Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey has spent the last two seasons exceeding everyone’s wildest expectations for him after he was signed out of the USFL back in 2023.
Since joining the NFL in 2023, Aubrey has led the league in field goals (76), field goals from 50 yards or deeper (24), and field goals from 60 yards or deeper (three).
In 2023, Aubrey led the league in field goals with 36, including an NFL record 35 consecutive to begin his career.
In 2024, he was named to the NFL’s second-team All-Pro kicker and was a Pro Bowler, with 40 made field goals, including an NFL single-season record 14 from 50 yards or deeper.
In Week 3 against the Baltimore Ravens, Aubrey’s 65-yard made field goal was the longest in NFL history and the longest in Cowboys history.
Yeah, absolutely,” Aubrey said, via The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, on Tuesday when asked if he’d want to get a contract extension done this offseason.
“I’m eligible for an extension so it’s up to my agent to go up to the Cowboys and see if there’s any interest in signing it there early.
If an extension comes, then an extension comes. If not, I’m still making 10 times what I was making working code (prior to football), so I’m pretty happy.”
What could Aubrey, who turns 30 on March 14, ask for? According to OverThe.
Cap.com, Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs, who is on a four-year, $25.6 million extension with $15 million in fully guaranteed money, is the highest paid kicking position in the league in terms of both contract value ($25.6 million) and average salary ($6.4 million).
Aubrey, who is from Plano, Texas (a Dallas suburb), will likely look for a similar commitment in terms of contract length to remain locked into living near his family.
In terms of money, he should expect to reset the market after hiring Dak Prescott’s agent, Todd France, last offseason.
The four-year, $240 million extension France negotiated for Prescott last offseason made him the highest-paid player in the entire NFL on an average per year basis ($60 million). A four-year, $26 million extension might do the trick for Aubrey and France.
The 2025 season will bring a huge change for Aubrey’s kicking process with John “Bones” Fassel, Dallas’ special teams coordinator the past five seasons, now in the same role with the Tennessee Titans after Mike McCarthy parted ways with the Cowboys this offseason.
Fassel was also the one who first noticed Aubrey when he was with the Birmingham Stallions in the USFL.
He’s a good friend, a mentor,” Aubrey said. “He’s someone who discovered me and started my NFL career off right.
I came into training camp battling for position, and they could’ve strung that decision out for a long time, but they made it nice and quick for me. It gave me a lot of confidence and built me up. He gave me every opportunity to succeed.”
The way it works best for me is as a separate kicking coach,” Aubrey stated.
“I know other coaches may take a more hands-on approach, but I’m not sure how it works outside of Dallas.
However, I’ve been working with a coach for the past five or six years. He understands me just as well as I do.
When the Cowboys kicker inquired about Aubrey’s new special teams coordinator, Nick Sorensen, at the Pro Bowl, players who had already worked with him gave him high marks.
Brian Schottenheimer, the new head coach of Dallas, is a two-time All-Pro kicker who may surprise many who are skeptical of the hiring decision.
“He knows football and has a sharp mind,” Aubrey remarked of Schottenheimer.
“Obviously, you can’t assess someone at a profession unless they get the opportunity to do it, as he has been in it all his life and has never had the chance to be a head coach.
I believe he’s going to surprise a lot of people, so we should give him a chance and let him go.”
