![]() ![]() Measurements from Pro Day and NFL Combine Professional career 2013 NFL Draft Pre-draft measurables In March 2013, Kelce was named winner of the College Football Performance Awards Tight End of the Year. In his last collegiate season, he set personal career highs in receptions (45), receiving yards (722), yards per receptions (16.0), and receiving touchdowns (8), he also earned first-team all-conference honors. For the season, he saw action in games as a tight end and recorded 13 catches totaling 150 yards and two touchdowns. ![]() After serving a one-year suspension, Kelce was back with the team to start the 2011 season. The following season, he did not play due to a violation of team rules, which was later revealed to be failing a drug test by testing positive for marijuana. He tallied eight rushes for 47 yards and two touchdowns along with one reception for three yards in 2009. After redshirting in 2008, he appeared in 11 games, playing at tight end and quarterback out of the Wildcat formation. He joined his brother, Jason Kelce, who was the starting left guard for the Bearcats. College career Ĭonsidered a two-star recruit by, Kelce accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Cincinnati over offers from Akron, Eastern Michigan, and Miami (OH). He ran 1,016 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns, threw for 1,523 passing yards, 21 touchdowns, and eight interceptions in 2007. ![]() Excelling at football, he was a three-year letter winner as quarterback for the Tigers, and recognized with All-Lake Erie League honors after totaling 2,539 yards of total offense as a senior. He attended Cleveland Heights High School in his hometown of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball. Kelce was born on October 5, 1989, in Westlake, Ohio, the son of Ed and Donna Kelce and younger brother to fellow NFL player Jason Kelce, who is a center for the Philadelphia Eagles. Kelce was named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team. During the 2022 season, Kelce became the fastest tight end to reach 10,000 career receiving yards, and he became the fifth tight end in NFL history to reach the milestone. He also briefly held the single season record in 2018 before it was broken later that same day. He also owns the record for most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season with 1,416 in 2020, despite playing in only 15 games. He holds the NFL record for most consecutive and most overall seasons with 1,000 yards receiving by a tight end with 7. He played college football at Cincinnati.Ĭonsidered one of the greatest tight ends of all time, Kelce is an eight-time Pro Bowler and a four-time first-team All-Pro selection. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft and later won Super Bowls LIV and LVII with the team, recording a touchdown reception in both wins. Travis Michael Kelce ( / ˈ k ɛ l s i/ born October 5, 1989) is an American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) and podcaster. ![]()
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