Harrison Butker Helps Kansas City Chiefs Punch Another Ticket to the Super Bowl

With the first half winding down in today's AFC Championship between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City was called for back-to-back holding penalties and what looked like a potential touchdown drive to end the half looked like it might end with no points at all.

Facing a third and long, superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes found his tight end Travis Kelce to get into field goal range. Former Georgia Tech kicker Harrison Butker stepped up to try and nail a 52-yard field goal to extend the lead to 17-7 and that is exactly what he did. Butker nailed the kick and with the way most of the second half played out today, that kick proved to be absolutely crucial.

Big leg Butker. pic.twitter.com/DEB4anghjK
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) January 28, 2024

Butker nailed the winning kick in the Super Bowl last season and he and the Kansas City Chiefs are hoping for a repeat championship this season. Butker is 33-35 on field goal kicking during the regular season, including 5-5 from 50+ yards.

From Georgia Tech Athletics:

Georgia Tech’s starting place kicker … finished his career as Georgia Tech’s all-time leading scorer with 337 career points and 208 career PATs … ranks third in school history in career field-goal percentage (.717) and fifth in career field goals (43) … one of three team captains in 2016 … honorable-mention all-ACC (media) … led Georgia Tech and ranked 10th in the ACC (all positions) in scoring with 91 points (7.0 ppg) … made 15-of-17 field goals, good for an .882 percentage that led the ACC and ranked 13th nationally … was 8-for-8 on field-goal attempts from 40-plus yards out … was 46-for-46 on PAT attempts … scored 10 points (2-for-2 FG, 3-for-3 PAT) at Pittsburgh (Oct. 8) … tallied eight points in back-to-back games versus Duke (1-for-1 FG, 5-for-5 PAT on Oct. 29) and at North Carolina (2-for-2 FG, 2-for-2 PAT on Nov. 5) … set a career high with 12 points and matched a career high with three field goals in Georgia Tech’s 30-20 win at No. 18 Virginia Tech (Nov. 12) … set a Georgia Tech postseason record by making 4-of-4 field goals (23, season-ling 52, 44 and 26 yards) in TaxSlayer Bowl win over Kentucky (Dec. 31) … accounted for 15 of the Yellow Jackets’ 33 points in the 33-18 win over UK … was also a huge weapon on kickoffs, with 54-of-73 traditional kickoffs (pooch and post-safety kicks not included) going for touchbacks … only five of his kickoffs were returned past the 25 yard line and none were returned past the 38 yard line … opponents’ average starting field position was their own 24.5 yard line following Georgia Tech kickoffs.

The Chiefs opponent will be either the 49ers or the Lions.

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