Brandon Aubrey

Brandon Aubrey (born March 14, 1995 in St Louis, Missouri) is a professional soccer and football player.

Aubrey grew up in Plano, Texas. He excelled as a soccer player from a young age and played for the Red 95 affiliate of the Dallas Texans Soccer Club beginning in 2005. Red 95 were grand champions of the North Texas State Soccer Association's Classic League in his last two seasons (2009 and 2010), and also won tournaments in Florida, Sweden and Denmark. He also starred for his Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas

Aubrey played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Plano Senior High School Wildcats soccer team in 2010 and 2011, earning All-District honors. In 2011 he began playing for the Dallas Texans Under 17 team in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. He was named to the All-Select Team in his second year. He attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana on a soccer scholarship and was named a 3rd team All-American and 1st team Academic All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Aubrey was selected by Toronto FC with the 21st overall pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. He made his professional debut with the team's United Soccer League affiliate, Toronto FC II, on March 25, 2017. He was released at the end of the season and signed a free-agent contract with the USL's Bethlehem Steel FC in January 2018. He was released by Bethlehem after one season. He left professional soccer to pursue a career in software engineering.

In 2019, at his wife's urging, he began practicing to become an American football placekicker. He worked with Brian Egan three times a week and entered the inaugural draft of the USFL, held in February 2022. The 2022 Birmingham Stallions selected him as the last player in the 32nd round placekicker category, behind UAB Blazers kicker Nick Vogel.

Aubrey made his Stallions debut on April 16, 2022 and played in all 10 regular seasons games. He led the USFL in field goal percentage (18 of 22, 81.8%) and extra point percentage (22 of 24, 91.7%) as well as kickoff average (66.5 yards). He was named to the first All-USFL team. He helped the team defeat the New Orleans Breakers and Philadelphia Stars in the playoffs to claim the inaugural USFL championship.

Aubrey returned to the 2023 Birmingham Stallions and again led the league in field goal percentage (14 of 15, 93.3%), extra point percentage (35 of 35, 100%), and kickoff yardage (70.1). The Stallions won a second straight championship over the Pittsburgh Maulers.

In 2023 Aubrey was released and signed as a free agent by the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. He was successful on his first 30 field goal attempts, surpassing Travis Coons' record of 19 consecutive made field goals to start a career. He was named "NFC Special Teams Player of the Week" in weeks 8 and 14, and "NFC Special Teams Player of the Month" for October. In week 14 he was the first kicker in NFL history to make field goals from beyond 59 yards in one game.

References

• "Brandon Aubrey" (December 14, 2023) Wikipedia - accessed December 14, 2023