{"id":442567,"date":"2026-09-21T03:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T03:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442567\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T03:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T03:24:11","slug":"jake-ferguson-reacts-to-prescotts-all-time-cowboys-passing-td-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442567\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Ferguson reacts to Prescott’s all-time Cowboys passing TD record"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Cowboys <\/a>tight end Jake Ferguson <\/a>has grown close with quarterback Dak Prescott in their five seasons together. Prescott even referred to Ferguson as a younger brother during this year\u2019s training camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means the world to me,\u201d Ferguson said.<\/p>\n

And not because of their on-field relationship.<\/p>\n

Ferguson revealed after the game that he lost his step father during training camp. That\u2019s where Ferguson\u2019s mind went when he was asked about Prescott\u2019s record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was there for me the whole time,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cPulled out a meeting to talk to me. He really kept me together. He means a ton to me and he means a ton to this team. It\u2019s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferguson also said Prescott, a Walter Payton Man of the Year Award Winner earlier in his career, has been a role model for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kind of man he is off the field is pretty special. How he carries himself, how he treats people, and I\u2019m not just talking about the football player, I\u2019m talking about the man,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cThe father he is. It\u2019s unbelievable. It\u2019s who you strive to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prescott was asked after the game about the support he gave Ferguson during training camp and the impact his teammates have had on his franchise passing touchdown record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey make up more than the records,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cThis world\u2019s about people, man. This life\u2019s about people. It\u2019s about loving and pouring into people and being there for somebody and giving them what you can from your own experiences and being a helping hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen [Ferguson] lost his step father during camp, I knew where he was. I\u2019ve been in that position. Just wanted to be there for him and check on him and let him know whatever you\u2019re feeling, it\u2019s OK. You\u2019re mad\u2026 whatever. He handled it as good as anybody can losing a step father and being there for his mom and his family and being a rock. I just wanted to be a little help if I could. For him to even pivot from talking about a record, to that, it just goes back to me saying all these little things matter. [The record] is not what I do it for, but it\u2019s humbling and it makes me emotional to think about small things and small gestures can mean so much.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson has grown close with quarterback Dak Prescott in their five seasons together. Prescott…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,93042,88776],"class_list":["post-442567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-tp-dallas-cowboys","tag-tp-dak-prescott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}