Brandon Aubrey is the highest paid kicker in the NFL

LANDOVER, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 25: Brandon Aubrey #17 of the Dallas Cowboys watches his field goal during the game against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on December 25, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys got it done. After a

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What is the story about?

The Dallas Cowboys got it done.

After a bit of drama surrounding their situation with kicker Brandon Aubrey, the Dallas Cowboys got a contract extension across the goal line. It was reported around lunchtime on Monday that Dallas is making Aubrey the highest-paid kicker in the NFL.

Dallas had placed a second-round tender on Aubrey earlier this offseason and this past Friday was the deadline that locked him into the Cowboys specifically (as in no other teams could negotiate with him).

Aubrey is getting $7M per year from the Cowboys and is the first kicker in the NFL to reach that threshold. Given that the tender was a value of $5.8M for the 2026 season specifically, there wasn’t much more room necessary to get there obviously. Such is the market of the kicker position in the league.

Many have posited that the Cowboys are moving a bit differently this offseason what with how they are getting ahead on things. They took care of this situation well before they have in the past with similar negotiations and that corroborates the claim in question.