IRVING, Texas -- On March 13, Dak Prescott was arrested on a DUI charge in Starkville, Mississippi, so when he arrived for a visit to the Dallas Cowboys a little more than a month later he knew what was coming.

"It was the elephant in the room," Prescott said. "It's something in the past. It's something that I can guarantee everyone won't happened again. It was a mistake, but it's going to make me a better person and it already has."

The Cowboys researched the situation and clearly felt comfortable in selecting the Mississippi State quarterback in the fourth round on Saturday.

In fact, what drew the Cowboys to Prescott most was his character.

"We all know that we make mistakes," owner and general manager Jerry Jones said. "Well, you can mitigate those things quicky in your mind because that's where his strength is, in that area of character and judgment and those things. We do feel that it easily let us get by those issues. It's certainly something you should look at with the quarterback spot, but when you really look at it what is impressive is that from everybody around him, the recommendations he got from everybody and the time spent with him, we don't think there's character issues here."