Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey believes he can make a record-breaking field goal kick from an absurd distance
The newest high-scoring member of the Dallas Cowboys has never even scored a touchdown, but that doesn’t mean Brandon Aubrey hasn’t made a huge impact as the team’s starting kicker. Even though he’s a rookie, Aubrey hasn’t felt the typical pressures of playing in the NFL.
That’s become obvious, as he’s yet to miss a field goal all season, going a perfect 30-for-30 across 13 games. For the record, Aubrey has missed three extra points, but considering he’s made 39 others, the Cowboys will take what they can get.
As a 28-year-old rookie, Aubrey’s path to the NFL has been unique. While the Plano, Texas native is an NFL kicker today, Aubrey previously played professional soccer as a defender.
Back in 2017, Aubrey was a first-round draft pick by Toronto FC of Major League Soccer, where he played for the reserve team. Two years later, his days playing soccer were over, and Aubrey made the decision to put his Notre Dame degree to good use by becoming a software engineer.
But then, in 2019, when watching an NFL game on the couch, he saw a kicker miss a field goal, and his wife said, “You could do that.” That comment sparked a flame inside Aubrey, and he began training with a kicking coach to help him take a crack at booting footballs instead of soccer balls.
Three years after he started training rigorously, Aubrey got drafted by the USFL’s Birmingham Stallions. Amazingly, Aubrey led the league in field goals and extra points and was named to the All-USFL team. He returned to the Stallions for another season and proceeded to lead the USFL in extra point percentage again, only this time he didn’t miss, connecting on all 35 attempts.
Aubrey’s work with the USFL then got him noticed by NFL scouts. The Stallions eventually cut Aubrey loose back in July, and three days later, he joined the Dallas Cowboys.
Yet, Aubrey still had work to do, as he was still the unproven ‘kid’ who had never made, or attempted an NFL kick before. He was great in the USFL, sure, but what about the big leagues?
