy a close relationship. When the brothers lost their dad in 2008, Stefon was just a young lad of 14 but he had to double as a father figure for his two younger brothers, Darez, 12, and Trevon 9.
Stefon practically took over from his father in mentoring his two younger siblings in football. Darez and Trevon would always tag along whenever Stefon went for his training sessions. Reports say that Stefon was the one who pushed both Darez and Trevon to achieve greater heights in football and takes the credit for molding them into the fine young men they have become today.
Stefon never misses an opportunity to wish his brothers well as evidenced in his Instagram account @stefondiggs
In the same way as other celebrities, Darez Diggs has established his presence on several social media platforms. The former NFL cornerback cum wide receiver is visible on Instgram at @marseandiggs.
On the picture-sharing platform, Darez has accumulated27.2Kfollowers despite the fact that his handle doesn’t have many activities. So far, he has only shared nine posts through his Insta Stories.
The former footballer’s activities on social media extend to Twitter where he uses the handle @marseandiggs. He joined the platform in August2014 and currently, he can boast of2,357followerson his handle. The kind of things to expect from his page include some professional details about his career in the fashion industry and clips from his active days in football.
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Diggs is also on Facebook where he is simply known as Darez Diggs.
Since leaving the NFL, Darez Diggs has moved on to other things. Many people thought he would continue with a career related to sports but surprisingly, his current career is nothing close to sports. According to the tidbits gathered from recent reports, is now an employee of the Blue Boii clothing company. The firm is a top-notch fashion company known for making cool t-shirts, sweatpants, and hoodies.
The clothing line is doing exceptionally well in the highly competitive apparel industry. The brand has established a presence on Instagram @ iblueboii with 5.3 thousand and still counting.
Though the spotlight left Darez after he hung his football boots, reports have revealed that the Washington native is doing admirably well in his new career path.
Players who go professional in the NFL are usually above average in height and Darez Diggs is no exception. The former national Football Association cornerback stands at an imposing height of 6 feet 2 inches. In addition, he carries a body mass of 95 Kg to balance out his gigantic height.
It was thanks to Diggs’ height that he could play in multiple positions in football including defensive back where he functioned in roles as a safety, cornerback, and linebacker.
According to the NFL rule of thumb for safeties, a player must be at least 6 feet tall, linebackers must be 6 feet 1 inch tall with 210 lbs. body weight while a cornerback must attain 5 feet 11 inches with 193 lbs. All these height and weight requirements were met and surpassed by Darez Diggs and it comes as no surprise that he excelled at the game.
Reports have it that the Washington native has shed some weight since he left football but still maintains his commanding personality. General body stats for Darez is listed as 38-29-36 inches and to keep his body in tip-top shape, he adheres to a strict workout routine.
True to his roots as an African-American, Diggs has black, kinky Afro hair, which he sometimes locks up in dreads. He inscribed different parts of his body with tattoos and notable among them are his facial inscription, which includes a small letter “t” on one side and the word “Peace” written on the other side with a heart sign in red color.
