Exactly one month after tearing his hamstring, Dak Prescott reached a milestone in his recovery.
“This is actually my first day of driving, so I’m living it up in the truck right now,” the Dallas Cowboys quarterback told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday. “Wearing a brace and being able to ride again after a few weeks is a huge victory. Although I still have my crutches, I can now have a normal walking pattern with my crutches [and] putting more weight on my leg is a big win.”
Prescott’s hamstring tendon partially tore from the bone during the Cowboys’ Nov. 3 game against the Atlanta Falcons. Prescott missed the rest of the game and underwent surgery on November 13 to repair his tendon.
His early recovery required him to let the hamstrings and bone attachment heal first. But Prescott has begun rehabilitating the area.
“I’ve started doing some weight shifts and different core exercises,” said Prescott, speaking in partnership with DICK’S Sporting Goods. “If I can put down my crutches to do a workout, I’m looking forward to that.”
The approaching offseason gives Prescott the opportunity to track recovery benchmarks without a “hard timeline,” he said.
The Cowboys have five regular season games remaining and just a 4 percent chance of making the playoffs, according to NFL Next Gen Stats. The Cowboys went 3-5 with Prescott and have gone 2-2 since.
Prescott expects his recovery period to end before offseason activities begin in 2025.
“Not necessarily rushing back,” he said. “I can see myself going into this offseason though [with] no restrictions. It’s not even talked about. I plan on by the time that comes, I’ll be ready, not even in rehab mode and working on making myself a better quarterback for this team.
Prescott watched the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving game from the coaches’ booth to avoid the chance of a collision that he is not mobile enough to avoid, a concern that almost arose while he was on the sideline for the Dallas game at 10 November against the Philadelphia Eagles.
He is still talking to Cooper Rush and the quarterbacks to help out when they want, and shows up at meetings to “keep the atmosphere and atmosphere as positive as possible.”
Prescott’s review film, in which he thinks about when to let a receiver make another move and when to buy time in the pocket as routes develop. He wants to prepare mentally for next season while he cannot yet prepare physically.
“I take a lot of notes,” Prescott said. “I’m currently missing the entire match. [But] rehabilitation has begun. Start achieving all those little goals and wins, overnight.
“So it looks exciting.”
