Brandon Aubrey: Harry Kane Has Talent to Be NFL Kicker
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- Brandon Aubrey told Talk Sport and The Athletic that Kane is a "fantastic striker of the ball" whose soccer kicking mechanics would translate to field goals, citing the similar mental aspect of penalties and set pieces.
- Harry Kane said in a September CBS Sports Golazo interview that NFL kicking is still "in the back of my mind" and something "I'd like to explore at a future date," but stressed he has "many more years ahead" in soccer.
- Kane reinforced that focus by scoring two goals in England's 4-2 World Cup opening win over Croatia, the kind of form that makes a 32-year-old superstar an unlikely candidate to walk away from the sport.
- Aubrey knows the path firsthand: he played soccer at Notre Dame, was an MLS first-round pick, trained for three years after his soccer career stalled, joined the USFL's Birmingham Stallions, and didn't reach the NFL until age 28.
- Aubrey flagged Kane's age and the league's only 32 kicking jobs as major hurdles, saying he would "still be probably banging my head against the wall" if the USFL had never given him a route in.
- Kane showed a raw physical floor in 2017 when he hit a 50-yard field goal in gym shoes during a visit to the Giants' practice facility, though he has never attempted football-specific technique work.
Why it matters: Aubrey is the only recent data point for the soccer-to-NFL kicking pipeline, so his endorsement gives Kane's long-rumored NFL interest rare credibility — but with the Bayern striker 32, only 32 kicking jobs in the league, and Kane still scoring at a World Cup, the math makes a real crossover far more dream than plan.
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