{"587512":{"#nid":"587512","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Harrison Butker Invited to NFL Combine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech place kicker Harrison Butker has accepted an invitation to participate in the 2017 National Football League Scouting Combine from Feb. 28-March 2 in Indianapolis. In addition to his achievements on the field, Butker holds a 3.20 cumulative grade point average as an industrial engineering major\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E He is a member of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Dean\u0026rsquo;s List and was the Yellow Jackets\u0026rsquo; recipient of the TaxSlayer Bowl Scholar-Athlete award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NFL Combine gives executives, coaching staffs, player-personnel departments and medical personnel from all 32 NFL teams the opportunity to evaluate the nation\u0026rsquo;s top draft-eligible college football players in advance of the upcoming NFL Draft. Of the 332 prospects invited to last year\u0026rsquo;s NFL Combine, only six were place kickers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EButker, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s place kicker for each of the past four seasons (2013-16), closed his collegiate career as the Yellow Jackets\u0026rsquo; all-time leading scorer with 337 career points. In addition to being Tech\u0026rsquo;s all-time leading scorer, Butker also holds the school record for career PATs (208) and ranks third in school history in career field-goal percentage (.717) and fifth in career field goals (43).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more about Butker\u0026#39;s success on and off the football field, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ramblinwreck.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/021417aaa.html\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech place kicker and ISyE senior Harrison Butker has accepted an invitation to participate in the 2017 National Football League Scouting Combine from Feb. 28-March 2 in Indianapolis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech place kicker and ISyE senior Harrison Butker has accepted an invitation to participate in the 2017 National Football League Scouting Combine from Feb. 28-March 2 in Indianapolis."}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2017-02-16 13:42:10","changed_gmt":"2017-02-16 13:47:17","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587510":{"id":"587510","type":"image","title":"Harrison Butker, ISyE senior and Yellow Jackets kicker","body":null,"created":"1487252035","gmt_created":"2017-02-16 13:33:55","changed":"1487252035","gmt_changed":"2017-02-16 13:33:55","alt":"Harrison Butker, ISyE senior and Yellow Jackets kicker","file":{"fid":"223906","name":"12437827.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12437827.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12437827.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":211130,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/12437827.jpeg?itok=iIJ5-DoR"}},"584007":{"id":"584007","type":"image","title":"Harrison Butker, ISyE senior and Yellow Jackets kicker (photo credit: Georgia Tech Athletics)","body":null,"created":"1479411659","gmt_created":"2016-11-17 19:40:59","changed":"1479411917","gmt_changed":"2016-11-17 19:45:17","alt":"Harrison Butker, ISyE senior and Yellow Jackets kicker","file":{"fid":"222642","name":"Professional_Headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Professional_Headshot.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Professional_Headshot.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":879558,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Professional_Headshot.jpg?itok=mrpVEObK"}}},"media_ids":["587510","584007"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/gt-place-kicker-and-isye-student-invited-nfl-scouting-combine","title":"GT Place Kicker \u0026 ISyE Student Invited to NFL Scouting Combine"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/student-spotlight-harrison-butker-football-hero-and-hometown-guy","title":"Harrison Butker: Football Hero and Hometown Guy"}],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"172744","name":"Harrison Butker"},{"id":"1843","name":"football"},{"id":"173487","name":"all-time scorer"},{"id":"173488","name":"NFL Combine"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"172747","name":"spotlight"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["shelley.wunder-smith@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}