Early life. Dak is the youngest of Nathaniel and Peggy Prescott's three children. While she worked as a manager of a truck stop, Prescott attended Haughton High School in Haughton, Louisiana, where he played football for the Buccaneers. As a senior, he completed 159 of 258 passes for 2,860 yards and 39 touchdowns.

Prescott's parents are American by nationality.

Prescott is also proud of his Native American heritage, which comes from his mother's side. His grandfather, Glyndell Wilbert, is a member of a Native American tribe, the Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb, which is recognized at the Louisiana state level but not federally.