1. Harrison Butker was born on July 14,1995 and is an American professional football placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.
37 Facts About Harrison Butker
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Harrison Butker played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL draft.
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Harrison Butker led the NFL in scoring in 2019, and has won three Super Bowls with the Chiefs.
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Harrison Butker went to The Westminster Schools, where he played on the football team after picking up the sport as a rising sophomore.
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Harrison Butker broke the school record for a field goal of 53 yards.
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Harrison Butker was a three-sport athlete in basketball, football, and soccer, winning three state championships in soccer.
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Harrison Butker was a tuba player for the school's symphonic band.
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Harrison Butker played at Georgia Tech from 2013 through 2016 under head coach Paul Johnson.
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Harrison Butker is the all-time leading scorer in school history and was a captain of the team for his senior season.
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Harrison Butker graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering.
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On May 5,2017, Harrison Butker signed a four-year, $2.48 million contract that included a signing bonus of $83,112.
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Harrison Butker was waived on September 13,2017, and was signed to the practice squad the next day.
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On September 26,2017, Harrison Butker was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs off the Panthers' practice squad.
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Harrison Butker missed his first career field goal attempt of 46 yards, but made his next three attempts, including the game-winner.
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Harrison Butker finished his rookie season converting 28 extra point attempts and 38-of-42 field goal attempts.
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Harrison Butker was named as an alternate to the 2018 Pro Bowl.
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Harrison Butker finished the season tied for fourth in scoring with Chris Boswell with 142 points.
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Harrison Butker finished his second professional season converting 65 of 69 extra point attempts and 24-of-27 field goal attempts.
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Harrison Butker led the NFL in regular season field goals with 34 made field goals and finished the regular season with 45-of-48 extra points converted and 34-of-38 field goals converted.
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On December 8,2019, Harrison Butker converted his 89th field goal in his 100th career attempt, which is the minimum amount of field goal attempts to qualify for career percentage for NFL records.
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Harrison Butker finished the 2020 season converting 25-for-27 field-goal attempts and 48-for-54 on extra-point attempts.
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Harrison Butker ended the streak making all three field goal attempts and all three extra point attempts in Week 11 against the Chargers.
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Harrison Butker had a career low field goal percentage, a career high in misses, and a career low in attempts.
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Harrison Butker began the season making his first 24 field goals before his first miss in Week 15.
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Harrison Butker made all 12 of his attempts from over 40 yards, including his second successful field goal from over 60 yards.
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Harrison Butker did not miss a single extra point attempt for the second time in his career.
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In Super Bowl LVIII, Harrison Butker broke two Super Bowl records: longest made field goal in Super Bowl history and most career field goals in the Super Bowl.
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Harrison Butker was third behind Carolina's Eddy Pineiro and Baltimore's Justin Tucker.
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Harrison Butker is the co-founder, president, and chief operating officer of MDKeller.
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One of the companies that Harrison Butker co-founded as a subsidiary of MDKeller is Shepherd's, which specializes in custom menswear.
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Harrison Butker has publicly spoken out against Traditionis custodes, saying that he felt that he and other traditionalist Catholics were "persecuted" in the Church.
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Harrison Butker was the commencement speaker at his alma mater, Georgia Tech, in 2023.
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Harrison Butker supported the 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment, which would have overridden a 2019 Kansas Supreme Court ruling that the Kansas constitution guarantees the right to abortion.
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In 2023, Harrison Butker wore an anti-abortion tie while attending the Chiefs' Super Bowl LVII victory celebration at The White House in protest of President Joe Biden's pro-choice views.
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Harrison Butker attacked Biden's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, IVF, surrogacy, the LGBTQ community and Pride Month, women in the workforce, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a bill condemning antisemitism.
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On October 11,2024, Harrison Butker endorsed former president Donald Trump for the 2024 United States presidential election.
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Harrison Butker cited Trump's anti-abortion record as his reason for endorsing him.