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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott suffered a season-ending hamstring injury last season, and he’s opening up about where he’s at.
The Dallas Cowboys are heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, and beyond that, they’re looking at a season that’s hopefully injury-free and involves a blockbuster performance from Dak Prescott. The quarterback, of course, suffered a season-ending hamstring injury during the team’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons on November 3, 2024.
Now, Prescott has been rehabbing and getting back into top form. Prescott spoke at the 35th annual Children’s Cancer Fund gala on Friday, April 11, and opened up about where he stands with his injury.
Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Talks Injury Status
Among the best part of Prescott’s talk with the media was the idea that he could actually palay a game right now if he had to do that.
“If I had to play a game today, I definitely could do that,” Prescott during the Children’s Cancer Fund gala, per the team website. “It’s about moving forward healthy to make sure I can play 17 times, 20 [games], whatever we get to when the time’s right.”
Of course, it wouldn’t be ideal for Prescott to play a game right now, but at least he’s confident enough in his injury status that he feels healthy enough to do so.
Prescott also talked about his recovery process and said that he believes he’ll be a part of the team’s offseason activates soon.
“I’m getting close to where I want to be, I don’t want to put a percentage on it,” Prescott said. “I know we’ve got team activities coming up, imagine myself being involved in some sort if not all.”
He added, “Then again I just understand my age, what I’ve had, what I’ve went through, it’s about being my best in the fall. So I’m not rushing anything, but I’m where I want to be.”
Dak Prescott and Being a Mobile Quarterback
One of Prescott’s strengths has always been his ability to be a mobile quarterback on the field. Some wondered if he would still have that strength following the hamstring injury, but he says it will definitely still be there.
“Me playing my best, I’m mobile,” Prescott said during the talk. “Whether it’s actually running past the line of scrimmage or just scrambling making plays happen with my arm, so that’s vital for me, that’s a big part of this.”
He added that he’s “been running more” and that “obviously you’ve got to when you’re rehabbing a hamstring, it’s about just staying on that trend of just getting better, staying mobile but doing it while feeling healthy.”
Prescott also had glowing words to say about former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush, who left the team for Baltimore.
“I don’t know if I could ever put a value on what Cooper Rush has meant to me throughout my career, honestly…” Prescott told the media, adding that Rush “approaches the game the right way, is a real man off the field, is a true leader in what he does and the way he walks…” So, Prescott couldn’t have been more supportive of his former teammate and his move.
Anne Erickson Anne Erickson is an award-winning reporter covering the NFL and college football for Heavy.com. Erickson has years of experience covering the NFL and additional sports, and her work has been published via ESPN, Fox Sports and more. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in sports, including Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff. Erickson also hosts several podcasts and is a Detroit-based radio host. More about Anne Erickson
