- Quarterback Dak Prescott went under sedation for over 10 hours to get a massive leg tattoo.
- He didn't tell his coach or the owner of the Dallas Cowboys until after the fact, though.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott elected to be sedated for over 10 hours to get a tattoo, and he didn't let his NFL coaches know he was going under for that long, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Friday.
After a rocky season for Prescott and the Cowboys, in the spring, he revealed a massive new tattoo on his leg, which covers most of his leg.
According to the Star-Telegram, it featured artwork important to Prescott's life and journey, including a snapshot of his brother who died by suicide in 2020, and a pegasus to honor his mother, Peggy, who died in 2013.
It took more than 10 hours to complete the masterpiece (which he chose to do in one sitting) and Prescott was sedated for the whole thing, the newspaper reported. Prescott made the choice to not tell Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his coach Mike McCarthy about the ordeal until after it was complete.
McCarthy apparently found out about the tattoo the day after it happened when Prescott showed up with a swollen leg.
"I was like 'whoa, what the ... happen to your leg'," McCarthy told the Star-Telegram. "So he shows it to me. I'm like 'Jesus Christ, how long did that take? You've been doing it all week. He said, no, I did it all at one time'. He showed me a video of it and like 'Oh, my God'."
Jones only found out when a Star-Telegram reporter informed him at a Cowboys training camp session this summer, according to the outlet.
"I certainly didn't know he was under for 10 hours," Jones told the Star-Telegram. "Just so you're clear, I had no idea about tattoos. I better get up to date on it. I had no idea that required that kind of sedation of any tattoo. It further explains to me why I don't have a tattoo."
The Star-Telegram reported that a team of medical experts was there to oversee the procedure and that Prescott isn't the first to jump on this trend. In fact, stars like Post Malone, Lil Uzi Vert, and Offset have also gone under to get inked.
Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb — who referred Prescott to the artist — and running back Tony Pollard did the same, but neither was under sedation for as long as Prescott, the Star-Telegram reported.