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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Chiefs' Harrison Butker Reveals Goal for 2025 NFL Season
Chiefs' Harrison Butker Reveals Goal for 2025 NFL Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports. It has been a long offseason for the Kansas City Chiefs. After coming up short in their quest for a third straight Super Bowl title, the team is focused on returning to the big game for a fourth consecutive year. Advertisement Last season ended in disappointment after a 40-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Now the Chiefs are locked in on redemption. One of the most consistent players during Kansas City's run of success has been kicker Harrison Butker. The 29-year-old former Georgia Tech standout was a seventh-round pick by the Carolina Panthers in 2017 but never played a game for them. Just 13 days after being waived, the Chiefs picked him up, and he's been their kicker ever since. As the 2025 season approaches, Butker has made his intentions clear. In a lighthearted '2025 Roll Call' photo shared by the team, he was asked to write his goal for the upcoming season. His answer was simple: 'win the Super Bowl.' Advertisement Butker already has three Super Bowl rings and was the NFL's scoring leader in 2019. He made the PFWA All-Rookie team in 2017 and holds several NFL records. He owns the record for the longest field goal made in a Super Bowl, a 57-yarder in Super Bowl LVIII. He also has the most career field goals in Super Bowl history with nine. His 38 field goals as a rookie in 2017 remain a single-season record for a first-year kicker. Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's goal is to win the Super Bowl in the upcoming season. © Kirby Lee-Imagn Images In August 2024, Butker signed a four-year, $25.6 million contract extension. Unfortunately, he suffered an injury in practice and missed a month of the season. He returned in December but was rarely used, missing a field goal against Cleveland in his only attempt. Advertisement Butker was active for Super Bowl LIX against the Eagles but wasn't called on for a field goal or extra point attempt. Kansas City opens the 2025 regular season on September 5 in São Paulo, Brazil, against the Los Angeles Chargers. Related: Patrick Mahomes Post Sparks Super Bowl Debate Related: Travis Kelce Breaks Silence on Retirement Decision Ahead of 2025 NFL Season This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
Time of India
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
When Chiefs' Harrison Butker urged college students to get married and start a family
What Harrison Butker said about family values. Source: X Kansas City Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker has often received backlash for his comments, which were widely criticised as 'un-woke'. The athlete who is a husband and a father has always advocated for certain old-school family values. Last year in May, the Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made some remarks about women, abortion, IVF, and the LGBTQ+ community during his commencement speech at Benedictine College. When Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said he had the 'antidote' for young peoples' depression That wasn't the first time Butker talked about his views on society. Butker's 2023 graduation address at his alma mater, Georgia Institute of Technology, also featured some debatable views which were slammed by critics. Butker emphasized his belief that "there's a feeling of hopelessness for the future, and we continue to become entrenched in our respective groups." Butker said during the 2023 speech that he had an antidote to young adults' feelings of "loneliness, anxiety and depression": "Get married and start a family,' Butker quipped as college graduates looked on. "My confidence as a husband and a father and yes, even as a football player, is rooted in my marriage with my wife as we leave our mark on future generations by the children we bring to the world. How much greater of a legacy can anyone leave than that?" Butker said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pernas e tornozelos inchados? Descubra o que pode ajudar a drenar agora aartedoherbalismo Undo Almost a year later, Butker addressed his controversial speech again right before the 2025 Super Bowl. During the pre-event press conference in New Orleans, the athlete spoke about the backlash his comments received. 'It was a surprise because I'd been saying similar things to that for many years now and it's funny what stuff gets picked up,' Butker told the press. 'I said what I said. I believe in it. I don't feel the need to apologize for anything.' He added, 'I feel like God's prepared me for that moment to feel confident in who I am and what's most important in my life and I'm able to handle whatever comes my way.' For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
USA Today
18-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Kansas City Chiefs 90-man roster by jersey number: No. 7, kicker Harrison Butker
Kansas City Chiefs 90-man roster by jersey number: No. 7, kicker Harrison Butker The Kansas City Chiefs selected kicker Harrison Butker with the No. 233 pick in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL draft. In 130 games over the course of his eight seasons with the Chiefs, Butker has successfully converted 218 of his 246 total three-point field goal attempts in the regular season. On extra point conversions, Butker has been even more proficient, sinking 338 of his 358 total attempts. A former Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket, Butker has blossomed into one of the NFL's best kickers and will enter next season with something to prove after Kansas City's loss in Super Bowl LIX. What jersey number does Harrison Butker wear? Butker currently wears the No. 7 jersey for the Kansas City Chiefs. How much money will Harrison Butker make in 2025? According to Butker will receive a base salary of $3,735,000 in 2025, in addition to a prorated signing bonus of $1,400,000. His total cap number next season will be $5,235,000. Top Harrison Butker highlight
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
She got death threats after Harrison Butker post she didn't write. She's suing KC
