Cowboys' search for Tony Romo's successor leads them to Dak Prescott
The Dallas Cowboys finally have drafted their potential quarterback of the future, taking Dak Prescott in the fourth round Saturday.
Prescott, who starred at Mississippi State, was taken with the 135th overall pick.
He will learn behind veteran Tony Romo, who just turned 36 and is coming back from a broken left collarbone that limited him to only four games this past season.
The Cowboys, who admittedly were targeting a QB in this draft, took running back Ezekiel Elliott with the fourth overall pick after QBs Jared Goff and Carson Wentz were drafted with the top two picks. Owner Jerry Jones said Dallas tried to trade up near the end of Thursday's first round in hopes of drafting Paxton Lynch, but the Denver Broncos beat them to the former Memphis Tigers QB by acquiring the 26th overall pick from the Seattle Seahawks.
Dallas then saw another potential target come off the board early in the fourth round on Saturday when the Oakland Raiders traded up draft former Michigan State QB Connor Cook with the 100th overall pick.
The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Prescott passed for 9,376 yards and 70 touchdowns during his four years with the Bulldogs, and he ran for another 2,521 yards and four scores. The past two seasons, he averaged 3,621 passing yards and 28 passing TDs while leading Mississippi State to a 19-7 record.
