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The Dallas Cowboys<\/a> might have an extra quarterback at their rookie minicamp and mandatory minicamp if things continue down this path.<\/p>\n The Cowboys brought Dallas native and former SMU quarterback Preston Stone in to work out for their Local Pro Day after he finished his career with 1 final season at Northwestern in 2025.<\/p>\n Preston was a 4-star recruit out of Dallas Parish Episcopal School and played 4 seasons at SMU before entering the transfer portal.<\/p>\n \u201cNorthwestern quarterback Preston Stone worked out at Cowboys local Pro Day,\u201d NFL reporter Aaron Wilson wrote<\/a> on his official X account on Saturday. \u201cContinued to build on success at Northwestern and SMU, starting for both schools, passing for 6,204 career yards, 49 touchdowns. Considered Day 3 draft prospect, arrow up.\u201d<\/p>\n Stone, 6-foot-1 and 214 pounds, capped his 1 season at Northwestern by leading his team to a 34-7 win over Central Michigan in the GameAbove Sports Bowl, with Stone throwing for 226 yards, 3 touchdowns, and no interceptions.<\/p>\n In 2023, Stone led SMU to a 10-2 record in 12 starts with 3,197 yards, 28 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions to go with 198 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns.<\/p>\n Another Option for Preston Stone: Play in CFL<\/p>\n The 24-year-old Stone will likely end up looking for a UDFA deal in the NFL<\/a>, but if he doesn\u2019t catch on, he has another pretty intriguing option awaiting him in the Canadian Football League, where the Calgary Stampeders have already put him on their negotiations list.<\/p>\n From 3 Down Nation<\/a>: \u201cCFL teams can\u00a0claim the rights to up to 45 players via the negotiation list on a first-come, first-served basis, provided that they are not eligible for the Canadian or Global Drafts, and have never played in the league before. These players can be added, traded, or removed from the list at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n Stone comes from a football family. One of his brothers, Parker Stone, was a wide receiver at SMU, and another 1 of his brothers, Lindell Stone, was a quarterback at Virginia.<\/p>\n Cowboys Have Competition for Backup Quarterback<\/p>\n The Cowboys have the NFL\u2019s highest-paid player at starting quarterback with Dak Prescott<\/a>, but behind him there\u2019s what seems like an open competition.<\/p>\n The 2 leading candidates to be Prescott\u2019s backup are the backup from 2025, Joe Milton<\/a>, and former Washington Commanders<\/a> starting quarterback Sam Howell<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSource: QB Sam Howell<\/a> to the Cowboys on a one-year deal,\u201d\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler<\/a> wrote on his official X account on March 10.<\/p>\n Howell spent the 2025 season as a backup quarterback on the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>. He played 2 seasons for the Commanders in 2022 and 2023, starting all 17 games in 2023.<\/p>\n In 2023, Howell\u00a0had one of the\u00a0worst seasons for a starting NFL quarterback<\/a> in recent memory, going 4-13 as led the NFL<\/a> with 21 interceptions and 65 sacks taken for negative-449 yards.<\/p>\n \u201cHowell made his first start vs. Dallas in 2022 with Washington,\u201d\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Todd Archer wrote<\/a>. \u201cCowboys now have four QBs in\u00a0Dak Prescott<\/a>,\u00a0Joe Milton III<\/a>,\u00a0Will Grier<\/a>\u00a0and Howell.\u201d<\/p>\n Howell was traded from the Commanders to the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks<\/a> in March 2024 and from the Seahawks to the Vikings<\/a> in March 2025 before being traded from the Vikings to the Eagles<\/a> in July 2025.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tTony Adame<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Cowboys\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Northwestern quarterback Preston Stone. 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