After signing a four-year contract worth $240 million with the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott has become the highest-paid NFL player in the history of the sport. It is guaranteed that Prescott will get somewhere around $231 million, he is now ranked above quarterbacks like Trevor Lawrence, Jordan Love and Joe Burrow.
Dak Prescott credits his mother and brother for raising him like this
After signing a contract that exceeded $200 million, Dak Prescott had humble beginnings at the start of his career. He shared some stories from the time when he was growing up. On top of it, he used to assume difficult days were just vacations. He gives all his credit to his mother and brothers for raising him the way they did.
While speaking on I Am Athlete, Prescott said, "Being the highest paid thinks to test in me to just always control what I could control. And at that time, I couldn't control whether the light bill or anything came on. It was my mood. It was loving y'all back to now."
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"It's just doing what I can on the field and handling myself as the businessman as I am, to focus on things that I can control and love this game, give everything I can to this game, and understand everything takes care of itself when you do that. And so that's the way, way that y'all raised me," Prescott added.
Dak Prescott is the youngest of four siblings. The older siblings are Tad and Jace Prescott, his older sister goes by the name, Natalie and his half-brother is called Elliot. However, tragic news occurred for the Prescott family in 2020 when Jace committed suicide.
Girlfriend Sarah Jane celebrated on social media
This year a lot has changed personally for the Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. He and his girlfriend welcomed their first child in the form of MJ Rose. She was born in February.
After the contract was done, Sarah shared the news on her Instagram and wrote, "The most deserving man and the best partner and father. We love you, Dak Prescott."
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