Dak Prescott stats & 2026 fantasy outlook
Through Week 8 of 2026, Dak Prescott has 147.9 PPR points in 8 games: 18.5 per game, QB11 of 44 in PPR points per game.
Week 9 call · Half-PPR
Start him. Projected 18.0 half-PPR, the QB8 this week, under a retractable roof. No injury designation yet (the Week 9 report starts Wed, Nov 4).
Start, flex or sitOur one-line weekly call, for a 12-team league: start a top-12 QB, top-24 RB or WR, or top-12 TE this week; flex the next ones who would still fill a flex spot; sit the rest.More in the glossary : a 12-team league's starters and flex spots, from this week's projections.
Dak Prescott
QB · Dallas Cowboys
Season so far · through Week 8
- PPG · points per gameFantasy points divided by games played, so a player is not marked down for the weeks he sat out.More in the glossary
- 18.5 half-PPR points a game over 8 games, 147.9 in all.
- PPR rank
- QB11 of 44 QBs with 2 or more games, by PPR points per game.
- Games
- 8 games with a stat line through Week 8.
- pass yds/g
- 256 passing yards a game this season, over 8 games.
PPR 147.9 (18.5/g) · Std 147.9 (18.5/g)
This week · Week 9
Projected 18.0 half-PPR points in Week 9, with a likely range of 7.1 to 29.1.Half-PPREvery catch is worth half a point. It is the middle ground between PPR and standard scoring, where catches score nothing on their own.More in the glossary ProjectionOur estimate of a player’s fantasy points this week, built from his share of his team’s targets, carries and passes, how much his team is expected to score, and his preseason value. It is a middle outcome, not a promise.More in the glossary
at IND · Sun 1:00 PM ET
Floor and ceilingThe spread of likely scores around a projection. The floor is a bad week (only 1 in 10 past weeks like it landed lower) and the ceiling a big one (only 1 in 10 landed higher).More in the glossary
Forecast 18.0 Half-PPR points: the Vegas line adds 0.8, the matchup nothing. Show how it is built.
| Step | Points | Running total |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline: His role and efficiency over 8 games, with his preseason QB4 ADP at 20% weight, at his usual line | 17.2 | 17.2 |
| Vegas: DAL implied 28.8 vs 27.1 in his games | +0.8 | 18.0 |
| Matchup: IND 14th softest vs QB: already in the Vegas line | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| Availability: No designation, no teammate ruled out | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| Projection | 18.0 | 18.0 |
Each step is the change from switching that factor on, in this order, so the steps add up to the projection. The matchup adds nothing with a line: the model's backtest found the line already prices the defense.
- Implied total · implied team totalHow many points Vegas expects one team to score, worked out from the game total and the point spread. Higher totals mean more scoring chances for that offense.More in the glossary Context: DAL is implied for 28.8 points, tied for 2nd-highest of 30 teams with a line this week.
- Matchup (DvP) · defense vs positionHow many fantasy points this week’s opponent has allowed to a position, ranked 1 to 32. “3rd softest” allows the 3rd-most, “1st toughest” the fewest. Our projections treat it as context, because the Vegas line already prices the matchup in.More in the glossary No effect this week: IND is the 14th softest of 32 defenses against QBs (the 1st toughest allows the fewest fantasy points). It is context, not in the projection: with a Vegas line, the model adds nothing for the matchup.
- Context: a retractable roof, treated as indoors.
Game log · half-PPR
Half-PPR points by week, oldest first: Week 1 NYG 14.4, Week 2 WAS 29.8, Week 3 BAL 18.9, Week 4 HOU 18.1, Week 5 TB 12.6, Week 6 GB 11.0, Week 7 PHI 23.3, Week 8 ARI 19.8. Bye in Week 14.
2026 season · the games so far
Dak Prescott 2026 stats so far
Through Week 8 · Week 8 in progress — 13 of 14 games final · nflverse stats as of
- PPR pts / game
- 18.5
- QB rank
- QB11
- of 44 with 2+ games
- Games
- 8
- DAL
| Scoring | Total | Per game |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 147.9 | 18.5 |
| Half-PPR | 147.9 | 18.5 |
| PPR | 147.9 | 18.5 |
QB rank is by PPR points per game among QBs with 2 or more games.
