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NFL Star Stefon Diggs Gives Back to Local Community

Good Counsel alum hosts free youth camp; Cardi B & Shy Glitzy attend
Brandy Simms|
Veteran NFL star Stefon Diggs, now with the New England Patriots, returned his hometown of Gaithersburg, Maryland to host a free youth camp.
Veteran NFL star Stefon Diggs, now with the New England Patriots, returned his hometown of Gaithersburg, Maryland to host a free youth camp. | Jamie Germano via Imagn Content Services, LLC

One of the NFL’s brightest stars gave back to his community over the weekend. 

New England Patriots wide receiver and Gaithersburg, Maryland native Stefon Diggs and the Diggs Deep Foundation hosted the fourth annual Diggs Day football camp on Saturday, June 7 at SECU Stadium on the University of Maryland campus. 

The free camp offered youth the opportunity to learn from the best. 

 “500 kids come out here. They come here with a great mindset,” Diggs told Simon Buggs of CTV Sports. “They come excited. I’m just happy to be a part of something special and something I can bring back to the crib [and] back to my school. [There is] a lot to be proud of around here so [I just] try to bring back some love and get that next generation ready to go.” 

Diggs, who played college football at Maryland, was joined at the camp by his brother and Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs along with various other friends and associates including his trainer, Myron Flowers, Buffalo Bills wide receiver Mack Hollins and Maryland head coach Michael Locksley. 

Diggs’s girlfriend, Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B, and Washington, D.C. native Shy Glizzy, a Grammy-nominated rapper, also made appearances at the Diggs Day camp. 

Cardi B shared video of the camp on her Instagram stories and Locksley shared a photo of him and Cardi B on his X account. 

Diggs, who played at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Maryland, was a consensus five-star recruit during his prep days in the crab state. 

“Giving kids a space to be active, learn, and dream big is what this camp is all about,” Diggs said in a press release. “This community gave me so much growing up – it means everything to give back right here at home.” 

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Brandy Simms
BRANDY SIMMS

Brandy Simms is an award-winning sports journalist who has covered professional, college and high school sports in the DMV for more than 30 years including the NFL, NBA and WNBA. He has an extensive background in both print and broadcast media and has freelanced for SLAM, Dime Magazine and The Washington Post. A former Sports Editor for The Montgomery County Sentinel, Simms captured first place honors in the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association 2006 Editorial Contest for a sports column entitled “Remembering Len Bias.” The Oakland, California native began his postgraduate career at WMAL-AM Radio in Washington, D.C. where he produced the market’s top-rated sports talk show “Sports Call” with host Ken Beatrice. A former Sports Director for “Cable News 21,” Simms also produced sports at WJLA-TV and served as host of the award-winning “Metro Sports Connection” program on Montgomery Community Television. Simms is a frequent contributor to various radio and television sports talk shows in the Washington, D.C. market. In 2024, he made his national television debut on “The Rich Eisen Show” on the Roku Channel. He began contributing to High School On SI in 2025.

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