The Cowboys’ QB will undergo season-ending surgery

by Junna Base November 10, 2024

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is likely out for the remainder of the 2024 NFL season, according to reports.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday afternoon that Prescott is “planning season-ending surgery” to repair his partially torn hamstring. Dallas and its quarterback are getting a final opinion from a specialist before making a decision, Schefter said.

Prescott, 31, suffered a hamstring injury in the closing moments of the third quarter in the Cowboys’ Week 9 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

“This is something I’ve never felt before,” the quarterback told reporters after the game.

On Wednesday, ESPN reported that Prescott had suffered a partial tear of his right hamstring, meaning his tendon in his hamstring was partially torn from his bone.

The planned surgery on Prescott’s hamstring would require a four-month recovery period. If he undergoes the procedure now, the veteran quarterback would be done for the season.

Dak Prescott injury update

According to multiple reports, Prescott suffered a partial avulsion of his right hamstring last Sunday against the Falcons.

The Cowboys quarterback told reporters after the game that he hopes to be back for his team’s Week 10 game against the Eagles. However, an MRI on Monday revealed the injury was worse than Prescott or the team initially feared.

Two days later, the severity of his injury was revealed. The “partial avulsion” diagnosis means part of Prescott’s hamstring tendon has torn away from the bone and may require surgery to repair.

However, Dallas did not place its quarterback on injured reserve on Saturday, meaning Prescott will hold a roster spot for the Cowboys’ Week 10 game against the Eagles. If the team places the signal-caller on IR next week, the earliest he could return would be Dallas’ Dec. 15 game against the Panthers.

The timing of the move may not matter. If Prescott undergoes his procedure, as reports suggest, his season would be over.

Dak Prescott stats

Prescott has started all eight of the Cowboys’ games so far this year. Here’s what his stats looked like through the first eight games of the 2024 NFL season:

Completion rate: 185 of 286 (64.7%)
Overtaking places: 1,978
Yards per completion: 10.7
Matching touchdowns: 11
Interception: 8
Passerby rating: 86.0

The ninth-year quarterback’s passer rating and yards per completion are both career lows, and his completion percentage this year is his lowest since 2017.

Cowboys QB Depth Chart

Dallas has two more quarterbacks behind Prescott on its depth chart.

Rush, who spent seven years with the Cowboys, will make his seventh career start for the team in Week 10 against the Eagles. He last filled in for Prescott in 2022, starting five games as the starter recovered from a broken thumb. Rush went 4-1 in those five starts, with the Eagles suffering their only loss.

Lance is Dallas’ third quarterback since the team acquired him in 2023. The former 49er is the No. 3 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and has never played in a regular-season game for the Cowboys.

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