The Dallas Cowboys, who have shown high interest in quarterback prospects this draft season, are once again turning their attention to Mississippi State's Dak Prescott.
After putting Prescott through a private workout last month, the club will host him for a pre-draft visit Tuesday, per NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport. Prescott told College Football 24/7 that he doesn't expect to make any other pre-draft visits with teams after meeting with the Cowboys. The draft will be held April 28-30 in Chicago. The former All-SEC quarterback has also made recent visits to the Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos.
The Cowboys' interest in Prescott makes sense on multiple fronts.
Club owner Jerry Jones said last month that the Cowboyswould not spend the No. 4 overall pick of the draft on a quarterback, and Prescott is more of a second-day projection (Rounds 2-3). Even if the team were to give some consideration to a first-round quarterback, its chances of landing one of the draft's two most highly regarded passers -- Cal's Jared Goff and North Dakota State's Carson Wentz -- with the No. 4 overall pick absorbed a significant blow last week when the Los Angeles Rams traded with the Tennessee Titans for the No. 1 overall choice. The Rams are expected to take one of the two signal-callers. The Cleveland Browns, drafting No. 2 overall, are in as dire a need of a quarterback as any team in the NFL, but are willing to trade down. Presumably, a team dealing up to No. 2 would likely be doing so to draft whichever QB Los Angeles doesn't take.
NFL Media senior analyst Gil Brandt included Prescott on his list of QB-prospect fits for Dallas last month, and Cowboys coach Jason Garrett has acknowledged Dallas' need to find a young quarterback to groom behind aging starter Tony Romo.
If the draft-day answer turns out to be Prescott, nobody should be surprised.
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