This season, Cowboys Quarterback Dak Prescott will play in his age-33 season. No, that was not a typo — that young, mobile kid with the buzz cut just trying to live up to the hype in Dallas is now entering his mid-30s.
Don’t ask me where the time has gone, because I haven’t got the answer.
What I do know is that this season is especially critical for Prescott, especially after such a strong statistical 2025 campaign.
33 years old is no joke, and fans will be asking how much time he has left. If we see Prescott continue to roll, those questions will be put aside for a bit; the only question is can he, and can we look back on previous Cowboys greats to find the answer? Let’s talk about it.
How Have Dallas’s QBs handled their age-33 season?
Roger Staubach: 9-4 Record, 21 Total TD’s, 16 INT’s, 56.9% Completion Percentage, 2,666 Passing Yards.
Troy Aikman: 7-7 Record, 18 Total TD’s, 12 INT’s, 59.5% Completion Percentage, 2,964 Passing Yards.
Tony Romo: 8-7 Record, 31 Total TD’s, 10 INT’s, 63.9% Completion Percentage, 3,828 Passing Yards.
Has the game itself changed significantly since some of these numbers were introduced? Of course. Are they still interesting to look at? You bet.
What we see in these numbers is one very clear trend: missed games, and middling success in the win-loss section.
Production was still high for the most part for all three, especially Romo, who actually had one of his career-best seasons at 33, so that should give some hope for his successor, Prescott.
Another number that stood out to me was completion percentage, because of how low these three are in that category.
Prescott is known for his high completion percentage year-after-year. He hasn’t dipped below even 65% since 2017, his “down year” as a sophomore in the NFL. In contrast, all three are below 64%, and only Romo is above 60%.
Again, this could be attributed to the changing of playing style across the era’s of the NFL over the player-by-player difference.
Still, though, we have gotten accustomed to Prescott surpassing or matching the best of these numbers above, when he’s been healthy. Barring another injury, I think he is poised to put together another strong year.
Not to discount the talent around those three former QB’s and permanent franchise legends, but when CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens are at your disposal, things tend to ease up a decent amount.
Overall, I see nothing stopping Prescott from having the best age-33 season yet out of these guys, other than bad luck.
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