Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott discusses ‘back and forth’ contract talks, health, more
Dak Prescott said there are ongoing back-and-forth conversations regarding a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday at Carroll Senior High School.
With 16 days remaining until the start of training camp, Prescott’s focus is on football. He is letting his agent handle negotiations.
“Day one of training camp, my mind flips to just obviously helping my team and just doing everything I can within the organization and on the football field to make sure that I’m my best,” Prescott said. “And everyone around me is their best and the money and all that will take care of itself, as it always has.”
His current contract expires following the 2024-25 season, and he is eligible for an extension. Prescott signed a four-year, $160 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys in March 2021.
Prescott gives health update
He was spotted in a walking boot on July 3, which raised concerns about his health. However, Prescott was not wearing the boot while running drills Tuesday with campers and was quite mobile.
The Cowboys quarterback said he feels great and added wearing the boot was precautionary.
“Yeah, I’m great,” Prescott said. “Honestly, I’m getting older. It’s the same ankle that I snapped and had a nasty surgery on four years ago. So yeah, a couple hard days of training and, you know, you get a little sore and you’re going on a fishing trip. You want to protect it and make sure that things don’t get worse.”
Prescott mentioned that wearing a boot should not cause anyone to worry.
“People are reaching, trying to make things that they aren’t,” Prescott said. “I’m getting older, I have to take care of my body. I have to be smart. And if I can take precautions and lessen something by putting on a boot, I’m going to do it.”
Prescott said he is excited as ever for training camp and added he had a “great off season.”
“Excited to get going here in a couple of days, going on a trip with my receivers and my tight ends,” Prescott said. “Just getting to get back with them and get some work in. That’ll only expedite my excitement and our process -- to make sure when we hit camp that we’re rolling.”
Leading the next generation of football players
Prescott led the first- through eighth-grade campers at the Tom Thumb & Albertsons Dak Prescott Football ProCamp in partnership with P&G.
He said he wants to reinforce an idea in the campers: They have control over their dreams and can aspire to do anything in life.
“No dream is too big,” Prescott said. “My dream was crazy to a lot of people when I was this age.”
Prescott said inspiring the youth and his fans is something very special and added he doesn’t take it for granted. When he leads drills for the kids, he “turns into a kid again.”
“It’s awesome. This is what this game is about,” Prescott said.
Prescott said his goal is to encourage kids to follow their dreams, whatever they may be, through high fives and touchdowns passes.
“We’re all meant to be here today for a reason, and I wouldn’t be where I am if I didn’t have the dreams and everything that I had when I was their age,” Prescott said.
Prescott said he enjoys spending time with kids and understands the type of impact he has on their lives. He said his behavior can give them someone to follow.
“Understanding what I can give them by being myself,” Prescott said. “Each and every day. Being authentic, being a good teammate, being a good man.”
Although Prescott has always enjoyed giving back to the youth, he mentioned having a daughter has changed his outlook.
“I just can’t wait until she is she is old enough to be in the camps,” Prescott said. “To run around and play. It’s all excited. I’m just blessed.”
This story was originally published July 9, 2024 at 11:24 AM.
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