Harrison Butker is staying in Kansas Metropolis.
The kicker has signed a brand new four-year, $25.6m cope with the Chiefs that may tie him to the franchise by 2028, in accordance with a number of reviews. Butker negotiated the deal himself with out a lawyer or agent, in accordance with ESPN.
The deal makes Butker the highest-paid kicker within the NFL, eclipsing the mark set by Baltimore’s Justin Tucker in 2022.
Butker, who made the game-winning area aim in Kansas Metropolis’s Tremendous Bowl victory two years in the past, confirmed the deal on X, saying: “There’s no place I’d fairly be than with the Chiefs, excited to finalize a 4 12 months extension. To the Heights!”
Butker has been a lights out performer for the Chiefs, changing 89.1% of his area targets (197 for 221) in seven seasons with the franchise and making 70% % (28 for 40) of his efforts from past 50 yards. He’s been a vital a part of the workforce’s deep playoff runs, making 32 of 36 area targets (88.9%) and 62 of 65 further factors (95.4%) within the postseason on the best way to a few Tremendous Bowl titles.
Butker’s profile has risen this offseason after his controversial graduation speech at Benedictine Faculty in Atchison, Kansas, the place he stated most ladies receiving levels have been in all probability extra enthusiastic about getting married and having children; argued some Catholic leaders have been “pushing harmful gender ideologies on to the youth of America;” referred to a “lethal sin type of delight that has a month devoted to it” in an indirect reference to Delight month; and took goal at President Joe Biden’s insurance policies, together with his condemnation of the supreme courtroom’s reversal of the 1973 Roe v Wade determination.
The three-time Tremendous Bowl champion stated that he has no regrets about expressing his beliefs and that he has obtained assist in addition to “a stunning stage of hate” from others after the feedback.
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis’s star quarterback, who’s extensively acknowledged as the perfect participant within the NFL, stated he disagreed with Butker’s feedback however defended his teammates character.
“There’s sure issues that he stated that I don’t essentially agree with, however I perceive the individual that he’s and he’s attempting to do no matter he can to steer individuals in the precise path,” Mahomes stated in Might.
Within the fallout, Butker’s jersey turned one of many highest-selling jerseys within the league.
Having tied down their kicker, the Chiefs will now flip their consideration to pursuing a historic Tremendous Bowl three-peat.
