Dak Prescott with the Dallas Cowboys, 2021
With the Dallas Cowboys, 2021. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Mississippi State, 2011–⁠15

Dak Prescott

Lettered 2012–⁠15 (school media guide)

Number
No. 15
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Haughton, LA
Born
Jul 29, 1993, in Sulphur, Louisiana

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Dak Prescott played quarterback at Mississippi State (2011–⁠15). He finished eighth in the 2014 Heisman vote. The Dallas Cowboys took Prescott in round 4, No. 135 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,793
Passing yards, 2015 (Mississippi State, 9–⁠4)
Best game
508 yards
At Arkansas, week 12, 2015: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
Heisman vote
8th
In the 2014 vote
Drafted
No. 135
Round 4, 2016 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

Career highs

508passing yards, career highat Arkansas, 20155touchdown passes, career highat Arkansas, 2015154rushing yards, career highat Texas A&M, 20133rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Kentucky, 2015

Honors

Regional honors: Conerly Trophy 2014–⁠15

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2012Mississippi State182962.11946.740
2013Mississippi State15626758.41,9407.3107
2014Mississippi State24439661.63,4498.72711
2015Mississippi State31647766.23,7938.0295
Career7341,16962.89,3768.07023

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Mississippi State321183.7415
2013Mississippi State1348296.21375
2014Mississippi State2109864.71456
2015Mississippi State1605883.71049
Career5362,5214.74175

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Mississippi State15QB
2012Mississippi State15QB
2013Mississippi State15QB
2014Mississippi State15QB
2015Mississippi State15QB6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Mississippi State3620.3083rd (n=144)0.22109.547%0.240.24
2014Mississippi State6070.3379th (n=147)0.24199.661%0.480.46
2015Mississippi State6350.3577th (n=151)0.24220.468%0.480.30

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Mississippi State 13 games, 3,793 passing yards, 29 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5atSouthern MissW 34–⁠1622382372072
Sep 12vs.LSUL 19–⁠21345233510−19
Sep 19vs.Northwestern StateW 62–⁠1310112272054
Sep 26atAuburnW 17–⁠929412702014
Oct 3atTexas A&ML 17–⁠3020342100096
Oct 10vs.TroyW 45–⁠173674103
Oct 17vs.Louisiana TechW 45–⁠2030433473034
Oct 24vs.KentuckyW 42–⁠16253534831117
Nov 5atMissouriW 31–⁠1327403034047
Nov 14vs.AlabamaL 6–⁠3122433000114
Nov 21atArkansasW 51–⁠5038505085146
Nov 28vs.Ole MissL 27–⁠3831422542163
Dec 30 ✦vs.NC StateW 51–⁠2825423804147
2014 Mississippi State 13 games, 3,449 passing yards, 27 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.Southern MissW 49–⁠018262844123
Sep 6vs.UABW 47–⁠34122521141111
Sep 13atSouth AlabamaW 35–⁠3132120110139
Sep 20atLSUW 34–⁠29152426820105
Oct 4vs.Texas A&MW 48–⁠3120262682077
Oct 11vs.AuburnW 38–⁠23183424612121
Oct 25atKentuckyW 45–⁠3118332161188
Nov 1vs.ArkansasW 17–⁠1018273311261
Nov 8vs.UT MartinW 45–⁠1614232062054
Nov 15atAlabamaL 20–⁠2527482902382
Nov 22vs.VanderbiltW 51–⁠016211933030
Nov 29atOle MissL 17–⁠3122372821048
Dec 31 ✦vs.Georgia TechL 34–⁠4933514533147
2013 Mississippi State 11 games, 1,940 passing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.Oklahoma StateL 3–⁠2171789019
Sep 7vs.Alcorn StateW 51–⁠712191742020
Sep 14atAuburnL 20–⁠24152821300133
Sep 21vs.TroyW 62–⁠713212331053
Oct 5vs.LSUL 26–⁠5992010601103
Oct 12vs.Bowling GreenW 21–⁠207117501139
Oct 24vs.KentuckyW 28–⁠2223342682033
Nov 2atSouth CarolinaL 16–⁠3428432350378
Nov 9atTexas A&ML 41–⁠51142614921154
Nov 28vs.Ole MissW 17–⁠1011201150029
Dec 31 ✦vs.RiceW 44–⁠717282833078
2012 Mississippi State 12 games, 118 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.Jackson StateW 56–⁠9148006
Sep 8vs.AuburnW 28–⁠10–––––4
Sep 22vs.South AlabamaW 30–⁠1012290010
Oct 6atKentuckyW 27–⁠14–––––32
Oct 13vs.TennesseeW 41–⁠312217102
Oct 20vs.Middle TennesseeW 45–⁠345280011
Oct 27atAlabamaL 7–⁠38464010–
Nov 3vs.Texas A&ML 13–⁠38–––––14
Nov 10atLSUL 17–⁠37119103
Nov 17vs.ArkansasW 45–⁠1422280017
Nov 24atOle MissL 24–⁠41363510−1
Jan 1 ✦vs.NorthwesternL 20–⁠340100020

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

MVP of the 2016 Senior Bowl.

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′2¼″
Weight226 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size10″
Wingspan78″W
40-yard dash4.79 s
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′8″
3-cone drill7.11 s
20-yard shuttle4.32 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 144 games with a stat; latest team: Dallas Cowboys.

Pro Bowls: 5 (2016, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2023

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2023.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2016Dallas Cowboys163114593,667234282
2017Dallas Cowboys163084903,3242213357
2018Dallas Cowboys163565263,885228305
2019Dallas Cowboys163885964,9023011277
2020Dallas Cowboys51512221,8569493
2021Dallas Cowboys164105964,4493710146
2022Dallas Cowboys122613942,8602315182
2023Dallas Cowboys174105904,516369242
2024Dallas Cowboys81852861,97811854
2025Dallas Cowboys174046004,5523010177
2026 (so far)Dallas Cowboys51291921,3819366
NFL career1443,3134,95137,370252952,181

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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