Three-time Tremendous Bowl champion Travis Kelce will have a good time his thirty fifth birthday a couple of weeks after the 2024 NFL season kicks off.
For the primary time in seven years, Kelce completed a season with lower than 1,000 receiving yards. Though he’s nonetheless probably the most productive tight ends within the league, some started to marvel if the upcoming season could possibly be his remaining 12 months suiting up for the Kansas City Chiefs.
However Kelce and the Chiefs put these rumors to relaxation because the star tight finish agreed to a multiyear contract extension.
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Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce scores a landing in the course of the first half of the wild-card playoff recreation in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Jan. 16, 2022, in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. (AP Photograph/Colin E. Braley)
The deal makes Kelce the highest-paid player at his place within the NFL. It additionally ties Kelce to the franchise via the 2027 season. He will probably be 38 years outdated when his contract expiries.
Chiefs normal supervisor Brett Veach expressed confidence in Kelce’s means to provide at a excessive stage for the foreseeable future.
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“Every now and then you have one of these guys that are outliers, and certainly Travis [Kelce] is one of those players,’ Veach said Monday. “It is humorous, it is not even Might but, and right now we had an opportunity to get on the market in part 2 and guys have been on the market working round. Travis was the primary man in line, and he regarded like he was 28 years outdated.”
“Once more, the percentages of somebody taking part in this far into their 30s may be very low, however it does occur, and it occurs with unicorns within the occupation, and Travis is a type of.”
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (AP Photo/Ed Zurga/File)
Veach went on to say that, from his point of view, Kelce has plenty of gas left in the tank.
“We’ll definitely have a good time this with him, and hopefully we will trip this factor even longer,” Veach said. “We’ll simply have to attend and see, however he is proven no indicators of slowing down. Everybody notices the form of postseason he had; he simply discovered an additional gear. These particular gamers are all the time capable of finding that further gear and, once more, if anyone can do it, Travis can.”
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce runs after a catch against the Philadelphia Eagles during the first half of Super Bowl LVII, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Despite last season’s slight dip in his receiving yards and recording his lowest number of touchdown receptions since 2019, Kelce shook off any concerns about a potential decline once the NFL playoffs kicked off.
He finished the postseason with 32 catches for 355 yards and three touchdowns. Kelce particularly shined in the AFC Championship Game against the Baltimore Ravens, catching 11 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. Kansas City won its third Lombardi Trophy in the past five seasons.
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Kansas City drafted Kelce in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He currently has 11,328 career receiving yards, which is fourth on the all-time list for tight ends.
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