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A Kansas City Chiefs staple isn't going anywhere for a while.
The Chiefs and kicker Harrison Butker have reportedly agreed to a four-year deal worth $25.6 million, the most ever given to a kicker in NFL history. His $17.75 million guaranteed is also the most for the position.
Butker has been all but automatic in the NFL, despite playing in subzero temperatures in Kansas City.
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (7) smiles during training camp on August 2, 2024 at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, MO. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
In his seven-year career, he has knocked 89.1% of his field goal attempts and 94.5% of extra-points. This past season was his best, though, as he went 38-for-38 on PATs and 33-for-35 (career-high 94.3%) on field goal attempts.
"There’s no place I’d rather be than with the Chiefs, excited to finalize a 4 year extension. To the Heights!" he posted on X.
The three-time Super Bowl champion added to his resume back in February by going 4-for-4 on field goal attempts in Super Bowl LVIII, including two game-tying kicks in the fourth quarter (one of which sent the game to overtime with three seconds left).
Harrison Butker #7 of the Kansas City Chiefs warms up prior to Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV. ( Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
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Butker had become a rather polarizing figure throughout this offseason after he gave a faith-based commencement speech at Benedictine College and urged women to embrace the title of "homemaker."
The controversial speech garnered both much praise and backlash, with even the college's nuns saying his comments "fostered division" and "do not…represent" the school's values.
Butker also went after President Biden while adding, "Things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for the degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder."
However, shortly after the speech, Butker's jersey became one of the most popular on the NFL's online shop.
It also looks as if Matt Araiza will be the team's punter in Week 1, who signed with the team shortly after his rape accuser dropped a lawsuit against him following prosecutors saying the actions between the two were consensual.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is being shredded by many in the media for expressing his beliefs during his faith-based commencement speech at Benedictine College. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)
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The deal keeps Butker with the Chiefs through the 2028 season, when he will be 33 years old.
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