Sources - Cowboys, QB Cooper Rush agree to 2-year deal

FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott will have one familiar voice in the quarterback room this year: backup Cooper Rush has agreed to a two-year deal worth $5 million and includes a $1.25 million signing bonus, according to sources.

Rush can make up to $6 million on the deal.

Rush has a 5-1 record as the Cowboys starter the last two seasons while filling in for an injured Prescott. For his career, he has thrown for 1,475 yards with eight touchdown passes and four interceptions. At least two AFC teams had sought to sign Rush before he agreed to return to the Cowboys.

The team likely would not have made the playoffs in 2022 without Rush, who stepped in for an injured Dak Prescott at the start of the season and went 4-1 as the starter.

Prescott suffered a fractured right thumb in the season-opening loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that required surgery and forced him to miss five games. In stepped Rush, who was steady and made plays when they mattered most.

His numbers were not spectacular — Rush did not top 235 yards passing or have more than two touchdown passes in a game. However, he helped the Cowboys beat the 2021 Super Bowl finalist (Cincinnati Bengals) and champion (Los Angeles Rams) in a four-week span, while delivering two key NFC East wins against the New York Giants and Washington Commanders in between.

Rush, who turned 29 in November, was intercepted three times in the first half in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles before Prescott's return.

In the nine games that he saw action last season, Rush was 84-of-162 passing for 1,051 yards and five touchdowns.

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