Dak Prescott
A fourth-round pick who took over as a rookie and never gave the job back.
Dak Prescott is the Dallas Cowboys' quarterback. A two-time first-team All-SEC player at Mississippi State, he was taken by Dallas in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft.
Quick Facts
- Current team
- Dallas Cowboys
- Number
- 4
- Position
- Quarterback
- Born
- 29 July 1993
- Birthplace
- Sulphur, Louisiana, U.S.
- High school
- Haughton (Haughton, Louisiana)
- College
- Mississippi State (2011–2015)
- Draft year
- 2016
Lore & Background
Born in Sulphur, Louisiana, Prescott played high school football at Haughton High School and chose Mississippi State over offers from schools including LSU and TCU. After a redshirt year he became the Bulldogs' starter in 2013, was MVP of that season's Liberty Bowl, and in 2014 led the team to its first No. 1 ranking and an Orange Bowl trip while breaking ten school records.
Did You Know?
- Prescott ranks seventh all-time in NFL completion percentage among passers with at least 1,500 attempts.
- He was the MVP of the 2013 Liberty Bowl, a 44-7 Mississippi State win over Rice.
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