Does Brandon Aubrey get fantasy points for his rushing yards? Explaining Cowboys' kicker rule for fake field goal

Billy Heyen

Does Brandon Aubrey get fantasy points for his rushing yards? Explaining Cowboys' kicker rule for fake field goal image

Brandon Aubrey and the Dallas Cowboys shocked everyone on Sunday Night Football.

With a 47-yard field goal lined up, the Cowboys ran a fake instead.

Star kicker Brandon Aubrey twisted around the holder for a pitch and ran six yards for the first down before sliding down.

So at the end of the day, Aubrey not only had his field goals. He had six rushing yards.

That raised an important question.

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Does Brandon Aubrey get fantasy points for his rushing yards?

A question like this will always depend on an individual league's scoring.

But in most standard fantasy football leagues, kickers get points for individual offensive stats, too.

Jay Feely once ran for a touchdown, and most fantasy managers with Feely got to enjoy that as extra points from their kicker.

In most formats, Aubrey's rushing yards amount to 0.6 fantasy points (a tenth of a point for every rushing yard). That's not a ton, of course. But in this late portion of the fantasy football season, every little bit matters.

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