Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys are officially in offseason mode, following their loss to the New York Giants on Sunday, January 4. Now, the team is regrouping, and one of the biggest changes they’ve made is hiring Christian Parker of the Philadelphia Eagles as their new defensive coordinator on Thursday, January 22.
But, they don’t need to change their quarterback. Even though the Dallas Cowboys finished their season with a 7-9-1 record and no trip to the playoffs, Prescott had a stellar season, when it came to stats and numbers. During the 2025-26 season, Prescott rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns, stats that were comparable to 2023, as well as with 15 first downs, according to NFL research.
Also this season, Prescott beat out Tony Romo as the Dallas Cowboys’ all-time passing leader, going on to start in all 17 games, throwing for 4,552 passing yards, the second-highest of his career, and 30 touchdowns, tied for third-highest of his career. He only had 10 interceptions, tied for second-fewest.
So, all of these numbers means something, and for Prescott, he’s up for a significant honor. The Cowboys are making sure people know about it, too.
Dallas Cowboys Announce Dak Prescott News
On Thursday, January 22, the Dallas Cowboys announced that Prescott is officially up for the 2025 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.
“It marks the second time Prescott has been named a finalist for the award,” the Cowboys said on their official website, “the first being in 2021, named runner-up at the time to Cincinnati Bengals‘ quarterback Joe Burrow, in a year that saw the Cowboys’ quarterback return from a season-ending ankle injury that cost him a total of 11 games in 2020, then racking up career-best numbers in the season that followed.”
If he gets the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award, it will mark only the second time a Dallas Cowboys player has ever won it. The only other time a Cowboys player has won it was when former Pro Bowl edge rusher Greg Ellis picked up the award after producing 12.5 sacks in 2007 following his return from a torn Achilles injury during the 2006 season.
Dak Prescott on Dallas Cowboys Season
Following the Dallas Cowboys’ loss to the Giants on January 4, Prescott was honest about it being a rough season.
“Tough, tough season. Frustrating in the sense,” he told reporters. “I can’t directly correlate my play to the wins or losses, end of the season, overall success of the season. So that makes it frustrating. One of the best offenses in the league, explosive.”
He added, “Not always to our standard, didn’t play like that every week, week in and week out. But put up a lot of points. Unfortunately, just didn’t win the one-score games that we should have. Didn’t finish out some of those close games on our end. Ultimately just [a 7-9-1] record.”
He added that it was the reality of the season, but that were was “a lot of good in the season.”
He added, “But it’s not the destination, not the end goal, not where we wanted to be. But thankful for the experience. Thankful for the men in the locker room who gave their all. Coaches each and every week. I don’t think effort or lack of focus or intensity was ever our problem. Appreciate everyone giving it their all, leaving it all out there.”
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