It wasn\u2019t that long ago when Brandon Aubrey\u2019s professional soccer career ended, forcing him to find a job in the real world as a software engineer. Fortunately, he got a second chance to use his legs. After just three seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Aubrey has engineered one of the most incredible career turnarounds and now stands to receive a huge payday.<\/p>\n
Aubrey enters the offseason as a restricted free agent. While the team still has some degree of player control, the soon-to-be 31-year-old kicker holds significant leverage in contract negotiations, with the potential to reset the market for his position after three consecutive Pro Bowl selections.<\/p>\n
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His transition from writing code to crushing kicks has been nothing short of historic. Since entering the league in 2023, he has consistently outperformed his peers across nearly every metric. He has a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of statistical dominance:<\/p>\n
He holds the NFL record for the most 50-plus-yard field goals in a single season, connecting on\u00a014 such kicks in 2024.<\/p>\n
He is the first kicker in league history to record at least 10 field goals of 50 or more yards in back-to-back seasons.<\/p>\n
He owns the longest field goal in Cowboys history, a\u00a065-yarder.<\/p>\n
He has connected on\u00a0an NFL-record five career field goals of 60 yards or more.<\/p>\n
In 2024 alone, his made field goal distance spanned\u00a01,769 total yards. That is literally over a mile of distance traveled by the ball.<\/p>\n
He set the NFL record for the most consecutive made field goals to start a career with\u00a035.<\/p>\n
Aubrey\u2019s real-life working experience provides him with a unique perspective on his financial situation. He\u2019s a family man, he\u2019s old in NFL terms, and he recognizes that opportunities can be few and far between, so when a huge one sits right in front of him, it\u2019s kind of a big deal. Recently, while enjoying his Pro Bowl vacation, he talked to the media and offered his perspective on the situation<\/a>.<\/p>\n I say every year I have an NFL job is 7 to 10 years I won\u2019t have to have a normal job. So we\u2019ll be fine without a contract, but obviously the contract accelerates the retirement.<\/p>\n The Cowboys know how valuable he is and attempted to open extension talks during the 2025 season, but Aubrey chose to\u00a0defer those discussions to his agent, focusing instead on maintaining his on-field performance. This strategic patience allows him to enter the current market as a top-tier asset. Currently, he is among the lowest-paid active kickers with an average annual value of just\u00a0$898,333, yet his performance warrants a contract that rivals the league\u2019s highest earners at his position.<\/p>\n Aubrey has been money the moment he stepped on the field, and now it\u2019s time for him to see some of it. The Cowboys are expected to place a\u00a0$6 million, second-round tender\u00a0on him to protect their interest while working toward a long-term deal that should make him the highest-paid kicker in the league, effectively resetting the market.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n For Jerry Jones and the Cowboys, the choice is clear. Pay the man, or risk losing a player who has made punting from the opponent\u2019s side of the field practically obsolete. Aubrey\u2019s near-unlimited range has fundamentally changed how the offense approaches third downs and end-of-half situations. And there is no way they will be without that advantage by shanking these negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It wasn\u2019t that long ago when Brandon Aubrey\u2019s professional soccer career ended, forcing him to find a job…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[67137,49,48,39324,1721,144334,144333,514,82,29822],"class_list":["post-460088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-brandon-aubrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-contract-negotiations","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-field-goals","tag-kicker","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-the-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}