​Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn ImagesAs the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott has a lot of eyes on him at all times.He also knows his mother is keeping tabs on him from afar, and he was well aware of that on Sunday.With a little over three minutes left in Sunday’s 37-20 win over the Washington Commanders, Prescott hit CeeDee Lamb in the end zone for a game-clinching touchdown. His fourth touchdown throw of the day, it was also the 249th of his Cowboys career. With that, he became the franchise’s all-time leader in touchdown passes, moving past Tony Romo (not to mention Troy Aikman, Roger Staubach, and Danny White).Afterward, the 11-year vet was overcome with the honor that comes with that record, given all the other great quarterbacks who have worn the star.“I’m blessed, honored,” Prescott said. “As I told you earlier in the week, records are meant to be broken. This is my time to break this one. Pretty cool to do it against the team I threw my first touchdown against ten years ago or so. Definitely humbling, something I don’t take for granted. The great history of this organization, of the past quarterbacks before me…”“Super, super honored. Super thankful. God’s great. Not taking it lightly. But as I told you, it’s just the beginning. I want to double it and plan to play for a while, so just getting started.”The Cowboys signal-caller was asked if he was thinking about his mom, Peggy, who died of colon cancer at 52 years old in 2013, when he threw the record-breaking touchdown. His emotion was evident.Bigger than football: Dak Prescott fought back tears while reflecting on his late mother after breaking the #Cowboys’ all-time passing TDs record on Sunday.“In the moment, I just felt my mom. My mom was never short or never hesitant to tell me how proud she was of me. She was… pic.twitter.com/3MGAWnqTZS— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) September 21, 2026“My mom was never short or never hesitant to tell me how proud she was of me. She was never, never short of that. And I could just hear that. And that’s enough. Thankful that my teammates, my coaches, and everybody believed in me and all that, but that’s enough. I heard that my whole life growing up, and I hear it now as loud as I’ve ever heard it. I’m just blessed.”Later, Prescott was asked if he ever thought he’d end up as the leader in just about every notable category for Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks, and he once again recalled how his mother and the rest of his family motivated him to believe he could.“Absolutely…” Prescott said. “Sometimes it’s great being naive. And I was a little naive just growing up thinking that I could do this and I could do that. But yet I think it puts such insurmountable belief in my head that I can accomplish whatever I want to accomplish. And any thought that I said or anything that I wanted to do, and I mentioned it and I said it out loud.“I had a mom and I had brothers who poured gas on