Travis Kelce
 Travis Kelce in 2014 |
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| Kansas City Chiefs - No. 87 | |
| Tight end | |
| Date of birth: October 5, 1989 | |
| Place of birth: Westlake , Ohio | |
| Height: 1.98 m | Weight: 118 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2013 for the Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Career | |
| College : Cincinnati | |
| NFL Draft : 2013 / Round: 3 / Pick: 63 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Captured passports | 507 |
| Captive yards | 6,465 |
| Touchdowns | 37 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Travis Michael Kelce (* 5. October 1989 in Westlake , Ohio ) is an American American football poker players on the position of tight ends . He plays for the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League (NFL). With them he won the Super Bowl LIV .
college
Kelce was born in Westlake and grew up in Cleveland Heights , Ohio . He attended the University of Cincinnati and played for their team, the Bearcats, as a tight end successful college football .
NFL
He was selected in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft as the 63rd player by the Kansas City Chiefs . If it was used only once in its rookie season, in 2014 it became the most successful pass recipient on his team. In the Denver Broncos game, he was fined $ 11,025 for an obscene gesture .
In the following season Kelce started with two touchdowns in the first game at the Houston Texans and 106 yards gain as a pass recipient. This season he played in all 16 regular season games from the start, at the end of the season he gained 875 yards of space for a tight end and five touchdowns with 72 passes. This earned him the first-time nomination for the Pro Bowl .
On January 29, 2016, his contract was for just under 47 million dollars extended for a guaranteed sum of $ 10 million for five years. In this season he reached a Career both realized gain of space (1,125 yards, the best tight end the league) and in the number of pass catches (85, second-best tight end the league). These achievements have been honored with numerous All-Pro-Team awards. However, two fines for unsportsmanlike conduct in the 19:14 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars led to the game being excluded and a subsequent fine of $ 24,039.
In 2017 , Kelce was nominated for the Pro Bowl for the third time in a row. His 1,038 yards meant he was second among the tight ends at the end of the season; Only Rob Gronkowski was better here with 1,084 yards. This year he was honored with appointments in all-pro teams.
Not least thanks to the outstanding performance of the new quarterback Patrick Mahomes , Kelce ended the 2018 season with a strong 1,336 yards of space and 103 passes. In the last season game of the regular season, he briefly became the NFL record holder for the most captured yards of a tight end within a season, before George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers outbid him a few minutes later by another 41 yards. He earned both a Pro Bowl and a First Team All-Pro nomination this season.
Kelce's brother Jason also plays in the NFL. He is currently under contract as a center with the Philadelphia Eagles .
Receiving statistics
| year | team | Rec | Yards | Avg | Lng | TD | Fmb | Fmb lst |
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| 2013 | KC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | KC | 67 | 862 | 12.9 | 34 | 5 | 4th | 3 |
| 2015 | KC | 72 | 875 | 12.2 | 42T | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | KC | 85 | 1,125 | 13.2 | 80T | 4th | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | KC | 83 | 1,038 | 12.5 | 44 | 8th | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | KC | 103 | 1,336 | 13.0 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | KC | 97 | 1,229 | 13.0 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| total | 507 | 6,465 | 12.8 | 80 | 37 | 9 | 7th | |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Team statistics for the 2014 season on espn.go.com, accessed on November 2, 2015
- ↑ Report on espn.go.com of December 7, 2014, accessed on November 2, 2015
- ↑ Game statistics. pro-football-reference.com, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Statistics. pro-football-reference.com, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Contract details . spotrac.com, accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Receiving statistics. pro-football-reference.com, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Jeremy Bergman: Travis Kelce fined $ 24K for unsportsmanlike conduct. nfl.com, November 11, 2016, accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ seasonal statistics. pro-football-reference.com, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Jennifer Lee Chan: 49ers' George Kittle breaks NFL season record for receiving yards by tight end. nbcsports.com, December 30, 2018, accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Leaderboards, Awards & Honors. pro-football-refererence.com, March 24, 2019, accessed on May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Career statistics on nfl.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kelce, Travis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kelce, Travis Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Westlake , Ohio , United States |