Game log
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| Wk | Opp | PPR ptsHalf · Std | Pass yds | Pass TD | INT | Carries | Rush yds | Rush TD | Snap % | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | ARI | 19.8 19.8 · 19.8 | 195 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 100% | Score this game |
| 7 | PHI | 23.3 23.3 · 23.3 | 212 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 100% | Score this game |
| 6 | GB | 11.0 11.0 · 11.0 | 258 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 100% | Score this game |
| 5 | TB | 12.6 12.6 · 12.6 | 316 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | Score this game |
| 4 | HOU | 18.1 18.1 · 18.1 | 335 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 100% | Score this game |
| 3 | BAL | 18.9 18.9 · 18.9 | 276 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 100% | Score this game |
| 2 | WAS | 29.8 29.8 · 29.8 | 279 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 100% | Score this game |
| 1 | NYG | 14.4 14.4 · 14.4 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 100% | Score this game |
PPR pts is nflverse's full-PPR total for the game; the smaller line under it is the same game in Half-PPR, then Standard (half a point, and a point, less per catch). "Score this game" opens the fantasy point calculator with that exact line loaded, to re-score it in your league's settings. A dash means nflverse has no figure for that game yet.
Usage trend
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| Per game | Last 3 (Wks 6–8) | Season | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snap share | 100% | 100% | 0 |
| Carries per game | 3.7 | 2.9 | +0.8 |
| PPR points per game | 18.0 | 18.5 | −0.5 |
Shares are team-relative and averaged per game.
This week · DAL at IND
Week 9 projection
- Half-PPREvery catch is worth half a point. It is the middle ground between PPR and standard scoring, where catches score nothing on their own.More in the glossary
- 18.0
- PPR · point per receptionEvery catch is worth 1 point on top of the yards and touchdowns. It lifts pass-catching running backs, slot receivers and tight ends.More in the glossary
- 18.0
- StandardScoring where a catch is worth nothing on its own: only yards and touchdowns count. It favours running backs who score near the goal line over receivers who catch short passes.More in the glossary
- 18.0
Floor and ceilingThe spread of likely scores around a projection. The floor is a bad week (only 1 in 10 past weeks like it landed lower) and the ceiling a big one (only 1 in 10 landed higher).More in the glossary 7.1–29.1
Floor to ceiling in half-PPR points: the 10th to 90th percentile of how far past weeks landed from a projection like this one. About 4 in 5 landed inside it.
Projected line: 35.1 att · 245 pass yds · 1.80 pass TD · 0.65 INT · 3.1 car · 13 rush yds · 0.17 rush TD
Show the math
- Volume
- 98% of DAL's pass attempts × 33.3 a game · 11% of DAL's carries × 27.1 a game
- 34.0 attempts · 3.0 carries
- Efficiency
- 7.0 yds/attempt
- 237 pass yds
- Scoring chances
- 4.61 TD per 100 attempts
- 1.91 TD
- Vegas
- DAL implied 28.8 vs 27.1 in his games (×1.06)
- +3% volume, +13% TD rate
- Market prior
- Preseason QB4 in FFC ADP → 20.4 PPG, 20% weight at 8 games
- +0.6 half-PPR pts (17.4 → 18.0)
- Context (not in projection)
- IND allows 1.06× league QB points (14th softest of 32)
| Opponent | at INDDAL on the road |
|---|---|
| Kickoff | Sun 1:00 PM ET |
| Implied total · implied team totalHow many points Vegas expects one team to score, worked out from the game total and the point spread. Higher totals mean more scoring chances for that offense.More in the glossary | 28.8DAL · consensus line |
| Matchup (DvP) · defense vs positionHow many fantasy points this week’s opponent has allowed to a position, ranked 1 to 32. “3rd softest” allows the 3rd-most, “1st toughest” the fewest. Our projections treat it as context, because the Vegas line already prices the matchup in.More in the glossary | Allows the 14th-most fantasy points to QBs1.06× the league average · context — not in the projection |
| Red zoneThe last 20 yards before the end zone. Most touchdowns start there, so targets and carries inside the 20 point to touchdown chances.More in the glossary | 8% of DAL's carries inside the 204 of 53, through Week 8 · 2 inside the 5 · 1 TD |
| ROS · rest of seasonEverything left on the schedule from this week on. Rest-of-season value is what matters for trades and pickups, where one week is noise.More in the glossary | QB4 of 35 · 18.1 PPGHalf-PPR points per game, market prior included · 8 games left through Week 17 · bye in Week 14 |
Trade value 9 of 100
Redraft chart, Weeks 9–17, 12-team Half-PPR: rank 56 of 86 players above replacement.
