Dak Prescott's 10-year stats are eerily close to those of a soon-to-be Hall of Famer

It's been several weeks since the Dallas Cowboys' 2025 season came to a close, and it's still a bit frustrating to think about how Matt Eberflus' dreadful defensive unit effectively wasted one of the best overall seasons of Dak Prescott's career.

While Prescott helped America's Team rank second in the NFL in total yards per game (391.9) and seventh in scoring (27.7) by completing 67.3 percent of his passes for 4,552 yards (the second-highest total of his career and the third-most in the league in 2025) with 30 touchdowns (the fourth-most in the NFL), the Dallas defense cost the Cowboys several wins by ranking 30th in total yards allowed, giving up 377.0 per contest, and dead last in scoring, surrendering 30.1 points per game. But what's done is done, right?

The 2025 campaign, as hard as it may be to believe, marked Prescott's 10th professional season since being taken by Dallas in the fourth round of the 2016 draft with the 135th overall pick. As such, it's hard not to reflect on what Dak has done from an overall standpoint over the last decade.

And when studying his 10-year stats, we came across an interesting comparison, as Prescott's numbers are eerily similar to those from the first 10 years of the career of a quarterback who will undoubtedly soon be named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2026, that being none other than Drew Brees.

Dak Prescott's 10-year numbers are very similar to what Drew Brees did in the first decade of his career

Given everything he did during his 15-year run with the New Orleans Saints, it's often easy to forget that Brees spent the first five years of his NFL career with the then-San Diego Chargers, who took the Purdue alum with the first pick of the second round of the 2001 draft at No. 32 overall. Remember, there were only 31 teams then, as the Houston Texans didn't begin play until 2002.

As mentioned, Brees played five seasons for the Bolts, joining the Saints as a free agent ahead of the 2006 season and remaining in New Orleans until his retirement following the 2020 campaign.

Now, when comparing the two quarterbacks, one could easily point to the fact that while Prescott started as a rookie after Tony Romo went down with an injury, Brees was the backup to Doug Flutie in his first year and didn't make his first start until 2002.

However, given some of the long-lasting injuries Dak has sustained, the number of games played by both in their first 10 years nearly match up, as Prescott has played 139 regular-season contests in his first decade, while Brees played 138 in his first 10 years, starting all but one of them. So, we're thinking it's certainly close enough. As such, without further ado, here's the tale of the tape.

Pretty wild, right?

As you can see, outside of the Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections, Prescott has the edge in every single category.

That said, however, let's not forget that those numbers only pertain to the regular season. Now, it is interesting that Dak has played in seven postseason games thus far, which is the exact same number Brees played in his first 10 years.

The big difference, of course, is that while Prescott has never advanced past the Divisional Round, going just 2-5 thus far, Brees, who went 4-3 in his first seven playoff starts, led the Saints to a Super Bowl win in his ninth season, which is the ultimate trump card.

Nevertheless, the numbers Prescott has put up over the last 10 years have been impressive, even if the Cowboys obviously haven't had the postseason success he clearly craves. Whether Dak, who turns 33 in July, can sustain this level of production for another decade the way Brees did obviously remains to be seen. But with the way he played this past year, he's obviously nowhere near done.