TAMPA, Fla. – Last weekend, Stefon Diggs caught the 900th pass of his NFL career. The Pro Bowl receiver became the 29th player in league history to accomplish that feat and became one of the fastest players to reach that mark.

Then on Sunday, in Tampa Bay, Diggs surpassed 11,000 receiving yards in his career, becoming the 25th player in NFL history to reach that in 11 seasons or fewer.

Despite all his success, Diggs still spent last week in Foxborough working with special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer. The veteran was working on the Patriots ‘hands team’ and practicing how to recover onside kicks.

That work came in handy. On Sunday, Diggs caught five passes for 46 yards with an important touchdown. He then finished the game by recovering an onside kick with 38 seconds on the clock to secure the Patriots’ win.

Diggs said that out of all his NFL accolades, that was the first time he recovered an onside kick.

“I think I missed some early in my career. That might’ve been my first,” Diggs said. “[Expletive], game on the line, I definitely want to be a guy that’s out there putting us in position to win. I play receiver, I should catch the ball.”

Diggs’ 1-yard touchdown, on fourth down, was one of the biggest plays of the game. That allowed the Patriots to go into halftime with a 14-10 lead after trailing for most of the first half. The Patriots then opened the second half with a 55-yard TreVeyon Henderson run and held onto the lead.

The Buccaneers never went away, and even after Henderson scored a second time, with 1:31 left, Tampa Bay scored with 33 seconds on the clock. Up by five, that led to Chase McLaughlin’s onside kick.

Diggs said he was prepared for the moment.

“Definitely different in the pass (game). But we worked on it all week, too,” Diggs said. “Springer does a great job coaching me up during the week, letting me know where to be at, what’s a good spot. He always says, ‘Go attack the ball. Just like a receiver. Just go attack the ball.’”