Alright, let’s talk about finding Dak Prescott’s 40 time. It popped into my head the other day, and I realized I wasn’t totally sure what his official number was. You hear stats thrown around all the time, but sometimes you just gotta check for yourself, you know?
So, the first thing I did was kinda rack my brain. I felt like I’d heard it discussed back when he was coming out of college, Mississippi State days. But names, numbers, they get jumbled up over the years. Couldn’t pull the exact figure out.
Next step, I sat down and decided to actually look it up properly. Didn’t just want hearsay. I started digging through some records, mostly focusing on his NFL Combine performance. That’s usually where the most reliable numbers come from for draft prospects. Had to sift through some general draft info first.
Finding the Number
After a bit of searching through combine results archives, I landed on it. The number that kept showing up consistently from his 2016 NFL Combine workout was 4.79 seconds. That seemed to be the official, electronically timed result.
I double-checked this against a couple of different sources listing combine data just to be sure. Sometimes you see different numbers floating around, maybe from unofficial hand times or Pro Day results, which can vary. But the 4.79 seemed solid for the combine.
- Checked combine result databases.
- Looked at old draft profiles from that year.
- Compared numbers to make sure they matched up.
So, there it was. 4.79. Not the fastest ever for a QB, not by a long shot if you look at guys like Vick or Lamar Jackson. But definitely not slow either, especially for a guy his size back then. It showed he had enough mobility to escape the pocket, extend plays, which was part of his game.
It’s always interesting to look back at these combine numbers. Sometimes they mean a lot, sometimes less so. For Dak, that 4.79 felt about right for the kind of athlete he was coming into the league. Mobile enough, but more of a pocket passer with escape ability than a true running QB threat. Anyway, that was my little digging process to nail down that specific number. Simple stuff, but satisfying to confirm it yourself.
