FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Brandon Aubrey was fairly positive being the kicker for the Dallas Cowboys was going to get him out of jury obligation.
It’s protected to say he was shocked to finish up serving on a home violence case that lasted every week and ended together with his jury sentencing the defendant to 65 years in jail.
“Eye-opening, lengthy, irritating, miserable, listening to the story,” Aubrey stated Thursday in an interview carried out by a member of the Cowboys’ media relations workers. “The story was a tragic one. I don’t actually need to get into all the small print of the story, nevertheless it was very miserable and dragged on longer than anyone anticipated it to. So, glad it’s over.”
Aubrey wasn’t within the Dallas locker room throughout the staff’s media availability on Thursday. A staff staffer emailed a transcript of the interview with the kicker to the media later within the day.
A 12 months in the past, Aubrey set an NFL file as a 28-year-old rookie by making the primary 35 kicks of his profession. A file streak of eight consecutive video games with not less than one subject objective of fifty yards or longer ended final weekend in a 30-24 loss to San Francisco. The Cowboys (3-4) go to Atlanta (5-3) on Sunday.
With Aubrey’s anonymity seemingly blown by that form of eventful begin to his profession, he stated the decide advised everybody throughout jury choice who he was.
Aubrey stated he has a sister-in-law who’s a prosecutor, and she or he had assured him his movie star would disqualify him.
Aubrey, who had postponed his jury summons as soon as however wasn’t allowed to do it once more, additionally thought he had an appropriate battle to current to the decide — being on the staff’s facility to arrange for final weekend’s recreation in San Francisco.
The decide acknowledged him by identify and stated he might come again to him on the difficulty of conflicts, Aubrey stated. The subsequent factor the kicker is aware of, the decide is saying Aubrey gained’t have any conflicts as a result of the courtroom gained’t be in session over the weekend.
“I might have been extra assertive and at that time, everybody is aware of who I’m there, and I don’t need to sound like I feel I’m higher than anybody else or that I’m above the job,” Aubrey stated. “So form of sat there quietly and didn’t say something, which was most likely a mistake. I figured at that time nonetheless, he’s not going to choose me.”
Because it turned out, Aubrey needed to scramble to get in his kicking work throughout the week. He didn’t get to the ability till near sunset Thursday of final week, first combating the sundown and truly kicking at midnight for a spell with lengthy snapper Trent Sieg and his holder, punter Bryan Anger.
Aubrey couldn’t kick within the consolation — and beneath the lights — of the staff’s indoor apply facility due to a highschool recreation.
“You’ll be able to’t actually see the place you’re kicking, and for Bryan specifically, attempting to catch the snaps, he had a tough time at first monitoring the ball and hitting the spot,” Aubrey stated. “So, it was quite a bit tougher, however actually simply needed to get the leg transferring and hold the physique contemporary for recreation day.”
Aubrey wasn’t actually examined in opposition to the 49ers, making his solely field-goal try from 29 yards and all three additional factors.
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A former Main League Soccer prospect who performed that sport at a Dallas-area highschool and Notre Dame, Aubrey obtained a shot with the Cowboys final 12 months after they scouted him within the USFL.
When he was attempting to get the eye of professional groups, Aubrey would depart his day job and go straight to native fields so he might kick. Jury obligation had him reliving the expertise.
“It jogged my memory numerous my schedule as a software program engineer once I’d work from 7 a.m. to three p.m., after which go race right down to this space, a neighborhood subject not too distant, and attempt to combat the sundown as properly,” Aubrey stated. “It’s one thing I’ve executed earlier than.”
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