Bottom Line
UDFA tight end landing behind Jake Ferguson and a 2024 second-rounder in Luke Schoonmaker means Trigg is fighting for a practice squad spot, not snaps. Avoid in standard formats; deep-league TE-premium dart only.
Team Fit & Opportunity
Dallas already has a defined TE1 in Ferguson (re-upped, Dak's safety blanket) and Schoonmaker as the developmental TE2 with two years left on his rookie deal. Brevyn Spann-Ford holds the in-line/blocking role. The 80 vacated targets in this offense are funneling to George Pickens and the running back room, not a fourth tight end. Trigg's realistic year-1 path is practice squad with a chance at the 53 only if Schoonmaker regresses or someone gets hurt. Zero designed role exists.
Talent Profile
Trigg is a 6'4", 240-pound move tight end whose appeal was always the receiver-first profile — he came out of high school as a four-star with WR/TE flex, transferred from USC to Ole Miss to Baylor, and the production never matched the tools. At 23 entering the league with three schools on the résumé and a UDFA grade, the evaluation is settled: NFL teams saw the tape and passed seven rounds. The athletic profile suggests slot/flex usage in a creative offense, but he isn't an in-line blocker at 240 and doesn't separate consistently enough to win as a pure receiver.
Strengths
- Receiver-friendly frame and ball skills: 6'4" with natural hands and contested-catch flashes from his Ole Miss tape — the trait base that kept him on draft boards through three transfers.
- Scheme versatility: Has lined up in-line, flexed, and in the slot across three programs, giving a creative OC something to work with on a 53-man bubble.
- Age-adjusted experience: Four years of Power 5 reps means he's NFL-ready mentally even if the physical tools are capped.
Concerns
- No path to snaps: Ferguson is the entrenched TE1, Schoonmaker is the drafted developmental piece, and Spann-Ford owns the blocking role — there's no fourth TE job in Dallas.
- UDFA grade is the market's verdict: 32 teams passed on 257 picks; Campus2Canton already flagged him as post-draft "stock down."
- Age-23 rookie with three transfers: The production-vs-tools gap that pushed him to Baylor in the first place didn't get solved, and he's not a developmental projection at this age.
Historical Comp Read
The archetype — athletic move TE, multiple transfers, UDFA — historically produces career practice-squad bodies and JAG TE3s (think the Brevyn Spann-Ford / Peyton Hendershot tier). The rare hits from this profile (Robert Tonyan as a flier example) needed both a target vacuum and a QB who trusted them. Trigg has neither in Dallas. The comp signal here is honest and bearish: undrafted move tight ends behind a settled TE room don't break out.
Outlook
Year 1: practice squad most likely, with a low-percentage shot at the 53 if injuries hit. Three-year arc: career TE3/TE4 journeyman or out of the league by 2028. The catalyst is a trade or release that lands him somewhere with an actual TE depth chart opening — Dallas isn't it. Floor is immediate: cut at final roster trim and never resurfacing on a fantasy-relevant depth chart. Not rosterable outside 20-team TE-premium formats.