2026
2026 season · QB · #4 · 11th season
Dak Prescott
Age 33 · 6'2" · 230 lb · Mississippi State · Pick 135 overall (2016). Listed QB1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 100% across 8 games.
- How goodPrescott's +56.0 EPA is 7th of 38 quarterbacks.
- Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+113.6, 28th percentile per dropback).
- Fantasy18.5 standard points a game, QB11 of 34.18.5 half-PPR points a game, QB11 of 34.18.5 PPR points a game, QB11 of 34.
- How he's usedHe keeps it short: 8% of his attempts travel 20 yards or more (league 11%).
- LatelyDropbacks are steady: 38.3 a game over his last three against 39.1 for the season.
- This weekA middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Colts rank 19th vs the pass, allowing +0.06 EPA per dropback.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA per dropback | +0.17 | 11th of 38 | 72nd | |
| CPOEcompletion over expected | +1.0 | 15th of 38 | 62nd | |
| Sack rateper dropback, lower is better | 4% | 2nd of 38 | 96th | |
| Yards per attempt | 6.8 | 20th of 38 | 49th | |
| TD rateper attempt | 5% | 19th of 38 | 51st | |
| INT rateper attempt, lower is better | 2% | 11th of 38 | 72nd |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth of targetair yards per attempt | 7.8 | 16th of 38 | 59th | |
| Rush EPA per game | +0.46 | 17th of 38 | 57th | |
| Success rate | 49% | 11th of 38 | 72nd | |
| ANY/A | 6.51 | 16th of 38 | 59th | |
| Total EPA | +56.0 | 7th of 38 | 83rd |
How this is measured
Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.
Prescott scores 18.5 standard points a game, QB11 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 13.3 and 21.9; 1 boom week (25+) and 1 bust (under 12). This week the Colts allow the 14th-most standard points to QBs, 18.0 a game.
Prescott scores 18.5 half-PPR points a game, QB11 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 13.3 and 21.9; 1 boom week (25+) and 1 bust (under 12). This week the Colts allow the 14th-most half-PPR points to QBs, 18.0 a game.
Prescott scores 18.5 PPR points a game, QB11 of 34 QBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 13.3 and 21.9; 1 boom week (25+) and 1 bust (under 12). This week the Colts allow the 14th-most PPR points to QBs, 18.0 a game.
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the QB12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
He keeps it short: 8% of his attempts travel 20 yards or more (league 11%). The blitz gets to him: -0.18 EPA a dropback when blitzed against not (league -0.08). Straight dropbacks: 18% of his attempts come off play action (league 20%).
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own dropbacks, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying quarterbacks; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Prescott's +56.0 EPA is 7th of 38 quarterbacks. The biggest share comes after the catch (+113.6, 28th percentile per dropback). His sacks rank in the 96th percentile (-16.1).
career +0.13 over 2016–2025 · his 6th best of 11
How this is measured
Every dropback and run this season, split by what happened. Completions divide at the catch: the yards in the air, and his credited share of what came after (nflverse's air EPA and QB EPA). Per dropback counts scrambles as dropbacks. The percentile is him among the qualifying quarterbacks, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 50 attempts.
He throws intermediate left 1.3× as often as the league (10% of his attempts against 7%) and gains +0.44 EPA a throw there.
How this is measured
Every pass attempt with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three throws show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
The game
at ColtsLucas Oil Stadium
DAL −6 · O/U 51.5
The defense vs the pass
a middle-of-the-pack matchup
His history
First meeting this season
His status
A middle-of-the-pack matchup: the Colts rank 19th vs the pass, allowing +0.06 EPA per dropback. He has averaged 266 yards a game against middle defenses this season.
