Cowboys give Brandon Aubrey 4-year deal averaging $7M per season - ESPN

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have made Brandon Aubrey the highest-paid kicker in NFL history.

Aubrey agreed to a four-year extension that makes him the first kicker to earn $7 million per year and includes $20 million guaranteed, agents Todd France and A.J. Stevens of Athletes First told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

A source said Aubrey's signing bonus is $8.25 million.

Earlier this offseason, the Houston Texans made Ka'imi Fairbairn the highest-paid kicker on average annual salary at $6.5 million. Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker had the largest guarantee at $17.75 million.

Aubrey joins quarterback Dak Prescott, another France client, as the highest paid at his position. In 2024, Prescott signed a four-year extension that paid him $60 million on average.

Last summer, the Cowboys made left guard Tyler Smith the highest-paid interior offensive lineman in history with a deal averaging $24 million per year, but that was topped this year by center Tyler Linderbaum, who joined the Las Vegas Raiders on a deal worth $27 million on average.

The Cowboys have wide receiver George Pickens set to play this season on the $27.3 million franchise tag, but a long-term deal would make him among the highest-paid receivers. CeeDee Lamb is the fourth highest-paid receiver at $34 million on a deal he signed in 2024.

The Cowboys nearly had the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history last year with pass rusher Micah Parsons, but he was traded a week before the 2025 season started to the Green Bay Packers and signed a four-year extension worth $188 million.

Aubrey, who turned 31 in March, joined the Cowboys in 2023 after a two-year run in the USFL with the Birmingham Stallions. He was a first-round pick of Toronto FC in Major