Dak Prescott breaks Cowboys’ all-time passing yards record
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Dak Prescott has always had a connection with Tony Romo after succeeding Romo as the Dallas Cowboys’ starting quarterback in 2016.
Now, they’re connected in a different way, because the former Mississippi State star passed Romo on Sunday to become the Cowboys’ all-time leader in passing yards. Prescott broke Romo’s record on a 9-yard pass to George Pickens in the 3rd quarter of Sunday’s game against the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles.
The 32-year-old Louisiana native who went on to play in Starkville from 2011 to 2015 is now a part of Cowboys history, with likely many seasons to come in Dallas to pile on more passing yards and strength his record-breaking number.
The Cowboys’ social media account celebrated Prescott making history with this post:
Romo finished his career with the Cowboys with 34,183 yards passing. Troy Aikman is 3rd on Dallas’s all-time passing yards list, now behind Prescott and Romo, in that order.
Roger Staubach is 4th on the illustrious list, with Danny White 5th.
Prescott was a first-team All-SEC selection at Mississippi State in 2014 and 2015, before the Cowboys took him in the 4th round of the 2016 NFL Draft. A decade later, Prescott has etched his name in the prestigious Dallas record books.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
