KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Harrison Butker is on the road to recovery after a successful left knee surgery. Butker gave a social media update on Friday after it was revealed on Thursday that he would require surgery to fix his injured left knee. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker heads to the IR with left knee injury “Surgery went great!” Butker posted on X. “Thank you for the prayers.” Butker is scheduled to be placed on injured reserve after having a meniscus trimmed in his left knee, but he should return this year. On the bright side, Butker will be back for the home stretch of the regular season and the playoffs. The Chiefs have signed kicker Spencer Shrader from the New York Jets practice squad, which the team announced Friday. See the latest headlines in Kansas City and across Kansas, Missouri Shrader is a 25-year-old rookie from Notre Dame; he connected on both of his field-goal attempts for the Jets last week at Arizona.  He joined the Jets after being released by the Indianapolis Colts.