Harrison Butker Has Opportunity to Make Sixth Straight AFC Championship With Kansas City

Kansas City faces Buffalo this evening and a spot in the AFC Championship on the line

The most anticipated NFL game of the weekend will take place this evening when Kansas City travels to Buffalo to face the Bills. The Chiefs and the Bills have played in some classic games over the past few years and this year has a chance to be the next one. 

If the Chiefs win this game tonight, it will mark their sixth consecutive AFC Championship Game Appearance. Every year since 2018, Patrick Mahomes has helped guide this team to the biggest stage, but this will be the first time that he has had to play on the road in the playoffs. 

Mahomes deservingly gets the headlines, but there has been another constant with the Chiefs during this run. Former Georgia Tech kicker Harrison Butker has been with the team since 2017 and is still one of the best kickers in the NFL. 

Former Georgia Tech kicker Harrison Butker / Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

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 this 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.

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