It will take a very risky fantasy football move in 2025 to draft Dak Prescott early. It’s not because Dak is a historically bad quarterback; he’s typically one of the best available. Dak is coming off arguably his worst season since he got drafted from Mississippi State. For 2025, he does have a few more weapons to play with, including a new lineman and receiver. Is that enough, though, to restore hope in Dak Prescott?
Dak Prescott 2024 Stats and Fantasy Production
Dak Prescott can’t entirely be blamed for some disappointing 2024 stats since he was injured for half of the year. That doesn’t take away from the fact that during the time he did play, Prescott had a really rough time. That’s why his QBR for the entire season was 45.3 (for reference, that’s below Anthony Richardson, Caleb Williams, and Daniel Jones).
In a bizarre victory, Prescott was able to throw for two touchdowns and 29.9 points against Baltimore’s defense. Other than that game, Prescott failed to get over 20 fantasy points in any of his other games. There was also the Detroit debauchery, where he managed to score only 3.2 fantasy points. Either way, this was a huge drop-off from 2023, where Prescott averaged 20.2 fantasy points per week.
Dak Prescott 2025 Fantasy Projection
The Cowboys were able to make some moves during the offseason that should help Dak return to winning form. They took offensive guard Tyler Booker from Alabama with their first-round draft pick. On top of that, they were able to nab George Pickens from Pittsburgh. That should give Prescott plenty of more options when dropping back to pass, other than finding CeeDee Lamb and throwing to CeeDee Lamb.
With all these things considered, Prescott is projected to play much better than he did the previous season. He may be ranked lower than his actual projection, too. Fantasy Pros has Prescott ranked as the 17th quarterback available. That means in the majority of leagues, he should be someone’s QB2.
Now, to take him as a QB1 isn’t a bad move, but taking him over someone like Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson isn’t a great play obviously. Prescott probably won’t have the numbers to compete with those elite quarterbacks. There’s no need to take Prescott early in general, though.
Many players last year got burned by starting Prescott, so they may not want to take the risk this season. He should drop well into the final rounds of the average draft. Taking Prescott with the 14th or 15th pick is a great way to ensure your starting quarterback has a great backup.
