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 per 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 performed by a member of the Cowboys’ media relations employees. “The story was a tragic one. I don’t actually wish 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 in the course of the group’s media availability on Thursday. A group staffer emailed a transcript of the interview with the kicker to the media later within the day.
A yr in the past, Aubrey set an NFL report as a 28-year-old rookie by making the primary 35 kicks of his profession. A report streak of eight consecutive video games with at the very least one subject purpose of fifty yards or longer ended final weekend in a 30-24 loss to San Francisco. The Cowboys (3-4) visit Atlanta (5-3) on Sunday.
With Aubrey’s anonymity possible blown by that form of eventful begin to his profession, he stated the decide informed everybody throughout jury choice who he was.
Aubrey stated he has a sister-in-law who’s a prosecutor, and he or she had assured him his superstar 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 group’s facility to arrange for final weekend’s sport in San Francisco.
The decide acknowledged him by identify and stated he may come again to him on the problem of conflicts, Aubrey stated. The following factor the kicker is aware of, the decide is saying Aubrey received’t have any conflicts as a result of the courtroom received’t be in session over the weekend.
“I may have been extra assertive and at that time, everybody is aware of who I’m there, and I don’t wish 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 select me.”
Because it turned out, Aubrey needed to scramble to get in his kicking work in the course of the week. He didn’t get to the ability till near sunset Thursday of final week, first preventing the sundown and truly kicking in the dead of night for a spell with lengthy snapper Trent Sieg and his holder, punter Bryan Anger.
Aubrey couldn’t kick within the consolation — and underneath the lights — of the group’s indoor observe facility due to a highschool sport.
“You possibly can’t actually see the place you’re kicking, and for Bryan specifically, making an attempt to catch the snaps, he had a tough time at first monitoring the ball and hitting the spot,” Aubrey stated. “So, it was lots tougher, however actually simply needed to get the leg shifting and hold the physique contemporary for sport 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 acquired a shot with the Cowboys final yr after they scouted him within the USFL.
When he was making an attempt to get the eye of professional groups, Aubrey would go away his day job and go straight to native fields so he may kick. Jury obligation had him reliving the expertise.
“It jogged my memory loads of my schedule as a software program engineer after I’d work from 7 a.m. to three p.m., after which go race all the way down to this space, an area subject not too distant, and attempt to struggle the sundown as properly,” Aubrey stated. “It’s one thing I’ve performed earlier than.”
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