Dak Prescott has already cemented himself as one of the top quarterbacks in Dallas Cowboys history.
The numbers don’t lie. He’s on pace to surpass Tony Romo for some of the Cowboys franchise passing records. Prescott is 2,746 passing yards and 35 passing touchdowns shy of claiming the statistical passing records for ‘America’s Team.’
However, similar to Romo, playoff success has eluded the 31-year-old thus far in his nine NFL seasons.
He’s failed to lead Dallas beyond the divisional round in the postseason, as the Cowboys‘ Super Bowl drought reaches its 30th season in 2025.
Prescott hopes to change that in his tenth year.
‘I wanna win a championship,’ Prescott said via the Cowboys website. ‘The legacy and the things, and whatever comes after I finish playing, will take care of itself. I wanna win a championship. Be damned if it’s just for my legacy, for this team, for my personal being, for my sanity – the legacy will take care of itself. I have to stay where my feet are.’
Like his predecessor, Prescott gets ridiculed for his lack of postseason success. Dallas has just four playoff wins since 1996, and Prescott owns a 2-5 playoff record.
Prescott’s regular-season winning percentage is 62.2%, which puts him ahead of Troy Aikman (56.9%) and Romo (61.4%). However, a quarterback’s legacy is often formed in the playoffs.
Prescott played just eight games in 2024 after being placed on injured reserve with a season-ending hamstring injury that required surgery.
In his last healthy season in 2023, he led the NFL in passing touchdowns (36) and threw just nine interceptions, finishing as the MVP runner-up to Lamar Jackson.
This offseason, Dallas traded for wide receiver George Pickens, shoring up the room alongside All-Pro CeeDee Lamb. The Cowboys hope the new addition will yield a return from Prescott like his 2023 output, and he’s excited about the offseason moves so far.
‘It starts with personnel,’ said Prescott. ‘The changes we’ve made and not just on offense, but on defense as well – bringing in people, obviously, George really opens up things for all those other receivers. I think it just gives them a safety net to go earn, and to play free, and to go make a huge jump. Guys like Mingo and Tolbert, and the way the backs have approached this thing, I’m super excited.’
Prescott will be 32 entering the 2025 season and will attempt to cement his legacy as one of the greatest quarterbacks if he can bring a Lombardi Trophy back to Dallas before he decides to hang it up.
Prescott and the Cowboys will kick off the start of the 2025 NFL regular season against the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, Sept. 4.