ATLANTA - Harrison Butker, who earlier this month was named the first Ray Guy Prokicker.com National Player of the Year, has been offered by Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson.
Butker, a junior who made 16 of 17 field goals for Westminster, Ga., said he was offered by Georgia Tech on Friday, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
The junior kicker from Atlanta, who is 6-foot-4 and 175 pounds, was first-team All-State in Class AA after making 16 of 17 field goals, a success rate of 94.1 percent. He also made his last dozen field goals to help Westminster to the second round of the playoffs. Butker also excelled in kickoffs and punting to round out a spectacular junior season.
Nine of his 16 field goals were from 41 yards or more and he made 20 of 22 extra points (one miss was the result of a bad hold). He drilled 47 touchbacks on 59 kickoffs and averaged 39.5 yards on 33 punts. Four of Butker’s punts were more than 50 yards with six downed inside the opponent’s 20. He averaged 67.3 yards per kickoff with a 3.87 hang time.
