Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker Reveals Change to Approach
Summary
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker signed a four-year contract extension after helping the team win the Super Bowl. He changed his kickoff style in 2024 and 2025, which affected his field goal accuracy, but he is now returning to a simpler kicking method to improve his performance.Key Facts
- Butker signed a four-year, $25.6 million contract extension in 2024.
- He made a career-high 94.3% of field goals in 2023.
- Butker made all 11 field goals and 8 extra points in the 2023 postseason.
- Changes to kickoff rules in 2024 led Butker to try new kickoff styles.
- His field goal percentage dropped to about 84% in 2024 and 2025.
- Butker said experimenting with kickoffs hurt his field goal accuracy.
- He decided to use the same foot-to-ball contact on kickoffs as on field goals.
- Butker holds the record for the longest field goal in Super Bowl history at 57 yards.
- Over his nine-year career, Butker has made 88.3% of his field goal attempts.
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