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Travis Kelce

Travis Kelce is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Travis Kelce: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Travis Kelce at a glance

Travis Kelce is a 37-year-old tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, listed at 6'5" and 250 pounds. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Kelce 63rd overall in the third round in 2013, out of Cincinnati; this is year 14 in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Kelce at 151.8 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE11 at the position and works out to 9.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 5 games of 2026, Kelce has scored 61.9 PPR points, or 12.4 per game. That is 40.8% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Kelce would finish with about 210 points, ahead of the 151.8 projected. The best week so far is 25.1 points in Week 2 against IND, the TE2 finish that week. Kelce has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 4 of 5 games, a 80% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 34 qualified tight ends of 2026, Kelce ranks in the 99th percentile in yards per target, the 81st percentile in receiving yards and the 66th percentile in target share. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 51st percentile in receptions.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Kelce has finished as TE1 in 2020, TE2 in 2021, TE1 in 2022, TE3 in 2023, TE5 in 2024 and TE3 in 2025. That is ten top-five positional finishes in 12 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 316.3 PPR points in 2022. Across 196 regular-season games on record, the totals read 1,100 receptions, 13,301 receiving yards and 84 receiving touchdowns.

Travis Kelce by the numbers

Kelce has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 21 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 84 times and finished in the top twelve 134 times. The career high is 41.1 PPR points, set in Week 15 of 2021 against LAC, the top TE score of that week. The game log also shows 6 games of 30 or more PPR points, 39 100-yard receiving games and 2 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Kelce has reached 20 points in 52 games, 27% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Kelce drew 5.5 targets per game at an average depth of 6.0 air yards. 9% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 2 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Kelce is playing on a one-year, $12 million contract signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2026, an average of $12 million per year with $12 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
151.8
PPR / game
9.9

Week 3 projection

Travis Kelce is projected for 11.9 PPR points on the road at MIA in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 26.3.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 5.0 since the previous model run (rising).

Redraft
66.4
Dynasty
36.7
Superflex redraft
71.3
Superflex dynasty
51.0
TE premium dynasty
38.0

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026KC5272029920061.9
2025KC1710876851511193.2
2024KC1613397823311195.4
2023KC1512193984500219.4
2022KC171521101,3381225316.3
2021KC16134921,125923262.8
2020KC151451051,4161100312.8
2019KC16136971,229514254.3
2018KC161501031,3361000294.6
2017KC15122831,038827233.5

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