Sources: WR Stefon Diggs set to sign with Commanders - ESPN

ASHBURN, Va. — Free agent wide receiver Stefon Diggs is set to sign a one-year deal worth up to $12 million with the Washington Commanders, giving the team a proven receiver opposite Terry McLaurin, sources told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Diggs strengthens a receiver group whose depth had improved from 2025 but was still facing questions at the top, aside from McLaurin. Diggs, who was born in suburban Washington and played collegiately at Maryland, had made his desire to play for the Commanders known.

Diggs, 32, will be joining a new team for the third time in three seasons. He gives Washington a stronger second option alongside McLaurin, whose string of five consecutive 1,000-yard seasons was snapped last season due to injury.

Stefon Diggs ranked No. 1 in the NFL among wide receivers last season in reception percentage, catching 82.5% of his targets.

Diggs has been voted to the Pro Bowl four times — the last one occurring three years ago — and was named a first-team All-Pro in 2020 when he led the NFL with 127 receptions.

Washington's lack of receiver depth was evident in 2025 when McLaurin missed seven games with a quad injury and Noah Brown missed 13 games with knee and groin injuries. The result: Five players who were not on their roster at season's start ended up catching passes for them.

Washington drafted Antonio Williams in the third round and multiple team officials have expressed excitement over how he can help. The Commanders also have Luke McCaffrey, a third-round pick in 2024 with 29 career receptions in 26 games; and Jaylin Lane, a fourth-round pick in 2025 who caught 16 passes last season but as a punt returner he averaged 13.7 yards and scored twice.

They also have veterans