Logan Diggs
{{Short description|American football player (born 2002)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
|name=Logan Diggs
|image=Logan Diggs (53534602086) (cropped).jpg
|caption=Diggs in 2023
|school=Ole Miss Rebels
|currentnumber=22
|currentposition=Running back
|class={{redshirt}} Senior
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|birth_date={{birth date and age|2002|3|17}}
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|heightft=6
|heightin=1
|weight_lb=215
|highlights=
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|highschool=Archbishop Rummel (Metairie, Louisiana)
|pastschools=
- Notre Dame (2021–2022)
- LSU (2023)
- Ole Miss (2024–present)
|espn=4603192
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Logan Alexander Diggs (born March 17, 2002) is an American football running back for the Ole Miss Rebels. He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and LSU Tigers.
Early life and high school
Diggs grew up in Boutte, Louisiana and attended Archbishop Rummel High School where he lettered in football, basketball and track & field.{{cite web|url=https://fightingirish.com/roster/logan-diggs/|title=Logan Diggs|website=Notre Dame Fighting Irish|date=13 December 2020 }} He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Notre Dame over offers from schools such as Arizona, Arizona State, Arkansas, Colorado, LSU, Memphis, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Southern Miss and USC.{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/player/logan-diggs-46086564/high-school-239739/|title=Logan Diggs, Archbishop Rummel, Running Back|website=247sports.com|access-date=September 29, 2023}}
College career
= Notre Dame =
As a freshman in 2021, Diggs played in the last eight games where he handed 52 carries for 230 yards and three scores along with six passes for 56 yards and a score.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/logan-diggs-1.html|title=Logan Diggs College Stats|website=Sports Reference|access-date=September 29, 2023}} During the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, he made nine rushes for 29 yards and four catches for 21 yards.{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college/2022/01/02/notre-dame-running-back-offers-apology-after-irish-suffer-fiesta-bowl-loss|title=Notre Dame RB Apologizes for Performance Against Oklahoma State|work=Notre Dame Fighting Irish on SI |publisher=SI.com|first=Nick|last=Selbe|date=January 1, 2022|access-date=September 29, 2023}} During the 2022 season, Diggs played in 12 games and finished the season with 821 rushing yards and four touchdowns. During the 2022 Gator Bowl, he finished the game with 170 all-purpose yards while making 13 carries for 89 yards and also made a 75 yard touchdown pass making it the second longest touchdown reception during a bowl game in the program's history.{{cite web|url=https://fightingirishwire.usatoday.com/lists/twitter-reacts-to-logan-diggs-75-yard-touchdown-in-gator-bowl/|title=Twitter reacts to Logan Diggs' 75-yard touchdown in Gator Bowl|website=Fighting Irish Wire|first=Geoffrey|last=Clark|date=December 30, 2022|access-date=September 29, 2023}}
On April 27, 2023, Diggs announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.{{cite web|url=https://www.ndinsider.com/story/sports/football/2023/04/27/notre-dame-football-logan-diggs-enters-transfer-portal-marcus-freeman-tyler-buchner-lorenzo-styles/70160883007/|title=Logan Diggs joins the transfer portal parade out of Notre Dame football|website=ND Insider|first=Mike|last=Berardino|date=April 27, 2023|access-date=September 29, 2023}} On May 16, 2023, he announced that he would be transferring to LSU.{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/sports/lsu/lsu-football-adds-notre-dame-transfer-rb-logan-diggs/article_a292e288-f1dd-11ed-9eb2-57a7a5b08618.html|title=Notre Dame RB Logan Diggs has decided to return closer to home to play for LSU|website=nola.com|first=Wilson|last=Alexander|date=May 16, 2023|access-date=September 29, 2023}}
= LSU =
During the 2023 season, Diggs started to become one of the top rushers at LSU after the Week 4 game against Arkansas where he completed 97 yards on 14 carries.{{cite web|url=https://crescentcitysports.com/logan-diggs-emerges-as-top-rusher-for-lsu/|title=Logan Diggs emerges as top rusher for LSU|website=Crescent City Sports|first=Rene|last=Nadeau|date=September 25, 2023|access-date=September 29, 2023}}
=Statistics=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Rushing ! colspan="5"| Receiving | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
| 2021 || style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Notre Dame Fighting Irish}}"| 2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
| 8 || 0 || 52 || 230 || 4.4 || 26 || 3 || 6 || 56 || 9.3 || 20 || 1 | |||||||||||
| 2022 || style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Notre Dame Fighting Irish}}"| 2022 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
| 12 || 7 || 165 || 821 || 5.0 || 51 || 4 || 10 || 211 || 21.1 || 75 || 2 | |||||||||||
| 2023 || style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|LSU Tigers}}"| 2023 LSU Tigers football team
| 10 || 8 || 119 || 653 || 5.5 || 35 || 7 || 8 || 82 || 10.3 || 18 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 2024 || style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ole Miss Rebels}}"| 2024 Ole Miss Rebels football team
| 1 || 0 || 1 || 15 || 15.0 || 15 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 6.0 || 6 || 0 | |||||||||||
| align=center colspan="2" |Career || 31 || 15 || 336 || 1,704 || 5.1 || 51 || 14 || 24 || 349 || 14.5 || 75 || 3 |
References
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External links
- [https://fightingirish.com/roster/logan-diggs/ Notre Dame Fighting Irish bio]
- [https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/roster/player/logan-diggs-2/ LSU Tigers bio]
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Category:Players of American football from Louisiana
Category:Archbishop Rummel High School alumni
Category:American football running backs
Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players