Dallas Cowboys waive kicker Lirim Hajrullahu

The Dallas Cowboys have waived kicker Lirim Hajrullahu, the Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday. The move means that Brett Maher is now the only kicker remaining on the team.

Hajrullahu signed with the Cowboys at the beginning of July, when he was brought in to compete with undrafted rookie Jonathan Garibay for the starting job. He also played for Dallas briefly last season, replacing Greg Zurlein as the starter in Week 10 to go 5-for-5 on his extra point attempts. In the Cowboys two preseason games so far, Hajrullahu was 1-for-2 on field goals and 1-for-1 on extra points.

Garibay was later waived on Aug. 9, the same day that the team signed Maher. With Hajrullahu now following, it appears the Cowboys may have settled on Maher to begin the year.

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Maher is a proven kicker who played his college football for Nebraska. He has played for eight different NFL teams so far as a practice squad or offseason kicker.

He previously kicked for the Cowboys in 2018 and 2019 after the Dan Bailey era. He even made the four longest field goals in franchise history. However, during his tenure in Dallas, he missed eight field goals between 40-49 yards.

In 2021, Maher kicked for the New Orleans Saints with the best percentage of his career. He made 16 of 18 field goals, including 4-4 between 40-49 yards. So far this preseason, Maher has appeared in two games to go 3-for-3 on extra points while also missing his only field goal attempt.

It looks like Maher has been chosen to replace Zurlein, whom the team cut in March. Zurlein, now with the New York Jets, finished 29-for-35 on his field goal attempts last season with a long of 56 yards.

Dallas has one more preseason contest remaining Friday against Seattle before it kicks off the season Sept. 11 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.