Travis Kelce (TE): Bio, News, Stats & more (2024)

2023 SEASON

• REC

  93

• YDS

  984

• AVG

  10.58

• TDS

  5

• Kelce enters his 12th season with the Chiefs in 2024.
• Spent the majority of the 2013 season on the club's injured reserve list.
• Originally entered the NFL as the first of two third-round picks (63rd overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2013 NFL Draft.

• Kelce has caught a pass in 158 consecutive games, marking the longest streak in franchise history and besting PFHOF TE Tony Gonzalez's 131 consecutive games. He is three consecutive games behind WR DeAndre Hopkins (161) to be the active streak holder outright.
• His 11,328 receiving yards are the most by any Chiefs player and the fourth-most by an NFL tight end. Passed 11,000 total yards Week 12 (11/26/23) in Las Vegas and finished the season with 11,342 combined yards. He is only the second player in Chiefs history to record more than 11,000 combined yards and is second only to Dante Hall (12,356).
• Kelce owns 74 career receiving touchdowns, good for second in team history. He needs three more receiving touchdowns to best PFHOF TE Tony Gonzalez (76).
• Between Kelce and QB Patrick Mahomes, the pair has 51 touchdown connections. Their 51 touchdown connections passed PFHOF QB Len Dawson and former WR Otis Taylor for most QB-pass catcher connections in Chiefs history. They are now tied with PFHOF QB Drew Brees and TE Jimmy Graham for the third-most QB-tight end touchdown connections in league history.
• Kelce holds the record for most receptions by any NFL tight end in their first 10 seasons with 814 catches.
• Kelce has caught 600 first down receptions, the fourth-most first down receptions by a tight end in NFL history.
• Currently has 37 regular season games of 100 receiving yards or more, which is the most such games in team history and is the most 100-yard games by a tight end in league history.
• His 157 receptions of 20 or more yards is a franchise best for all pass catchers. Has tallied 86 receptions of 25+ yards which is the third-most for a tight end in NFL history since 1994.
• Kelce's ten consecutive seasons with 50+ receptions is tied for the top spot with WR Mike Evans for the most consecutive seasons among all active pass catchers in the league. With a 50+ reception season in 2024, Kelce would tie TE Tony Gonzalez for the most such seasons in Chiefs history. He currently holds the fourth-most 80+ reception seasons in the NFL (eight) and is tied for the second-most 90+ reception seasons with six. He trails only Larry Fitzgerald with eight seasons.
• Kelce's three seasons of 100+ receptions is a franchise best for any pass catcher and a league best for all tight ends. He is the only tight end in NFL history with multiple 100+ reception seasons.
• With 5,359 yards after catch, Kelce is ranked at the top amongst all tight ends in NFL history. With 5,359 career YAC after recording 463 in 2023, Kelce now owns the seventh-most YAC, regardless of position, in the NFL.
• Kelce was the fastest player to reach 900 career receptions, doing so against the Raiders (12/25/23) in just 158 games. The previous record was held by TE Jason Witten in 181 games. Kelce is just one of four tight ends to snag 900 receptions. In 154 games, Kelce became the eighth-fastest player to do so in NFL history, regardless of position. Became the fastest tight end in NFL history to reach the 800-reception plateau, doing so in 142 career games played. He tied with PFHOF WR Torry Holt for seventh-fewest games to record 800 receptions by any NFL pass catcher.
• Surpassed the 11,000 receiving yard mark Week 12 (11/26/23) at Las Vegas, eclipsing the mark in 154 games. Kelce was the fastest tight end to reach 11,000 receiving yards and the 17th fastest of any NFL pass catcher after also being the fastest tight end in NFL history to record 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000 and 10,000 receiving yards. Kelce was the fifth tight end to ever reach 10,000 receiving yards and tied with WR A.J. Green as the 16th-fastest to do so of any NFL pass catcher.
• For the seventh-straight season in 2022, Kelce eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards, extending his previously established NFL record for tight ends and franchise pass catcher record of seven such seasons. Was just 16 yards short of his eighth 1,000 receiving yard season in 2023. He opted to rest Week 18 (1/7/24) in Los Angeles against the Chargers as there were no playoff implications.
• His 2022 season was one for the record books as he recorded the most receptions by any Chiefs tight end in a single-season with 110 catches.
• In Week 3 against Indianapolis Colts (9/25/22), successfully completed his fifth-career two-point conversion setting a Chiefs record for the most two-point conversions in a career.
• Week 15 against the Chargers (12/16/21), Kelce recorded a career-high 191 yards on 10 receptions with two receiving touchdowns, including a fourth-quarter seven-yard score and the game-winning 34-yard catch-and-run touchdown in overtime.
• Recorded 105 receptions in 2020, setting the franchise record for most receptions in a single-season by any pass catcher, at the time. He also became the first Chiefs player to record multiple seasons with 100 or more receptions (2018, 2020, 2022).
• Finished the 2020 season with 1,416 receiving yards. Kelce and former Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill (1,276) both recorded 1,000+ receiving yards and 10+ receiving touchdowns in 2020. It marked the second time in franchise history that the club had a pair of players accomplish this feat, with Hill and Kelce also doing so in 2018. It marks the 16th time in NFL history that a team had at least two players with 10+ receiving touchdowns and 1,000+ receiving yards in the same season. Kelce and Hill are just the third pair of teammates to accomplish the feat in multiple seasons with the same team, joining Cris Carter and Randy Moss (Minnesota, 1998 and 1999) and Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker (Denver, 2012 and 2013).
• With 1,416 receiving yards in 2020, he set the NFL record for the most receiving yards in a single season by a tight end in NFL history, passing 49ers TE George Kittle's previous record of 1,377 yards set in 2018. He finished the 2020 season with 1,643 receiving yards in the regular and postseason, also the most by a tight end in NFL history.
• Recorded his first-career rushing touchdown on a four-yard carry in Week 14 against New England (12/8/19).
• During the 2018 season recorded 1,336 receiving yards the most by a tight end in a single-season in Chiefs history, at the time. He also briefly broke the NFL single-season receiving yards record before San Francisco TE George Kittle broke the record later that same day.

