Aubrey has an amazing leg. Here are some NFL records that Brandon holds, as posted on Wikipedia:
- Most consecutive field goals made to start a career: 36 (2023)
- Most field goals made of 50+ yards without a miss in a single season: 10 (2023)
- Most kickoffs for touchbacks in a single season: 99 (2023)
- Highest field goal percentage by a rookie in a single season: 94.7% (2023)
- First player to make their first 10 field goal attempts in their first three games
- First player to make two 59+ yard field goals in a single game (December 10, 2023 vs. Philadelphia Eagles)
- Longest field goal in the first quarter of a game: 60 yards (December 10, 2023, vs. Philadelphia Eagles)
I haven't followed Brandon that closely, and was unaware of how good he is. Those are just phenomenal numbers. Considering he didn't play college football and that the Cowboys signed him after he played just one season with the USFL Birmingham Stallions, looks like they found a diamond in the rough.
According to Wikipedia, after graduating from ND in 2016, Brandon played two years of professional soccer and then got released. He put his ND degree to use and became a software engineer. The story goes that while watching an NFL game on TV in 2019, a
placekicker missed a field goal and his wife told him: "You could do that." Brandon then hooked up with a former college football kicking coach, and eventually signed with the USFL in 2022.
His wife created an NFL monster!
