Dallas Cowboys, kicker Brandon Aubrey agree to record $28M extension
by Alex Butler · UPIApril 20 (UPI) -- The Dallas Cowboys and kicker Brandon Aubrey agreed to a record four-year, $28 million contract extension, his agency announced Monday.
Athletes First said Aubrey's deal includes $20 million in guarantees and an average salary of $7 million per season. Once signed, the agreement will make Aubrey the highest-paid kicker in NFL history.
The Cowboys' kicker made 88.2% of his field goal attempts and 96.9% of his extra point attempts through his first three seasons. Aubrey was a Pro Bowl selection each of those years. He was a first-team All-Pro in 2023, when he led the league with 36 made field goals.
Aubrey made 40 field goals in 2024 and 36 attempts again last season. He earned second-team All-Pro honors for those campaigns.
Aubrey ranks No. 1 in NFL history with six field goals made from 60 yards or deeper He converted 24 of 27 attempts from 50 yards or deeper through the first 51 appearances of his NFL career.
The former Notre Dame kicker, who joined the Cowboys as a free agent in 2023, received a second-round restricted free agent tender -- worth $5.76 million -- from the Cowboys in March.
The Cowboys held their first day of off-season workouts Monday. They will hold organized team activities June 1 and 2, June 4, June 8 and 9 and June 11. Dallas will conduct mandatory minicamp from June 16 to 18.