Travis Kelce is a professional American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, as of the 2024 NFL season. The Chiefs selected him as the 63rd choice in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft, and he went on to win Super Bowls LIV, LVII, and LVIII with the franchise. He played in the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football program from 2008 to 2012. The 2023 season saw him reach Super Bowl LVIII, his fourth Super Bowl appearance in five seasons. Kelce has also surpassed Jerry Rice in career playoff receptions with 165 receptions, as per Pro Football Reference.
Kelce is a ten-time Pro Bowler and an NFL 2010s All-Decade Team member. He has been selected for the first team All-Pro four times and the second team All-Pro three times. He has the NFL record for most consecutive and overall seasons with 1,000 receiving yards by a tight end: seven. Although he only played in 15 games, his 1,416 receiving yards in 2020 set a record for the most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season, as per Kansas City Chiefs' official website.
Travis Kelce's playoff appearances
By the end of the 2024 NFL regular season, Kelce has appeared in 22 playoff games (via Pro Football Reference). Pro Football Reference reports that by the end of the 2024 NFL season, Travis Kelce had 165 receptions for 1,903 yards and 19 touchdowns in 22 playoff games.
According to Pro Football Reference, Kelce’s playoff appearances by the end of the 2024 NFL regular season are as follows:
| Receiving | Rushing | Passing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 1 | 2015 | 2016-01-09 | 17 | KAN | HOU | W 30-0 | 10 | 8 | 128 | 16 | 0 | 80.00% | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2015 | 2016-01-16 | 18 | KAN | NWE | L 20-27 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 3.83 | 0 | 66.70% | 2.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 3 | 2016 | 2017-01-15 | 17 | KAN | PIT | L 16-18 | 7 | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | 71.40% | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 4 | 2017 | 2018-01-06 | 17 | KAN | TEN | L 21-22 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 1 | 100.00% | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 5 | 2018 | 2019-01-12 | 17 | KAN | IND | W 31-13 | 10 | 7 | 108 | 15.43 | 0 | 70.00% | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2018 | 2019-01-20 | 18 | KAN | NWE | L 31-37 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 1 | 60.00% | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 7 | 2019 | 2020-01-12 | 17 | KAN | HOU | W 51-31 | 12 | 10 | 134 | 13.4 | 3 | 83.30% | 11.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2019 | 2020-01-19 | 18 | KAN | TEN | W 35-24 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 75.00% | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2019 | 2020-02-02 | 19 | KAN | SFO | W 31-20 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 7.17 | 1 | 100.00% | 7.17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 10 | 2020 | 2021-01-17 | 17 | KAN | CLE | W 22-17 | 10 | 8 | 109 | 13.63 | 1 | 80.00% | 10.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 2020 | 2021-01-24 | 18 | KAN | BUF | W 38-24 | 15 | 13 | 118 | 9.08 | 2 | 86.70% | 7.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 2020 | 2021-02-07 | 19 | KAN | TAM | L 9-31 | 15 | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 0 | 66.70% | 8.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 13 | 2021 | 2022-01-16 | 18 | KAN | PIT | W 42-21 | 7 | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 1 | 71.40% | 15.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2021 | 2022-01-23 | 19 | KAN | BUF | W 42-36 | 9 | 8 | 96 | 12 | 1 | 88.90% | 10.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 2021 | 2022-01-30 | 20 | KAN | CIN | L 24-27 | 11 | 10 | 95 | 9.5 | 1 | 90.90% | 8.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 16 | 2022 | 2023-01-21 | 18 | KAN | JAX | W 27-20 | 17 | 14 | 98 | 7 | 2 | 82.40% | 5.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 2022 | 2023-01-29 | 19 | KAN | CIN | W 23-20 | 8 | 7 | 78 | 11.14 | 1 | 87.50% | 9.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 2022 | 2023-02-12 | 20 | KAN | PHI | W 38-35 | 6 | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 1 | 100.00% | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rk | Year | Date | G# | Tm | Opp | Result | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Ctch% | Y/Tgt | Att | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds |
| 19 | 2023 | 2024-01-13 | 18 | KAN | MIA | W 26-7 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 10.14 | 0 | 70.00% | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 2023 | 2024-01-21 | 19 | KAN | BUF | W 27-24 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 83.30% | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 2023 | 2024-01-28 | 20 | KAN | BAL | W 17-10 | 11 | 11 | 116 | 10.55 | 1 | 100.00% | 10.55 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 2023 | 2024-02-11 | 21 | KAN | SFO | W 25-22 | 10 | 9 | 93 | 10.33 | 0 | 90.00% | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Travis Kelce's playoffs win-loss record
Travis Kelce has a playoff record of winning 16 and losing six of the 22 playoff games he appeared in by the end of the 2024 regular season, according to Pro Football Reference.
A further detailed table is given below:
| Year | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| 2015 | KC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | KC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | KC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | KC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | KC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | KC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | KC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | KC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | KC | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 16 | 6 |
Travis Kelce's conference championship record
According to Pro Football Reference, Travis Kelce has appeared in six conference championships, winning four and losing two (4-2), by the end of the 2024 NFL regular season. He caught three passes for 23 yards and one touchdown in the 2018 Championship game against the New England Patriots, even though the team lost. Against the Buffalo Bills in the 2020 Championship, he hauled in 13 receptions for 118 yards and two touchdowns, which helped the team win (via Pro Football Reference).
In key situations, like the 2022 Championship game against the Cincinnati Bengals, where he caught seven passes for 78 yards and a touchdown and helped the Chiefs win by a slim margin. In the 2023 Championship, he caught 11 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens (via Pro Football Reference).
Kelce’s conference championship record by the end of the 2024 NFL season is as follows (via Pro Football Reference):
| Season | Team | Opponent | Result | Tgts | Rec | Yards | Y/R | TD | Catch % | Y/Tgt | Rushing Att | Rushing Yds | Rushing TD | Passing Comp |
| 2018 | Kansas City Chiefs | New England Patriots | L 31-37 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 1 | 60.00% | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Kansas City Chiefs | Tennessee Titans | W 35-24 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 75.00% | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | Buffalo Bills | W 38-24 | 15 | 13 | 118 | 9.08 | 2 | 86.70% | 7.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Kansas City Chiefs | Cincinnati Bengals | L 24-27 | 11 | 10 | 95 | 9.5 | 1 | 90.90% | 8.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Kansas City Chiefs | Cincinnati Bengals | W 23-20 | 8 | 7 | 78 | 11.14 | 1 | 87.50% | 9.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Kansas City Chiefs | Baltimore Ravens | W 17-10 | 11 | 11 | 116 | 10.55 | 1 | 100.00% | 10.55 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
FAQs on Travis Kelce
A. Travis Kelce is of American nationality. He was born in Westlake, Ohio, in the United States.
A. Travis Kelce has won three Super Bowls with the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2019, 2022, and 2023 seasons.
A. Travis Kelce was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs as the 63rd pick in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
A. Travis Kelce is 35 years old, as of January 2025.
A. Travis Kelce stands 6 feet 5 inches or 196 cm tall.