A Kansas City communications staffer says her superiors ignored her requests when she asked that they clear her name after she was falsely accused of sending out a social media post last year that allegedly doxxed Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and then faced online harassment, vitriol and racist death threats. After she complained about their inaction, Andrea Watts said she was subjected to increasingly critical treatment at work in City Hall. She recently sued the city seeking monetary damages on the basis of those allegations. The city declined comment on the lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court, as officials do not discuss pending litigation. Watts said she felt threatened by the racist, sexist and violent posts directed toward her after she was falsely identified online as the person who posted a message on the city's X account in response to Butker's controversial speech at a college graduation ceremony last spring. 'Just a reminder that Harrison Butker lives in the City of Lee's Summit,' the May 15, 2024 posting on X said. While it was no secret that Butker lived in that Kansas City suburb and that the tweet did not give out his address, online commenters accused Kansas City of exposing Butker to personal risk and harassment by posting the name of the city where he lived. Many of the commenters accused the city of doxxing Butker after he gave a speech in which he expressed his conservative views on political and social issues, such as abortion and how be believes his wife is happier having sacrificed her career for becoming a homemaker. City officials deleted the post 40 minutes after it went up. Both the city's account and Mayor Quinton Lucas issued online apologies that night, agreeing that the post was inappropriate. The unnamed city employee who authored the post later lost their job. But in the immediate hours after the post was taken down, online furor grew. Watts, a social media specialist, and another female city staffer, were soon singled out for scorn by the online mob, despite having nothing to do with posting the tweet. Both are Black and were subjected to racist and misogynistic posts. They felt threatened when their own personal information was posted online. According to her lawsuit, Watts was identified through her Linked-In account. People posted messages that included her photo and photos of the entryway of one of her addresses 'and personal identifying information published for the purposes of threatening and harming' her. She got death threats. 'There is no hole deep enough, no woods deep enough for you to hide in,' one post read, according to the lawsuit. Another pictured a Black woman hanging from a tree in front of a photograph of the apartment building where Watts lived along with her full name and address. That night, she asked that the city post a statement 'right away to clear her name,' but nothing was done, the suit says. Two days later, on May 17, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey posted a letter to social media demanding records that would show who penned the Butker tweet. That same day as the harassment directed at the two women, Watt's unnamed co-worker sent an email to Mayor Quinton Lucas, the City Council and city manager asking that steps be taken to clear their names, as they felt scared from being subjected to the vile harassment on line. Lucas instead issued a general statement that day stating that some city employees were being falsely accused and harassed. But he did not mention Watts or the other woman by name and the harassment continued. He also sent a letter to Bailey, alleging that his on-line statement had contributed to the climate that led to the ongoing threats towards Black women employed by the city. The women were called the N word. Watts was singled out as 'a DEI hire' and a 'ghetto rat.' The lawsuit claims that the city's 'refusal to end the harassment and discrimination by publicly clearing' Watts' name and that of her co-worker reflected 'a selfish desire to prevent negative media and public attention that would harm the City's reputation and more importantly City Manager Brian Platt's and Assistant City Manager Melissa Kozakiewicz's reputations.' The names of Platt and Kozakiewicz are redacted in the public court record. Platt was fired as city manager this spring after the city lost a lawsuit filed by former communications director Chris Hernandez. The latter claimed he was demoted because he and Platt disagreed on the importance of telling the truth to the news media and public. Platt was focused on the city's image, while Hernandez insisted on being truthful, the suit said. Koazakiewicz oversees the city's communications office and remains a city employee. Due to threats of harm and the release of her personal information, Watts said she asked that the city find her temporary lodging until the internet storm blew over, but claims her request was denied. The city also refused to make any attempt to scrub her personal information from the internet after she requested it, the lawsuit says. She claims her worklife became hostile. She received increasing criticism about her job performance and other unfair treatment after complaining about how the city mishandled her situation. Watts is still employed with the city. She is seeking lost pay and future wages, as well as punitive damages, attorneys fees and other costs associated with preparing the case. She is represented by Erin Vernon and Lynne Bratcher, the lawyers who won the Hernandez whistleblower lawsuit. The City Council last month approved a $1.4 million final settlement that ends any further proceedings in that case. The other woman who was doxxed has also hired an attorney who specializes in employment discrimination, who says she will file a lawsuit in the next couple of weeks.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Kansas City Chiefs kicker meets with Trump
President Trump met Thursday at the White House with Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, a supporter of the president who sparked backlash last year with a controversial commencement speech. White House aide Margo Martin posted a photo of Butker and Trump in the Oval Office on social media with the caption, 'The GOAT of kicking @buttkicker7 meets the GOAT of Presidents @realDonaldTrump.' A White House official did not disclose the reason for Butker's visit, but said Trump 'couldn't have been happier to say hello.' Butker endorsed Trump during the 2024 campaign and has been outspoken about his views opposing abortion. The Chiefs kicker made headlines last May when he encouraged the women in attendance at the Benedictine College commencement ceremony to 'embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.' Butker was among the Chiefs players who visited the White House last year and met with President Biden after they won their second consecutive Super Bowl. The Chiefs lost their bid for a third consecutive Super Bowl victory earlier this month, falling to the Philadelphia Eagles, 40-22. Trump had picked the Chiefs, who were the betting favorite, to win the game. Updated at 12:12 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
