The Patriots revealed on Tuesday that Diggs will be wearing the No. 8 jersey after signing a three-year, $69 million deal with the team: Diggs wore No. 14 when he was with the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills. During his lone season with the Houston Texans in 2024, he wore No. 1, which was his college number at Maryland.

Stefon Diggs was widely regarded as one of the top free agent wide receivers available this offseason. Coming off of a torn ACL during his lone season with the Houston Texans, Diggs was still productive in his short stint.

Stefon Diggs has a new team in the New England Patriots and will sport a fresh uniform number, as revealed by the team on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday afternoon. Diggs, who wore No. 14 with the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bulls en route to four Pro Bowls and establishing himself as one of the best wide receivers in the game,