Dak Prescott injury update: Lisa Salters reveals expected timeline of recovery

Dallas Cowboys (3-6) quarterback Dak Prescott is facing a six-to-eight-month recovery after undergoing season-ending hamstring surgery this past Wednesday, per Lisa Salters of ESPN.

“It was back in Week 9 when he suffered a hamstring injury in his right leg,” Salters said during the Week 12 Monday Night Football broadcast. “The hamstring, made up of three muscles in the back of your thigh, from your knee to your hip. Dak suffered what’s called a partial proximal avulsion of his hamstring. Which means part of one of those three muscles completely tore away from the pelvic bone and had to be surgically reattached.

“As far as the recovery time, I was told by the four-month mark, you can usually start riding a bike again, do some running. But as far as being back to full health, feeling like he did before the injury, I was told that would take anywhere from 6-8 months. Which would have him ready to go for next season’s training camp.”

Prescott sustained the injury in the third quarter of the 27-21 Week 9 road defeat to the Atlanta Falcons (6-5). Cooper Rush got the start in Week 10, a 34-6 home loss to the Philadelphia Eagles (8-2). Rush completed 13-of-23 passes for just 45 yards as the Cowboys finished the game with 146 total yards. He is back under center against the Houston Texans (6-4).

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Dallas placed Prescott on injured reserve Monday.

Prescott, 31, had an up-and-down year after signing a lucrative contract extension ahead of the season, which made him the NFL’s highest-paid player. He completed 64.7% of his passes – the second-worst rate of his career – for 1,978 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Team owner Jerry Jones said the prognosis on Prescott is “wonderful.”

“It’s a more common injury in hockey,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan last Tuesday. “And he’s got doctors that are very familiar with how to repair that. And his prognosis is wonderful. It just means that we’re not going to have him the rest of the year.”