Cowboys make Brandon Aubrey the NFL's highest-paid kicker with a $28
million, 4-year contract
[April 21, 2026]
By SCHUYLER DIXON
The Dallas Cowboys and Brandon Aubrey agreed Monday on
a $28 million, four-year contract extension that completes his
improbable rise from playing in a spring league to becoming the
highest-paid kicker in NFL history.
Aubrey, a former professional soccer player whose NFL career started
when he was 28, will get $20 million guaranteed while becoming the first
kicker with a $7 million annual average, agent Todd France said. |
Dallas Cowboys place kicker Brandon Aubrey looks on against the Denver
Broncos before an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Denver.
(AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File) |
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The 31-year-old Aubrey's six field goals of at least 60 yards
are the most in league history. He is also among the most
accurate, with a career rate of 88.2% (112 of 127).
Aubrey, who was a restricted free agent, went to high school in
the Dallas area and played soccer at Notre Dame before he was
taken by Toronto FC in the MLS draft in 2017.
He was working as a software engineer in Arlington, where the
Cowboys play at AT&T Stadium, when his wife encouraged him to
pursue a kicking career. Aubrey spent two years in the USFL and
signed with the Cowboys before training camp in 2023.
The first NFL record Aubrey set was the most made field goals
without a miss to start a career at 35. He became the first with
three field goals of at least 55 yards in the same game against
Detroit last year, when he was also the first with three from at
least 60 in the same season.
Aubrey set the franchise record with a 65-yarder against
Cleveland in 2024. That's now 3 yards shy of the longest in NFL
history, behind a 68-yard field goal from Jacksonville's Cam
Little last season.
Houston's Ka'imi Fairbairn has an average annual value of $6.5
million in his contract, with Harrison Butker of Kansas City
right behind him at $6.4 million.
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