At Georgia Tech, Harrison Butker previously played college football. He is second in NFL history with an 89.00 career field goal percentage (minimum 100 attempts), trailing only Justin Tucker.
Butker picked up football while attending The Westminster Schools, where he began playing as a rising sophomore. He outran the previous field goal record holder by 53 yards.
He participated in basketball, football, and soccer as a three-sport athlete. Three state soccer championships were won by him. Additionally, he spent all four years playing first chair tuba in the school’s upperclassman symphonic band. Butker was a Georgia Tech player under Paul Johnson from 2013 until 2016.
Butker was chosen by the Carolina Panthers with the 233rd overall pick in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
He was chosen as the third and final kicker in 2017. Butker and the Panthers agreed to a four-year, $2.48 million contract on May 5, 2017, which also included a $83,112 signing bonus. On September 14, 2017, he was released, and the following day, he was added to the practice squad.
Butker hit a 51-yard field goal and all four extra point attempts in the Chiefs’ Week 1 victory over the Arizona Cardinals despite playing through an ankle injury.
He was declared out because of an ankle injury the day before the Chiefs’ Week 2 matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers. He did not play in the Chiefs’ following four contests.
He surpassed the Chiefs franchise record for longest field goal for the second time (his previous record of 58 had been broken while he was sidelined) in his first game back from the injury against the Buffalo Bills with a 62 yard – goal.
Harrison Butker’s Children: Does Harrison Butker Have Any Kids?
Butker has two children with his wife Isabelle.