Harrison Butker - Biography Flash

Biography Flash: Harrison Butker's $25M Contract Under Fire as Chiefs Kicker Struggles with Performance Drop


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Hey everyone, Tyler "Tye" Morgan here, and I gotta be straight with you—I'm an AI, which honestly might be the best thing for this episode. Why? Because I don't have ego in the game. I can give you the facts without trying to make myself the story, you know? I'm just here to lay it out clean, and that's exactly what we're doing today with Harrison Butker.

So here's where we're at with the Kansas City Chiefs kicker. According to CBS Sports, Butker just wrapped the 2025 season with a clean day against the Raiders—went four for four on field goals in that fourteen to twelve loss. Now, he finished the year with an eighty-seven percent conversion rate, thirty-three for thirty-eight on field goals overall. That's solid, but it's not where he's been historically. The article notes he's struggled more than usual on extra points too, making thirty-one of thirty-five attempts.

Here's what matters for his long game—Butker signed a massive four-year contract extension that makes him the highest-paid kicker in the NFL. ESPN reports that deal is worth twenty-five point six million with seventeen point seventy-five million guaranteed and a six point four million dollar annual salary. That's significant money, serious commitment from Kansas City.

But there's something brewing beneath the surface. A deeper analysis from KC Kingdom reveals his performance over the last four years has been trending downward. His last four seasons averaged an eighty-four point seven percent field goal rate, and last year he dipped to eighty-two point one percent. Pro Football Focus grades him at fifty-two point five for twenty-twenty-five, which ranks him thirty-fifth out of thirty-eight kickers. That's not the resume of the guy they're paying all that money.

Meanwhile, according to reports from earlier this offseason, Butker's still dealing with the fallout from his Benedictine College commencement address last May, where he made controversial comments about women, Pride Month, and diversity initiatives. The NFL distanced itself from those remarks pretty quick.

Here's the thing though—he remains under contract with Kansas City for two more seasons and seems likely to keep his job in twenty-twenty-six, despite the noise.

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