Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys agree on record contract ahead of season opener
Sep 8, 2024, 9:19 AM
Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys throws before a preseason game the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on August 11, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Dak Prescott has a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys hours before their season opener at Cleveland, the team announced.
The star quarterback and the Cowboys agreed on a $240 million, four-year contract, the first in NFL history to average $60 per season, according to reports.
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The runner-up in NFL MVP voting was entering the final year of a $160 million, four-year contract that was a franchise record before this deal. It includes a reported $231 million guaranteed, $1 million more than the fully guaranteed deal Deshaun Watson signed with the Browns two years ago.
Prescott has led the Cowboys to the playoffs the past three seasons and five times in his first eight years. But Dallas is looking for a postseason breakthrough that hasn’t happened since the last of the franchise’s five Super Bowl titles to cap the 1995 season.
The 31-year-old said repeatedly he wanted to stay with Dallas and be the QB to get the club past the divisional round for the first time in 29 years. Prescott now will get that chance.
The quarterback’s new contract comes after Dallas and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb agreed on a four-year extension worth a reported $136 million two weeks prior.
The Cowboys do not face the Cardinals in 2024.
