On August 5th, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that Harrison Butker had signed an unprecedented four-year, $26.5 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. The contract comes with $17.75 million guaranteed and keeps Butker, who had one year remaining on his current deal, in Kansas City through the end of the 2028 season.
Butker himself negotiated this significant deal, a rare feat in the world of professional sports where agents typically handle such matters. His persistence and strategic planning paid off, and he celebrated the success on social media.
“There’s no place I’d rather be than with the Chiefs,” he wrote via X, “excited to finalize a 4 year extension. To the Heights!”
The contract puts Butker ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Jake Moody and the Baltimore Ravens’ Justin Tucker, who both make an average of $6 million yearly on their current deals.
Butker’s extension comes roughly three months after his commencement speech at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas ruffled feathers.
During his address, Butker called on women to embrace the role of “homemaker” and equated Pride Month to “deadly sin,” among other controversial and hateful comments.
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