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Cowboys Kicker Brandon Aubrey Tells Story Behind His Surprising Jury Duty Selection

Aubrey served his civic duty as a jury member on a Tarrant County trial.

Josh Wilson

Aubrey didn't miss any games as a result of his jury duty obligation.
Aubrey didn't miss any games as a result of his jury duty obligation. / Barry Reeger-Imagn Images
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Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey was limited the last week and a half at practice, landing on the team's injury report for a very strange reason: Jury duty.

Aubrey didn't miss any game time since this particular trial didn't require juror sequestering—he hit all three attempted extra points and his one attempted field goal in Week 8—but he didn't participate in much of the week's preparation since he was required to be in Forth Worth for the trial.

Aubrey returned to practice on Thursday having fulfilled his civic obligation. He provided more detail on his experience and selection.

While Aubrey opted to not speak much on the trial—which was a domestic violence strangulation case—aside from calling it "frustrating" and "depressing," he did talk through the selection process, revealing he had pushed his jury call once before and couldn't a second time.

"I have a DA sister-in-law, and she said, ‘They will never pick you with your public figure status.’ I disclosed that I had a sister-in-law who was in the DA's office in Dallas, and my brother's a lawyer. So, I was just kind of told I wouldn't be picked, so I just sat there, and I didn't really say much. I was definitely surprised when he picked me," Aubrey said, H/T Jon Machota of The Athletic.

The trial resulted in a guilty verdict for a man who is now sentenced to 65 years in prison.

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Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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