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How Brandon Aubrey went from pro soccer to Cowboys kicker

FRISCO, Texas -- When they were strangers brought together by a common friend and the thought that one day they would be Dallas Cowboys teammates was unfathomable, Dak Prescott was doing his best to distract Brandon Aubrey.

This was about a year into Aubrey's journey to the NFL -- when dreaming of playing for his hometown team, making the first 31 field goal attempts of his career and becoming the league's scoring leader as a rookie seemed outlandish.

Heck, just months earlier in 2019, Aubrey was kicking side by side with middle and high schoolers.