The Cowboys have worked out one other market-setting extension agreement. Kicker Brandon Aubrey has agreed to a long-term cope with Dallas.
Team and player finalized a four-year extension on Monday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. This shall be a $28MM pact, giving Aubrey a position-topping $7MM average annual value. The deal includes $20MM guaranteed, which can be a brand new high mark for kickers. The deal is now official.
Aubrey was attributable to collect $5.77MM in 2026 while playing on the second-round restricted free agent tender. The deadline for RFAs to sign offer sheets recently passed, and with no outside suitors showing interest it was confirmed he would spend at the very least yet one more yr in Dallas. A protracted-term deal had been the team’s goal throughout the offseason, although as of 1 month ago there was still loads of work to be done on the negotiating front.
Talks heated up over the weekend, in keeping with Schefter’s colleague Jeremy Fowler. He adds Aubrey will collect $10MM in 2026. An extension averaging that much per yr had been the goal on this case, but Aubrey has still managed to secure a notable payday consistent with Dallas’ best offer. The kicker market moved to $6.5MM earlier this offseason, and it has now seen one other jump.
Aubrey’s football profession only began in 2022 when he took on kicking duties for the Birmingham Stallions. Strong showings in that capability once more the next yr put the previous Major League Soccer draftee on the NFL radar. Aubrey joined the Cowboys in 2023 and won out the kicking gig. Since then, he has emerged as considered one of the league’s best on the position, particularly from long range.
Aubrey, 31, has connected on 88.2% of his field goal attempts in the course of the course of his profession, including a remarkable success rate (24-for-27) on attempts of fifty yards or longer. The three-time Pro Bowler has missed just 4 extra point kicks, and he shall be expected to stay a consistent weapon on offense for the Cowboys for the foreseeable future. Maintaining a high-scoring unit shall be a goal for Dallas moving forward, and a serious commitment to Aubrey shall be a part of the team’s planning in that regard.
The Cowboys will in fact turn their attention to this week’s draft, but today’s news leaves franchise tag recipient George Pickens as the following major in-house priority. A trade is just not expected in his case, and a long-term agreement would ensure a presence on Dallas’ offense beyond 2026. In any event, Aubrey shall be within the fold for years to return.