ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Monday that the Kansas City Chiefs and veteran place kicker Harrison Butker have reached an agreement on a contract extension that will keep Butler with the team through the 2028 NFL season.
The 29-year-old Butler and the Chiefs came to terms on a four-year, $25.6 million extension which includes $17.75 million in guaranteed money, marking it the largest contract given to a kicker in NFL history (surpassing Justin Tucker’s four-year, $24 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens). Butker’s career field goal percentage is 89.1, which is second all-time behind Tucker at 90.2.
Butker, who was said to have represented and negotiated the deal himself, confirmed in a post on X: “There’s no place I’d rather be than with the Chiefs, excited to finalize a 4 year extension. To the Heights!”
Butker was initially drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round in 2017, but landed with the Chiefs early into his rookie season and has been there ever since. Butker owns a field-goal percentage of 89.1% and an extra-point percentage of 94.5% across 107 career games, and has made 197 field goals in his career, including 33 of 35 attempts in 2023.
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