• Is one of six players to have been on the active roster for all three of the club's Super Bowl victories over the past five years (LIV, LVII and LVIII). He is joined by G Nick Allegretti, K Harrison Butker, DT Chris Jones, QB Patrick Mahomes and LS James Winchester.
• His 19 career receiving touchdowns, 165 receptions, 1,903 receiving yards and 1,910 scrimmage yards in the postseason are all the most in franchise history.
• Kelce's 19 receiving touchdowns are a league best for tight ends and second-most amongst all NFL pass catchers in the postseason, behind PFHOF WR Jerry Rice (22).
• His 165 receptions are a league best amongst all NFL pass catchers in the postseason, passing PFHOF WR Jerry Rice's 151 receptions.
• Kelce's 1,903 receiving yards are a league best for tight ends and second-most amongst all NFL pass catchers in the postseason, behind PFHOF WR Jerry Rice (2,245).
• His eight career 100-yard receiving games in the postseason are the most in franchise history.
• Appeared in his 22nd career postseason game with the club versus the San Francisco 49ers (2/11/24) in Super Bowl LVIII establishing a new franchise record for most postseason games played with LS James Winchester.
• Has recorded at least three receptions in each of his 22 postseason appearances, marking the longest streak of consecutive games with at least three receptions in postseason play.
• Has recorded five-straight postseasons with 150+ receiving yards and six total seasons reaching the mark, tied for the most such seasons with PFHOF WR Jerry Rice. With 165 receptions and 19 touchdowns, he is one of two players to record 100+ receptions and 10+ receiving touchdowns in their postseason career. He joins PFHOF WR Jerry Rice (151, 22).
• Caught two touchdowns from QB Patrick Mahomes in the Divisional Round Game (1/21/24) in Buffalo in 2023, giving the duo 17 postseason touchdown connections. Mahomes' three-yard pass to Kelce for his second touchdown in the game surpassed QB Tom Brady and TE Rob Gronkowski for the most QB-pass catcher postseason touchdown connections in NFL history.
• Recorded his third-most postseason receptions in a single game in Baltimore in the 2023 AFC Championship Game (1/28/24) in 2023 with 11 receptions. Also tallied 116 receiving yards, his fifth-highest single postseason game performance. His 116 yards in the AFC Championship Game brought his career receiving yards in Conference Championship Games to 460, the third-most in Conference Championship Game history.
• Kelce owns the fourth-most receiving yards in Super Bowl history with 350 yards in his four appearances. He owns the second-most receptions in Super Bowls with 31 and trails only PFHOF WR Jerry Rice.
• Caught game-winning pass from QB Patrick Mahomes in the 2021 AFC Divisional Round Game to beat the Buffalo Bills in overtime (1/23/22).
• Became the second tight end in NFL history to throw a touchdown pass in the postseason after throwing a two-yard pass to WR Byron Pringle in the 2021 AFC Wild Card game versus the Steelers (1/16/22). The only other tight end to throw a postseason touchdown pass is Trey Burton, who completed a one-yard touchdown pass to QB Nick Foles for the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII (2/4/18).
• With 133 yards in Super Bowl LV recorded his third-consecutive postseason game with 100+ receiving yards. He became the first TE in NFL history to record three-consecutive 100-yard games in a single postseason. He joined former WR Larry Fitzgerald, who recorded four-consecutive 100-yard games in the 2008 postseason, as the only two players in NFL history with at least three-consecutive 100-yard games in the same postseason.
• Led the Chiefs with four receiving touchdowns in the 2019 postseason, including a one-yard score in Super Bowl LIV against San Francisco.
• In the 2019 AFC Divisional Round against Houston (1/12/20), he scored three receiving touchdowns, the most receiving touchdowns scored in a postseason game in Chiefs history. All three scores came in the second quarter, making him the first player in the Super Bowl era to record three receiving touchdowns in a single quarter in a postseason game.

• Selected to the Pro Bowl following every season since 2015.
• Named an AP All-Pro following the 2016 (first-team), 2017 (second-team), 2018 (first-team), 2019 (second-team), 2020 (first-team; unanimous), 2021 (second-team) and 2022 (first-team) seasons.
• Received PFWA All-NFL Team honors in 2018 and 2020.
• Received PFWA All-AFC Team honors in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
• Received TSN All-NFL Team honors in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
• Was voted by teammates as an offensive team captain prior to the club's 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 playoff campaigns.
• Voted People's Choice Award Athlete of the Year following the 2023 season.
• 2022 Week 11 AFC Offensive Player of the Week.
• 2021 Week 15 AFC Offensive Player of the Week.
• 2020 Chiefs Derrick Thomas Most Valuable Player.
• 2010's Pro Football Hall of Fame All-Decade Team.
• 2017 PFWA All-Pro (first-team).
• 2016 Sporting News All-Pro.
• 2014 Ed Block Courage Award.

• Re-signed with Kansas City (4/29/24) ... Re-signed with Kansas City (8/13/20) ... Re-signed with Kansas City (1/29/16) ... Originally entered the NFL as the first of two third-round picks (63rd overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2013 NFL Draft.

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