Birmingham Stallions kicker Brandon Aubrey is the first USFL player to sign with an NFL team since the end of the league’s second season.

Birmingham defeated the Pittsburgh Maulers 28-12 in the USFL Championship Game on Saturday night, and the USFL announced Aubrey had signed with the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday afternoon.

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The Stallions gave Aubrey his start in football, acquiring the kicker in the league’s first draft for the 2022 season. Aubrey had been a college soccer star at Notre Dame and had played professionally in the USL.

In his first season with Birmingham, Aubrey made 21-of-27 field-goal attempts and 29-of-32 extra-point kicks, including the playoffs, which the Stallions capped with 33-30 victory over the Philadelphia Stars in the 2022 league title game.

Aubrey returned in 2023 to connect on 16-of-17 field-goal attempts and 44-of-45 extra-point kicks in 12 games as Birmingham repeated as the USFL champion.

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Aubrey also led the USFL with six touchbacks on kickoffs in the 2023 regular season.

Aubrey joins Tristan Vizcaino as the kickers on the Cowboys’ roster with the team scheduled to report for training camp on July 25 in Oxnard, California.

Vizcaino has kicked in 10 games for four NFL teams over the past three seasons, making 11-of-12 field-goal attempts and 20-of-25 extra-point kicks.

Brett Maher served as Dallas’ kicker last season, but he was not re-signed after missing 5-of-6 extra-point kicks in the playoffs.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.