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Cowboys' kicker Brandon Aubrey drills a 66-yard field goal in preseason game vs. Raiders

Wade-Peeryby: Wade Peery08/18/24
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Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey continues to make a name for himself as one of the league’s most reliable players at his position. At the end of the first half on Saturday night against the Las Vegas Raiders, he drilled a 66-yard field goal. If it was the regular season, it would have been the longest field goal in NFL history.

It’s been quite the ride for the former Notre Dame soccer star. He’s got one of the more fascinating stories of an NFL kicker you’ll ever see. Before joining the NFL, he was drafted in the MLS in the 2017 Draft. Aubrey also worked as a software engineer.

Now he’s drilling 66-yard kicks in the preseason. Just an incredible story. While 66-yards is incredibly long, Aubrey did show us last year that he had impressive length. In Week 14 against the Eagles, he became the first kicker in NFL history to connect on two field goals more than 59 yards in the same game, when he hit a 59-yarder and a 60-yarder in the Cowboys-Eagles game. In Week 8 of the Rams-Cowboys game, he connected on a 58-yard field goal. It seems like he’s surely got a bright future ahead as a kicker in the NFL, because those are pretty amazing numbers.

In 17 games played for the Cowboys last year, he connected on 36 of 38 field goals, while also drilling 49 of his 52 extra points.

Cowboys-Raiders game notes

The Cowboys have finally decided they’re going to get a look at what they have in backup quarterback Trey Lance. He racked up over 180 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. Backup running back Deuce Vaughn had five carries for 34 yards. And former Oregon star Royce Freeman had seven carries for 32 yards for the Cowboys. As a team, they finished with 137 total rushing yards. Cowboys’ receiver Racey McMath had three catches for 54 receiving yards.

Dallas ended up defeating Las Vegas 27-12, thanks to outscoring the Raiders by 14 in the fourth quarter. Raiders running back Zamir White had four carries for 23 yards. He had an impressive 17-yard run. Tre Tucker looked great for Las Vegas, hauling in three catches for 66 yards, while hauling in a long catch of 48 yards.