Year, round & overall pick
2016 · Round 4 · Pick 135
Dallas Cowboys
College: Mississippi State
HISTORICAL QUARTERBACK PROFILE
Dak Prescott
Tier 3
Assigned under FindMeMyQB’s published achievement routes and explicit editorial exceptions. This is not an NFL designation or a validated predictive score. Pre-draft evidence is kept separate from NFL accomplishments.
Evidence collection in progress
This profile presents sourced paraphrases where available, not a complete scouting record. Historical republications are labeled. Missing data is not a negative evaluation.
Why Tier 3?
2023 AP Second-Team All-Pro and 2nd in AP MVP voting.
At least 1 AP First- or Second-Team All-Pro selection OR a top-3 AP MVP finish with votes OR 2 Super Bowl starts OR 3 conference-championship starts OR 2 top-5 AP MVP finishes with votes OR a top-5 AP MVP finish with votes plus 2 conference-championship starts.
Evaluation cutoff: end of the 2025 NFL season, including its postseason and awards. The 2026 season is excluded. Future season updates wait until the postseason and awards are complete.
Before the NFL.
Pre-draft reports
Strengths: Mobility and rushing contribution; Leadership and toughness; Flashes of anticipation, placement and pocket passing. Questions: Inconsistent accuracy and coverage processing; Development needed under center and in a pro-style passing system.
Source context: Charlie Campbell's pre-draft analysis, surviving legacy page with later modification indicator
Publication: 2016; exact original date not recovered
Measurements & testing
Not yet verified. No pro-day or college listing is substituted for Combine measurements.
Compare the evidence.
Shared traits must be supported by comparable records, not inferred from success in the NFL. The core tables compare all 28 players using the same disclosed NCAA-passing and quarterback-start definitions. Mixed-entry measurement sources are labeled individually; film and advanced-stat archives are not complete.
Experience
College starts, seasons, age and development.
Production
Completion rate, passing efficiency, touchdowns and interceptions, with season and competition context.
Background
Recruiting history, scheme, responsibilities and supporting cast.
Physical profile
Source-labeled Combine measurements and testing; missing values shown honestly.
The cohort table contains source-labeled descriptive comparisons. No predictive conclusions have been validated, and missing or conflicting records are not treated as negative results.
Source and interpretation policy.
Scouting summaries are paraphrases of the linked evaluator or reporter, not a consensus or verbatim report. A later republication date is not the original scouting date. This profile does not use an invented numerical scouting grade.
View the full evidence register →College career passing.
62.8% completion · 734/1,169 · 9,376 yards · 70 TD · 23 INT · 3.04:1 TD-to-INT · 8.02 yards/attempt
Mississippi State, 2012–2015
School-reported career totals. The 23 career interceptions are confirmed by Mississippi State records.
Age when drafted.
22 years, 276 days on 2016-04-30.
Born 1993-07-29. NFL draft selection date.
Current entry evidence.
6 ft 2.25 in · 226 lb · BMI 28.8. 2016 NFL draft prospect record. Status: source verified.
Official pre-draft record; original measurement event not explicitly identified on table.
NCAA QB starts: 33.