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Tight end, Cincinnati, 2008–12
Travis Kelce
- Number
- No. 18
- Height
- 6′6″
- Hometown
- Cleveland Heights, OH
- Born
- Oct 5, 1989, in Westlake, Ohio
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Travis Kelce played tight end at Cincinnati (2008–12). The Kansas City Chiefs took Kelce in round 3, No. 63 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
2rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat Rutgers, 20097catches, best game on filevs. South Florida, 2012123receiving yards, best game on filevs. Duke, 20122receiving touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last at UConn, 2012Team titles: Big East champions, 2009, 2011 and 2012
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cincinnati | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | Cincinnati | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 2 | 30 |
| 2012 | Cincinnati | 45 | 722 | 16.0 | 8 | 83 |
| On file (2009–12) | 59 | 875 | 14.8 | 10 | 83 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cincinnati | 18 | TE | |
| 2010 | Cincinnati | 18 | TE | |
| 2011 | Cincinnati | 18 | TE | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati | 18 | TE | 6′6″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2012 Cincinnati 13 games, 45 catches, 722 yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 34–10 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. Delaware State | W 23–7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Sep 29 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 27–24 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 32 | – |
| Oct 6 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 52–14 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 19 | – |
| Oct 13 | vs. Fordham | W 49–17 | 3 | 101 | 1 | 78 | – |
| Oct 20 | at Toledo | L 23–29 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 46 | – |
| Oct 26 | at Louisville | L 31–34 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Nov 3 | vs. Syracuse | W 35–24 | 4 | 77 | 2 | 37 | – |
| Nov 10 | at Temple | W 34–10 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. Rutgers | L 3–10 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. South Florida | W 27–10 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 17 | – |
| Dec 1 | at UConn | W 34–17 | 5 | 69 | 2 | 25 | – |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Duke | W 48–34 | 5 | 123 | 1 | 83 | – |
2011 Cincinnati 8 games, 13 catches, 150 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs. NC State | W 44–14 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Oct 1 | atMiami (OH) | W 27–0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 30 | – |
| Oct 15 | vs.Louisville | W 25–16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Oct 22 | atSouth Florida | W 37–34 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Nov 5 | atPittsburgh | W 26–23 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. West Virginia | L 21–24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Nov 26 | atSyracuse | W 30–13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Vanderbilt | W 31–24 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 13 | – |
2009 Cincinnati 4 games, 1 catch, 3 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | atRutgers | W 47–15 | – | – | – | – | 18 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Southeast Missouri State | W 70–3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Fresno State | W 28–20 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Florida | L 24–51 | – | – | – | – | 19 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅞″ | |
| Weight | 255 lb | |
| Arm length | 33¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ | |
| Wingspan | 80″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.63 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′4″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.09 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.42 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
13 seasons, 195 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.
Pro Bowls: 11 (2015–25) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2017, 2019, 2021)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022; AP second team 2017, 2019, 2021; Pro Football Writers first team 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022; Sporting News first team 2016–17, 2019–22.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 67 | 862 | 5 |
| 2015 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 72 | 875 | 5 |
| 2016 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 85 | 1,125 | 4 |
| 2017 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 83 | 1,038 | 8 |
| 2018 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 103 | 1,336 | 10 |
| 2019 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 97 | 1,229 | 5 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 105 | 1,416 | 11 |
| 2021 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 92 | 1,125 | 9 |
| 2022 | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 110 | 1,338 | 12 |
| 2023 | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 93 | 984 | 5 |
| 2024 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 97 | 823 | 3 |
| 2025 | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 76 | 851 | 5 |
| 2026 (so far) | Kansas City Chiefs | 4 | 16 | 246 | 2 |
| NFL career | 195 | 1,096 | 13,248 | 84 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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