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Cmp/Att | Yds | TD | INT | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at NYG L 20-2814th D | 14th vs the pass | 100% | 22/34 | 175 | 2 | 1 | +10.4 |
| 2 | vs WAS W 37-2017th D | 17th vs the pass | 100% | 26/31 | 279 | 4 | +15.1 | |
| 3 | vs BAL L 31-3421st D | 21st vs the pass | 100% | 25/40 | 276 | 1 | +13.3 | |
| 4 | at HOU W 34-3020th D | 20th vs the pass | 100% | 32/45 | 335 | 1 | +9.8 | |
| 5 | vs TB L 16-242nd D | 2nd vs the pass | 100% | 24/42 | 316 | 1 | 2 | -3.3 |
| 6 | at GB L 13-235th D | 5th vs the pass | 100% | 34/54 | 258 | 1 | 2 | -8.4 |
| 7 | at PHI W 38-2126th D | 26th vs the pass | 100% | 15/27 | 212 | 3 | +12.0 | |
| 8 | vs ARI L 30-3331st D | 31st vs the pass | 100% | 19/29 | 195 | 1 | +3.2 | |
| 9 | at INDSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | vs SFSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | vs TENSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs PHIThu Nov 26 | |||||||
| 13 | at SEAMon Dec 7 | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | at LASun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs JAXSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs NYGSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at WASSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 8 games | 100% | 197/302 | 2046 | 14 | 5 | +52.3 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | EPA/DB | CPOE | aDOT | Sk | Sk % | Rush EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at NYG L 20-2814th D | 14th vs the pass | +0.31 | +7.7 | 9.1 | 0% | +0.9 | |
| 2 | vs WAS W 37-2017th D | 17th vs the pass | +0.46 | +18.0 | 7.9 | 2 | 6% | +1.9 |
| 3 | vs BAL L 31-3421st D | 21st vs the pass | +0.32 | -3.8 | 6.8 | 1 | 2% | -0.8 |
| 4 | at HOU W 34-3020th D | 20th vs the pass | +0.20 | +3.3 | 5.8 | 3 | 6% | -1.3 |
| 5 | vs TB L 16-242nd D | 2nd vs the pass | -0.08 | -10.0 | 8.5 | 0% | 0.0 | |
| 6 | at GB L 13-235th D | 5th vs the pass | -0.15 | -3.1 | 6.9 | 1 | 2% | -2.0 |
| 7 | at PHI W 38-2126th D | 26th vs the pass | +0.45 | +0.6 | 13.0 | 0% | +1.1 | |
| 8 | vs ARI L 30-3331st D | 31st vs the pass | +0.10 | -5.0 | 6.3 | 4 | 12% | +3.9 |
| 9 | at INDSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||
| 10 | vs SFSun Nov 15 | |||||||
| 11 | vs TENSun Nov 22 | |||||||
| 12 | vs PHIThu Nov 26 | |||||||
| 13 | at SEAMon Dec 7 | |||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 | at LASun Dec 20 | |||||||
| 16 | vs JAXSun Dec 27 | |||||||
| 17 | vs NYGSun Jan 3 | |||||||
| 18 | at WASSun Jan 10 | |||||||
| 8 games | +0.17 | +1.0 | 7.8 | 11 | 4% | +3.7 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at NYG L 20-2814th D | 14th vs the pass | 22 | 34 | 65% | 175 | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 84.8 |
| 2 | vs WAS W 37-2017th D | 17th vs the pass | 26 | 31 | 84% | 279 | 9.0 | 4 | 143.8 | |
| 3 | vs BAL L 31-3421st D | 21st vs the pass | 25 | 40 | 63% | 276 | 6.9 | 1 | 91.3 | |
| 4 | at HOU W 34-3020th D | 20th vs the pass | 32 | 45 | 71% | 335 | 7.4 | 1 | 99.8 | |
| 5 | vs TB L 16-242nd D | 2nd vs the pass | 24 | 42 | 57% | 316 | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | 69.1 |
| 6 | at GB L 13-235th D | 5th vs the pass | 34 | 54 | 63% | 258 | 4.8 | 1 | 2 | 65.2 |
| 7 | at PHI W 38-2126th D | 26th vs the pass | 15 | 27 | 56% | 212 | 7.9 | 3 | 118.1 | |
| 8 | vs ARI L 30-3331st D | 31st vs the pass | 19 | 29 | 66% | 195 | 6.7 | 1 | 96.2 | |
| 9 | at INDSun Nov 8 · this week | |||||||||
| 10 | vs SFSun Nov 15 | |||||||||
| 11 | vs TENSun Nov 22 | |||||||||
| 12 | vs PHIThu Nov 26 | |||||||||
| 13 | at SEAMon Dec 7 | |||||||||
| 14 | Bye week | |||||||||
| 15 | at LASun Dec 20 | |||||||||
| 16 | vs JAXSun Dec 27 | |||||||||
| 17 | vs NYGSun Jan 3 | |||||||||
| 18 | at WASSun Jan 10 | |||||||||
| 8 games | 197 | 302 | 65% | 2046 | 6.8 | 14 | 5 | 93.2 |
Dropbacks are steady: 38.3 a game over his last three against 39.1 for the season. At or above a starter's median in yards in 5 of 8 games.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 20th-toughest slate vs the pass: his opponents rank 17.0 of 32 on average (league middle 16.4). Ahead: 3 of his next 9 are top-10 vs the pass and 2 are bottom-10, starting with the Colts (19th, away) in Week 9.
