Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott speaks in a news conference after NFL football training camp Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Oxnard, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)AP
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- Aaron Kasinitz | LoneStarLive.com
FRISCO, Texas — Before he asked his then-girlfriend a life-altering question, Dak Prescott experienced a familiar feeling.
“[It was] the kind of nerves that you get when you go into a game,” the Dallas Cowboys quarterback said. “You’re ready, you’re excited about it, but you want everything to go really, really well.”
Ultimately, Prescott said his proposal to Sarah Jane Ramos on a golf course last week unfolded how he wanted. During his weekly news conference, the Cowboys’ star told media members that he hid the ring in a golf ball. He explained that he lured Ramos to the golf course under the guise of playing a round and surprised her on the putting green.
Ramos’ parents met the engaged couple shortly after with their 7-month-old daughter, MJ, in tow.
The proposal came during Dallas’ bye week — the team returns to the field to play at the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday — and a month and a half after Prescott signed a contract that made him the highest paid player in NFL history. Prescott and Ramos announced the news on social media.
“I’m happy for my guy,” wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said Thursday. “I know he’s found love, and he’s grateful for it.”
Prescott said he originally told family and friends he planned to propose during the holidays, which kept the surprise intact.
“I got the ring a few months ago, set it up with a couple friends,” Prescott said. “She had no idea. She’s a big golfer, thought we were going golfing.
“I told her that we had a lifetime to golf, so we’ll golf another day.”
Prescott dropped a few golf balls onto the putting green and said Ramos “almost hit” the fake one that had the ring inside. He said he then grabbed the ring and proposed, trying to stick to a few quick words.
“I’ve heard everybody else in their proposals, ‘Man, I blacked out, or I’ve done this, and I don’t even know what I said.’ So for me, it was like, you know, keep it short and sweet,” Prescott said. “And I just kept saying over and over what I had planned to say and then executed it.”
Sarah Jane Ramos, girlfriend of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott holds their daughter, MJ, during a press conference after an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)AP
Prescott said his mom, who died of cancer in 2013, was on his mind when he got engaged.
“In reflection, [I think of] how proud my mom would be of the family that I’m starting, of the woman that I’ve got,” Prescott said.
Ramos and MJ are fixtures at Cowboys games, and mother and daughter often sit in on Prescott’s press conferences. In one photo the couple posted on Instagram while announcing the engagement, MJ wore a shirt that read, “Hi, mommy. Daddy has a question for you.”
“Just glad she said yes,” Prescott said. “And super, super blessed and happy and thankful for this family that I’ve started.”