Dak Prescott

Dak Prescott

Dak Prescott

Prescott in 2015
No. 4 Dallas Cowboys
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1993-07-29) July 29, 1993
Place of birth: Sulphur, Louisiana
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school: Haughton (LA)
College: Mississippi State
NFL draft: 2016 / Round: 4 / Pick: 135
Career history
Roster status: Unsigned draft pick
Career highlights and awards
College

Rayne Dakota "Dak" Prescott[1] (born July 29, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, where he was the starting quarterback from 2013–2015, and holds all school passing records.

Early years

Prescott attended Haughton High School in Haughton, Louisiana. As a senior he completed 159 of 258 passes for 2,860 yards and 39 touchdowns. He also rushed for 951 yards on 90 attempts with 17 touchdowns.

College career

2011 season

Prescott was redshirted as a true freshman in 2011.

2012 season

As a backup to Tyler Russell in 2012, he played in 12 games. He completed 18 of 29 passes for 194 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. He also scored four rushing touchdowns with 110 yards on 32 carries.

2013 season

Prescott started the 2013 season and again as the backup to Russell, but took over as the starter when Russell suffered a concussion. He played in 11 games, completing 156 of 267 passes for 1,940 yards with 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also ran for 829 yards on 134 carries with 13 touchdowns. He was the MVP of the 2013 Liberty Bowl after leading the Bulldogs to a 44–7 win over the Rice Owls.[2] His 2013 season performance ranks seventh in passing yards (1,940), tied for fifth in rushing touchdowns (13), and fourth in total yards (2,769) and total touchdowns (23). Following the season he was named to the 2013 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.[3]

2014 season

In his first season as a full time starter Prescott led the Bulldogs to a 10-2 regular season record, its first number 1 ranking in program history, and led them to the Orange Bowl. During the 2014 season Prescott broke 10 school-records including: single season passing yards (3,449), total yards of total offense (4,435), passing touchdowns (27), and total touchdowns (41). Additionally his 14 rushing touchdowns is tied for fourth in school history. Prescott also garnered several accolades throughout and following the season. He was named the Manning Award Player of Week 5 times (vs. UAB, at LSU, vs. Texas A&M, vs. Auburn; vs. Vanderbilt), the 2014 SEC Offensive Player of Week 3 times (at LSU; vs. Auburn; vs. Vanderbilt), the Athlon Sports, Davey O'Brien, Maxwell Award Player of Week two times each (at LSU, vs. A&M), and was the 24/7 Sports National Offensive Player of Week (at LSU). He was named a 2014 Honorable Mention All-American by SI.com, was named to the 2014 First-Team All-SEC team by the AP, Coaches, and ESPN.com and was on the 2014 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. He won the Conerly Trophy, was a finalist for the Maxwell Award, the Davey O'Brien award, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award, and the Manning Award. He also finished eighth in the 2014 Heisman Trophy voting and received two first place votes.[4][5]

2015 season

Prior to the 2015 season he was named a 2015 National Player of the Year Candidate, was selected to 2 Preseason All-American teams (Athlon Sports & Phil Steele) and was chosen First Team Preseason All-SEC by the media.[6] During the 2015 season he became the fourth player in FBS history to pass for 60 touchdowns and rush for 40 touchdowns in a career, joining Dan LeFevour of Central Michigan, Tim Tebow of Florida and Colin Kaepernick of Nevada.[7] His 2,411 rushing yards places him third in all-time rushing yards by a quarterback in SEC history behind Tebow and Matt Jones of Arkansas.[8] He ranks 4th in SEC history with 107 total touchdowns responsible for (passing, rushing, and receiving)[9] and 5th in total yards (rushing and passing) with 11,153.[10] His streak of 288 consecutive pass attempts without throwing an interception is the longest in school history and the third longest SEC history.[11] In the Bulldogs' 2015 contest against Arkansas he set the school single game record and tied the SEC single game record for touchdowns responsible for with 7 (5 passing 2 rushing) and set a new school record for touchdown passes in a single game.[12] He was named the AutoNation National Offensive Player of the Week by the Football Writers Association of America, the Davey O'Brien Award National Quarterback of the Week, a Manning Award Star of the Week by the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the SEC offensive player of the week following his performance in the Bulldogs' victory over Kentucky; a game in which he passed for 348 yards and 3 touchdowns to go along with 117 yards and 3 scores on the ground. The six touchdowns in a single contest tied the school record set by Jackie Parker in 1952 and Prescott became the first player in school history to throw for over 300 yards and rush for over 100 yards in the same game. This was the fourth time that he has been named SEC Offensive Player of the Week, the most in program history.[13][14] Prescott received further national recognition by being placed on several national award watch lists including being named a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, a semifinalist for both the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award, placed on the watch list for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, the Manning Award,the Wuerffel Trophy, and the Senior Bowl, and won the Senior CLASS Award.[15][16][17] For the season he passed for 3,793 yards, 29 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing touchdowns.