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Att/g | Yds/g | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 2 | 48.0 | 287 | -0.12 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 4 | 37.5 | 266 | +0.31 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 2 | 28.0 | 204 | +0.25 |
| All games | 8 | 37.8 | 256 | +0.17 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
He has done more against the better defenses (r = -0.41).
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2019, 4,902 passing yards in 16 games. This season's 255.8 a game puts him on pace for 4,348 over 17, close to it.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Y/A | Rating | EPA/db |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | DAL | 16 | 311/459 | 68% | 3,667 | 23 | 4 | 8.0 | 104.9 | +0.25 |
| 2017 | DAL | 16 | 308/490 | 63% | 3,324 | 22 | 13 | 6.8 | 86.6 | -0.06 |
| 2018 | DAL | 16 | 356/526 | 68% | 3,885 | 22 | 8 | 7.4 | 96.9 | +0.04 |
| 2019 | DAL | 16 | 388/596 | 65% | 4,902 | 30 | 11 | 8.2 | 99.7 | +0.20 |
| 2020 | DAL | 5 | 151/222 | 68% | 1,856 | 9 | 4 | 8.4 | 99.6 | +0.14 |
| 2021 | DAL | 16 | 410/596 | 69% | 4,449 | 37 | 10 | 7.5 | 104.2 | +0.17 |
| 2022 | DAL | 12 | 261/394 | 66% | 2,860 | 23 | 15 | 7.3 | 91.1 | +0.10 |
| 2023 | DAL | 17 | 410/590 | 69% | 4,516 | 36 | 9 | 7.7 | 105.9 | +0.19 |
| 2024 | DAL | 8 | 185/286 | 65% | 1,978 | 11 | 8 | 6.9 | 86.0 | -0.03 |
| 2025 | DAL | 17 | 404/600 | 67% | 4,552 | 30 | 10 | 7.6 | 99.5 | +0.18 |
| 2026 | DAL | 8 | 197/302 | 65% | 2,046 | 14 | 5 | 6.8 | 93.2 | +0.17 |
| Career | 1 tm | 147 | 3,381/5,061 | 67% | 38,035 | 257 | 97 | 7.5 | 98.0 | +0.13 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- QB1 · 3WR 1TE
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- CPOE
- +1.0 pts over expected
- Sack rate
- 4%
- Play action
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- Blitzed
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Javonte WilliamsRB | 158 | 632 · 9 TD | +1.2 |
 CeeDee LambWR | 94 | 703 · 6 TD | +30.3 |
 George PickensWR | 62 | 533 · 2 TD | +25.4 |
 Ryan FlournoyWR | 45 | 345 · 2 TD | +14.6 |
 Tyler GoodsonRB | 35 | 109 | -5.0 |
 Jake FergusonTE | 25 | 115 · 3 TD | -6.8 |
 Brevyn Spann-FordTE | 18 | 110 | +3.3 |
 KaVontae TurpinWR | 9 | 49 · 1 TD | +3.4 |