Brandon Aubrey
K #17 — Dallas Cowboys
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About Brandon Aubrey
Brandon Aubrey played professional soccer for LAFC in Major League Soccer, decided that wasn't working out, and became one of the best kickers in NFL history. That sentence sounds made up but it's completely real. He hit a 65-yard field goal, set multiple rookie kicking records, and did all of it as a guy who was playing a different sport two years earlier. His leg is absurd. His story is absurd. He lines up for field goals from distances that make coaches on the opposing sideline laugh, and then the ball goes through the uprights and nobody's laughing anymore.
The soccer-to-football pipeline is not a thing that normally exists. Kickers come from college football programs where they spent four years practicing. Brandon came from a pitch where they use a round ball and don't wear pads. He translated one skill, the ability to kick a ball very hard and very accurately, from one sport to an entirely different one, and it worked so well that he made a Pro Bowl as a rookie. The whole thing feels like a sports movie that would get rejected for being too unrealistic.
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What makes Brandon Aubrey's story work for meme content?
The absurdity of the career path. A professional soccer player who couldn't crack MLS became a record-setting NFL kicker. Every time he hits a 60-yard field goal, the backstory makes it funnier. He's also kicking for the Dallas Cowboys, a team that generates drama on an industrial scale, and Brandon is just quietly being the most reliable player on the roster while everyone else argues about quarterback contracts.
Last updated: April 2026