Brandon Aubrey’s meteoric rise just reached new heights. The three-time All-Pro signed a four-year, $28 million extension with the Dallas Cowboys, becoming the highest-paid kicker in NFL history in the process, per CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones. The deal includes $20 million guaranteed, also a record.
Harrison Butker held the previous largest contract for a kicker in terms of total value ($25.6 million) and guarantees ($15 million), so Aubrey blew past both numbers, the latter considerably so. At $7 million annually, Aubrey’s contract also topped Ka’imi Fairbairn’s ($6.5 million) for the highest average annual value for a kicker contract.
A former collegiate and professional soccer player, Aubrey joined the USFL’s Birmingham Stallions in 2022. He signed with the Cowboys ahead of the 2023 season and has been the league’s best kicker since, making three Pro Bowls and three All-Pro teams (including a first team in 2023) since. He has made 88.2% of his career field goal attempts.