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Dak Prescott
Dak Prescott is a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Depth chart: QB1.
Scouting report
Dak Prescott: the full picture
Dak Prescott at a glance
Dak Prescott is a 33-year-old quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, listed at 6'2" and 230 pounds. The Dallas Cowboys drafted Prescott 135th overall in the fourth round in 2016, out of Mississippi State; this is year 11 in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Prescott at 271.4 PPR points for 2026, which ranks QB13 at the position and works out to 16.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Prescott has scored 44.2 PPR points, or 22.1 per game. That is 16.3% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Prescott would finish with about 375 points, ahead of the 271.4 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 29.8 points in Week 2 against WAS, the QB3 finish that week. Prescott has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 33 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Prescott ranks in the 95th percentile in td rate, the 95th percentile in CPOE and the 94th percentile in pass TDs. Three of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 32nd percentile in yards per attempt.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Prescott has finished as QB30 in 2020, QB7 in 2021, QB19 in 2022, QB3 in 2023, QB32 in 2024 and QB6 in 2025. That is two top-five positional finishes in 10 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 342.8 PPR points in 2023. Across 141 regular-season games on record, the totals read 36,443 passing yards, 249 passing touchdowns, 2,155 rushing yards and 31 rushing touchdowns.
Dak Prescott by the numbers
Prescott has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 8 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 40 times and finished in the top twelve 74 times. The career high is 39.8 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2020 against ATL, the top QB score of that week. The game log also shows 10 games of 30 or more PPR points, 34 300-yard passing games and 53 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Prescott has reached 20 points in 64 games, 45% of career appearances.
Contract
Prescott is playing on a four-year, $240 million contract signed with the Dallas Cowboys in 2024, an average of $60 million per year with $129 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Prescott carries a GV stock price of 4,147, which ranks 61st overall and QB19 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Prescott 30th overall. Value has moved up 2.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Brock Purdy, Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes. See where Prescott sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
4 news items linked to Prescott in the past two weeks, the most recent on September 21, 2026. Read the latest Dak Prescott news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 271.4
- PPR / game
- 16.0
Dak Prescott fantasy outlook
Dak Prescott enters the 2026 season with DAL and ranks QB13 and #26 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 271.4 PPR points across 17.0 games, or 16.0 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Dak Prescott as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Dak Prescott produced 313.8 PPR points in 17 games (18.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 58%, with a 69% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Dak Prescott is projected for 17.0 PPR points on the road at NYG in week 1, with a likely range of 0.6 to 46.1.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 2.7 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 54.2
- Dynasty
- 40.2
- Superflex redraft
- 92.3
- Superflex dynasty
- 82.0
- TE premium dynasty
- 24.2
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DAL | 2 | 48 | 65 | 454 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 2025 | DAL | 17 | 404 | 600 | 4,552 | 30 | 10 | 177 | 2 | 313.8 |
| 2024 | DAL | 8 | 185 | 286 | 1,978 | 11 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 116.5 |
| 2023 | DAL | 17 | 410 | 590 | 4,516 | 36 | 9 | 242 | 2 | 342.8 |
| 2022 | DAL | 12 | 261 | 394 | 2,860 | 23 | 15 | 182 | 1 | 198.6 |
| 2021 | DAL | 16 | 410 | 596 | 4,449 | 37 | 10 | 146 | 1 | 320.6 |
| 2020 | DAL | 5 | 151 | 222 | 1,856 | 9 | 4 | 93 | 3 | 135.6 |
| 2019 | DAL | 16 | 388 | 596 | 4,902 | 30 | 11 | 277 | 3 | 337.8 |
| 2018 | DAL | 16 | 356 | 526 | 3,885 | 22 | 8 | 305 | 6 | 285.9 |
| 2017 | DAL | 16 | 308 | 490 | 3,324 | 22 | 13 | 357 | 6 | 260.7 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Dak Prescott
- Malik Willis QB10 · 304.6 PPR
- Justin Herbert QB11 · 304.4 PPR
- Patrick Mahomes QB12 · 304.1 PPR
- Brock Purdy QB14 · 270.5 PPR
- Sam Darnold QB15 · 266.5 PPR
- C.J. Stroud QB16 · 263.3 PPR
Dallas Cowboys fantasy players
- CeeDee Lamb WR · 300.8 PPR
- George Pickens WR · 221.0 PPR
- Javonte Williams RB · 193.9 PPR
- Jake Ferguson TE · 129.6 PPR
- Ryan Flournoy WR · 110.3 PPR
- Joe Milton III QB · 15.0 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.