Age: 30
Free Agency: 2025 (Void)
Accrued Seasons: 7
- Height: 6'2"
- Weight: 226
- College: Mississippi State
- Entry: 2016 Draft, Round 4, #135 overall (Cowboys)
- 2023 Salary Cap Charge: $26,832,647 (11.69% of cap)
- 2023 Cash Payout: $31,000,000 (13.92% of spending)
- 2023 Cash to Cap Ratio: 1.16
- Contract Value: $160,000,000 ($40,000,000 APY)
- Fully Guaranteed Money: $95,000,000
- Contract Ranking: 9/94 at QB
Current Contract
(Franchise, signed 2021)
(📝: indicates contract trigger occuring during that year)| Year | Age | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Roster Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Dead Money & Cap Savings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $2,750,000 | $14,450,000 | $0 | $2,750,000 | $17,200,000 | 8.2% | |||||
| 2022
March 21: 2023 base salary is guaranteed
| 29 | $1,600,000 | $18,130,000 | $0 | $1,600,000 | $19,730,000 | 8.9% | |||||
| 2023 | 30 | $1,700,000 | $25,132,647 | $0 | $1,700,000 | $26,832,647 | 11.7% | |||||
| 2024
March 21: Roster bonus due
| 31 | $29,000,000 | $25,455,000 | $5,000,000 | $0 | $59,455,000 | 23.2% | |||||
| 2025
March 15: Contract voids
| 32 | Void | $25,455,000 | Void | Void | $36,460,000 | 12.9% | |||||
| 2026 | 33 | Void | $11,005,000 | Void | Void | $0 | 0.0% | |||||
| Total | $35,050,000 | $119,627,647 | $5,000,000 | $6,050,000 | $159,677,647 | |||||||
Contract Notes
Dak Prescott and the Cowboys agreed to a four year, $160 million contract with $126 million in guarantees on March 8, 2021. Prescott received $95 million fully guaranteed at signing. The full guarantee consists of Prescott's 2021 and 2022 base salaries as well as a $66 million signing bonus. Per Pro Football Talk, the remaining $31 million becomes guaranteed on the 5th day of the 2022 league year. Prescott has a no trade clause and a no tag clause in the contract. There are two void years at the end of the contract for proration purposes. Those two years void two days prior to the start of the 2025 league year.
The Cowboys restructured Prescott's contract in 2022, converting $18.4 million of salary into a bonus. The move creates $14.72 million in cap space in 2022. $3.68 million will be added to each of the remaining years of the contract.
Cash Flows
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Due | $75,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $31,000,000 | $34,000,000 |
| Running Cash | $75,000,000 | $95,000,000 | $126,000,000 | $160,000,000 |
Career Earnings: $130,437,392
Career APY: $18,633,913
Contract History
| Team | Contract Type | Status | Year Signed | Yrs | Total | APY | Guarantees | Amount Earned | % Earned | Effective APY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboys | Drafted | Expired | 2016 | 4 | $2,723,392 | $680,848 | $383,392 | $4,028,392 | 147.9% | $1,007,098 |
| Cowboys | Franchise | Expired | 2020 | 1 | $31,409,000 | $31,409,000 | $31,409,000 | $31,409,000 | 100.0% | $31,409,000 |
| Cowboys | Franchise | Active | 2021 | 4 | $160,000,000 | $40,000,000 | $95,000,000 | $95,000,000 | 59.4% | $47,500,000 |
Earnings By Team
| Team | Yrs | Salary | APY | Paid on Cap | % Paid on Cap | Paid as Dead Money | % Paid as Dead Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboys | 7 | $130,437,392 | $18,633,913 | $72,367,392 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Season History
| Year | Team | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Roster Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Cash Paid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Cowboys | $450,000 | $95,848 | $0 | $0 | $545,848 | 0.3% | $833,392 | ||
| 2017 | Cowboys | $540,000 | $95,848 | $0 | $0 | $635,848 | 0.4% | $540,000 | ||
| 2018 | Cowboys | $630,000 | $95,848 | $0 | $0 | $725,848 | 0.4% | $630,000 | ||
| 2019 | Cowboys | $2,025,000 | $95,848 | $0 | $0 | $2,120,848 | 1.1% | $2,025,000 | ||
| 2020 | Cowboys | $31,409,000 | $0 | $0 | $31,409,000 | $31,409,000 | 14.4% | $31,409,000 | ||
| 2021 | Cowboys | $2,750,000 | $14,450,000 | $0 | $2,750,000 | $17,200,000 | 8.2% | $75,000,000 | ||
| 2022 | Cowboys | $1,600,000 | $18,130,000 | $0 | $1,600,000 | $19,730,000 | 8.9% | $20,000,000 | ||
| 2023 | Cowboys | $1,700,000 | $25,132,647 | $0 | $1,700,000 | $26,832,647 | 11.7% | $31,000,000 | ||
| 2024 | Cowboys | $29,000,000 | $25,455,000 | $5,000,000 | $0 | $59,455,000 | 23.2% | $34,000,000 | ||
| 2025 | Cowboys | $0 | $25,455,000 | $0 | $0 | $36,460,000 | 12.9% | $0 | ||
| 2026 | Cowboys | $0 | $11,005,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 | ||
| Total | $70,104,000 | $120,011,039 | $5,000,000 | $37,459,000 | $195,115,039 | $195,437,392 | ||||
Statistics
| Year | Games Played | Games Inactive | Snaps | Passing | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injured | Healthy | Offense | Special | Comp/Att | Pct | Yards | TD | INT | Sacked | Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Total | Lost | ||
| 2016 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 95.6% | 0.0% | 311/459 | 67.8% | 3667 | 23 | 4 | 25 | 104.9 | 57 | 282 | 4.9 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 2017 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 98.6% | 0.0% | 291/460 | 63.3% | 3146 | 21 | 13 | 31 | 86.7 | 55 | 341 | 6.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 99.4% | 0.0% | 356/526 | 67.7% | 3885 | 22 | 8 | 56 | 96.9 | 75 | 305 | 4.1 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| 2019 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 99.6% | 0.0% | 388/596 | 65.1% | 4902 | 30 | 11 | 23 | 99.7 | 52 | 277 | 5.3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31.4% | 0.0% | 151/222 | 68% | 1856 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 99.6 | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 90.6% | 0.0% | 410/596 | 68.8% | 4449 | 37 | 10 | 30 | 104.2 | 48 | 146 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 69.4% | 0.0% | 261/394 | 66.2% | 2860 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 91.1 | 45 | 182 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Valuation Diamond
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| OTC Valuation | APY | |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | $18,041,000 | $40,000,000 |
| Injury Adjusted | $27,504,281 | $27,500,000 |
Weekly Valuation Trends
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