School records

[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Other Records

[24] [25]

Statistics

[26] [27] [28] [29]

Passing Rushing Receiving
Year Team Games C-A Pct. Yards TD INT Rating Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD
2012 Mississippi State 12 18–29 62.1 194 4 0 163.8 32 118 4 0 0 0
2013 Mississippi State 11 156–267 58.4 1,940 10 7 126.6 134 829 13 2 53 2
2014 Mississippi State 13 244–396 61.6 3,449 27 11 151.7 210 986 14 2 35 1
2015 Mississippi State 13 316-477 66.2 3,793 29 5 151.0 160 588 10 0 0 0
Career 49 734-1169 62.8 9,376 70 22 146.0 536 2,521 41 4 88 3

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht WtArm lengthHand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 2 in 226 lb32 1⁄4 in10 7⁄8 in 4.79 s 7.11 s 32.5 in 11 ft 6 in
All values from NFL Combine,[30]

Prescott was drafted in the 4th round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys and will be expected to compete to be the backup to Tony Romo.

Personal

He is the son of Nathaniel and Peggy Prescott and has two older brothers, Tad and Jace and an older sister Natalie Prescott-Smith and older brother Elliott Prescott from Mr. Prescott's previous marriage. Jace was an offensive lineman at Northwestern State. His mother died of colon cancer in November 2013.[31][32][33]

On March 12, 2016 Prescott was arrested for driving under the influence in Starkville, Mississippi. Prescott took two breathalyzer tests neither of which yielded a valid result. The first result was an "invalid sample" and the second was an "insufficient sample."[34][35]

References

  1. ↑ Fowler, Jeremy (8 August 2014). "Why Mississippi State QB Dak Prescott is SEC's secret weapon". CBS Sports.com. CBS. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Bonner, Michael (31 December 2013). "Memphis BBQ: Mississippi State smokes Rice behind Dak Prescott". Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Dak Prescott Bio
  4. ↑ Dak Prescott Bio
  5. ↑ http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12025046/marcus-mariota-oregon-ducks-wins-heisman-trophy
  6. ↑ Preseason All-SEC team
  7. ↑ GAME 11 • #25 MISSISSIPPI STATE (8-3, 4-3 SEC) AT ARKANSAS (6-5, 4-3 SEC) • NOV. 21, 2015 • RAZORBACK STADIUM
  8. ↑ 2015 SEC Media Guide Records and Results
  9. ↑ Dak Prescott Eyeing Rare SEC Company With Career Touchdown Total
  10. ↑ Prescott 10th player in SEC with 10K yards; Bulldogs top Tigers 31-13
  11. ↑ Postgame Notes GAME EIGHT • KENTUCKY (4-3, 2-3 SEC) AT MISSISSIPPI STATE (6-2, 2-2 SEC) • OCT. 24, 2015 • DAVIS WADE STADIUM
  12. ↑ 2015 SEC Media Guide Records and Results
  13. ↑ Dak Prescott Named SEC Offensive Player of the Week
  14. ↑ Dak Prescott Receives Multiple National Honors
  15. ↑ Prescott finalist for Unitas Award
  16. ↑ Dak Prescott Named a Candidate for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award
  17. ↑ Dak Prescott Named a Semifinalist for Maxwell Award & Davey O’Brien Award
  18. ↑ Mississippi State University 2015 Football Media Guide
  19. ↑ Mississippi State Bulldogs Passing
  20. ↑ Mississippi State Bulldogs Rushing
  21. ↑ Mississippi State Bulldogs Receiving
  22. ↑ KENTUCKY (4-3, 2-3 SEC) AT MISSISSIPPI STATE (6-2, 2-2 SEC) • OCT. 24, 2015 • DAVIS WADE STADIUM
  23. ↑ GAME 11 • #25 MISSISSIPPI STATE (8-3, 4-3 SEC) AT ARKANSAS (6-5, 4-3 SEC) • NOV. 21, 2015 • RAZORBACK STADIUM
  24. ↑ Georgia Tech, Mississippi State set records during Orange Bowl
  25. ↑ POSTGAME NOTES GAME 13 • NC STATE (7-6, 3-5 ACC) VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE (9-4, 4-4 SEC) • DEC. 30, 2015 • BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM
  26. ↑ "Dak Prescott". ESPN.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  27. ↑ "Dak Prescott". sports-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  28. ↑ Dak Prescott SI.com stats
  29. ↑ "Dak Prescott". BulldogBlitz.com. rivals.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  30. ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Dak Prescott". National Football League.
  31. ↑ Dak Prescott Bio
  32. ↑ No question who Prescott plays for
  33. ↑ Mississippi State QB Dak Prescott deals with loss of his mother
  34. ↑ http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/mississippi-state/2016/03/12/dak-prescott-arrested-dui-starkville/81715850/
  35. ↑ Breathalyzer tests inconclusive for Dak Prescott following DUI arrest

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