Todd ArcherJul 29, 2025, 06:00 AM ETCloseTodd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.Follow on X
Todd ArcherJul 29, 2025, 06:00 AM ET
CloseTodd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys.
Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.Follow on X
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OXNARD, Calif. — The first practice ofDallas Cowboystraining camp ends, andDak Prescottimmediately walks over to the fence behind one of the end zones.
There, he greets his fiancée, Sarah Jane Ramos, and their daughters, MJ and Aurora, who is a newborn.
For 15 minutes Prescott sits with his family, occasionally chasing a giggling MJ.
For those brief moments, he is not the quarterback of “America’s Team.” He’s just a girl dad.
Back in 2016, his rookie year, Prescott would seeJason Wittenplay with his four children, including his sons, C.J. (a freshman linebacker at Rice) and Cooper (also a linebacker, and one of the top prep recruits in the Class of 2027). Prescott was a fourth-round pick just trying to get a job, but he ended that summer as the Cowboys’ starting quarterback.
Now the longest-tenured Cowboy, Prescott, who turns 32 on Tuesday, has perspective.
“I’m getting that true balance,” he said.
“I think it’s healthy. Now when I get to get away from this building and get away from here, my mind gets to leave it, where in the past it didn’t.
“I think that could be detrimental at times. [Now] it’s no overthinking things, thinking too much about the things you want.”
As Prescott enters Year 10, there is just one thing he wants: a Super Bowl.
He is unafraid to say it, despite knowing he has a 2-5 postseason record, and the Cowboys have not advanced to an NFC Championship Game or won a Lombardi Trophy since 1995.
He was named the NFL’s Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year in 2022. He has made the Pro Bowl three times. He was the runner-up in MVP voting in 2023.
He holds the team’s single-season record for touchdown passes (37), and this year he could become the franchise’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns.
Source: Espnnfl
