Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott
will undergo surgery on his hamstring and miss the rest of the season, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Tuesday.
Prescott partially tore his hamstring in the second half of Dallas’s Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. He will have surgery on Wednesday.
“His prognosis is wonderful. It just means we’re not going to have him for the rest of the year,” Jones said during his weekly radio appearance on 105.3 The FAN.
Prescott struggled this season before his injury.
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In eight games, he threw for 1,978 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions. His passer rating of 86.0 is a career low, as well as his 1.38/1 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Prescott’s 64.7% completion percentage is also the second-worst mark of his career.
In September, the Cowboys
signed Prescott to a four-year, $240 million contract
with $231 million guaranteed, the richest contract in NFL history.
Cooper Rush started in place of Prescott during the Cowboys’ 34-6 loss to the Eagles on Sunday. Rush completed 13 of 23 passes for only 45 yards.
Rush previously started five games for Dallas in 2022, going 4-1.
The only other quarterback on the Cowboys roster is Trey Lance, the former No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 draft who was acquired via trade before last season. Lance has attempted only 108 passes in his career.
Dallas is 3-6 and in third place in the NFC East. The Cowboys have lost four games in a row, and have yet to win a game at home this season — also trailing by 25 at some point in each home game in 2024.
Prescott, 31, was a fourth-round pick by Dallas in the 2016 NFL Draft. He took over the starting quarterback position that year after an injury to then-starter Tony Romo in the preseason.
In his career, Prescott has thrown for 31.437 yards, 213 touchdowns and 82 interceptions, with a 98.1 passer rating.
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