Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl kicker Brandon Aubrey has been a rock for the team this season, so fans were caught off guard seeing him marked as “DNP” on the Week 8 practice report. The reason? Aubrey was called for jury duty in a felony case, causing him to miss practice—but he didn’t miss the game.
The jury summons came as a shock to Aubrey, who figured his public role would spare him from selection. “I thought I’d be passed over,” Aubrey admitted. “I have family in the DA’s office, and my brother’s a lawyer. When I was picked, it was definitely an ‘oh sh–’ moment.”
During jury duty, Aubrey still found time to train after hours, eventually joining the team in San Francisco for the game. Fans breathed a sigh of relief, as Aubrey’s been crucial to Dallas’s scoring, racking up 66 points through seven games with a near-perfect kicking record.
The Cowboys kicker might have been surprised by the courtroom call, but he remains as clutch as ever when called upon on the field.
