Brandon Aubrey has performed among the top kickers in the league since he entered the NFL ranks.
He'll now be paid like one, albeit only on a one-year tender.
The Dallas Cowboys placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on Aubrey, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported Saturday.
Dallas announced it had placed the $5.76 million tender on Aubrey shortly thereafter, and did the same for offensive lineman TJ Bass.
Other teams can sign Aubrey or Bass to offer sheets, which Dallas will have the right to match. Should the Cowboys not elect to match another club's offer, they would get a second-round draft pick back from the signing team in exchange.
For now, the value of the tender places Aubrey third in the league under the Chiefs' Harrison Butker and the Eagles' Jake Elliott, who average an annual salary of $6.4 million and $6 million, respectively.
Aubrey, 30, has made six career field goals of 60 yards or longer, an NFL record that's made him a weapon for Dallas since the former soccer player signed with the Cowboys in 2023.
The long leg of the west has been voted to the Pro Bowl in each of his three seasons and was an All-Pro as a rookie.
For his career, Aubrey has converted 88.2% of his field goals (112 of 127) and 96.9% of his extra points (126 of 130). Amazingly, Aubrey has made 35 field goals of 50-plus yards, hitting successfully on 79.5% of them.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Cowboys' negotiations with their kicker became headline fodder over the last few weeks. It's quite rare for a kicker's contract to become a major talking point, but everything's bigger in Dallas.