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Built from stats through Week 8, consensus line as of Mon, Nov 2, 3:20 PM ET, no Week 9 injury report yet, so no designation is applied. Game-day inactives are not in the model. Market priorWhere drafters valued a player before the season (his preseason ADP), blended into our projections so a few early games cannot swing his number too far.More in the glossary : preseason ADP · average draft positionWhere a player went on average in fantasy drafts: an ADP of 4.2 means he was usually the fourth player taken. Ours is preseason ADP, frozen once drafts end.More in the glossary from Fantasy Football Calculator.
Preseason read (July 2026)The draft-day verdict, 2025 stats, Chalk & Sharp and July ADP, as published.
Draft-day record · July 2026
The July 2026 draft-day read
This is the July 2026 pre-draft read, kept as published. Every ADP and market figure on this page comes from the Fantasy Football Calculator snapshot of Jul 15, 2026 and is not updated in-season — 2026 drafts are over and ADP has stopped moving. In-season tools
Dak Prescott's 18.5 half-PPR points per game in 2025 sit below what a QB4 draft price usually buys — July 2026 drafters were paying for projection, not the previous season's line. His snap share fell -14.4pp across the 2025 season.
This week's projection is in the Week 9 card above. The July 2026 draft-day read is opinion, framed from the cited 2025 data.
The numbers behind the read
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ADP (July 2026) | 62.2 | Fantasy Football Calculator |
| Overall ADP rank (July 2026) | 62 | Fantasy Football Calculator |
| Fantasy points / game | 18.5 | nflverse |
| Points over expected (FPOE) | +4.6 | nflverse |
| Snap share trend, last 3 vs season (2025) | -14.4pp | nflverse |
| Sleeper search rank (July 2026) | 45 | Sleeper |
xFP (expected fantasy points) is what a typical player would score with the same targets, carries and field position. FPOE (points over expected) is actual points minus xFP, per game.
The consensus read
Dak Prescott was drafted as the QB4 — ADP 62.2 — in July 2026. His 18.5 half-PPR points per game in 2025 clears the QB starter line.
- ADP 62.2
- Overall ADP rank 62
- Sleeper search rank 45
- Fantasy points / game 18.5
The edge case — what had to be true
Every belief was tied to a checkpoint: the exact data point that would confirm or deny it, with its value at the time of the July 2026 read. Check them against what has actually happened since.
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Checkpoint
Points over expected (FPOE) per game, season (2025)
+4.6 pts/gm vs expectation (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong pick if you believed
Dak Prescott's scoring over expected (xFP) is skill, not variance
Poor pick if instead
Dak Prescott's scoring over expected regresses to the xFP baseline
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Checkpoint
Snap share trend, season (2025)
-14.4pp (2025) · as of July 2026
Strong pick if you believed
Dak Prescott's snap dip was game-script, not a demotion
Poor pick if instead
Dak Prescott's snap share is shrinking
Sources: Fantasy Football Calculator · Sleeper · nflverse. Every figure on this page is a value the analysis engine cited from the underlying data — nothing is hand-entered. Stats are 2025 regular season via nflverse (CC-BY 4.0); ADP via Fantasy Football Calculator (Jul 15, 2026 snapshot, not updated in-season).
FantasyTools analysis is opinion for entertainment purposes only — not betting, financial, or professional advice.
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