Travis Kelce might be in Patrick Mahomes’ shadow when it comes to selling home and auto insurance, but the 34-year-old nine-time Pro Bowler is smoothly sliding into his place as the greatest tight end of all-time. The truth is, they are individually elite superstars, but together they have been nearly unstoppable. The teammates entered their fourth Super Bowl together in a season that brought lowered expectations but increased off-field attention.
After an 11-6 season, the team’s worst record since 2017, the Chiefs made it past the Dolphins, Bills and No. 1 seed Ravens in the playoffs in a nine-win streak to face the NFC’s best San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 58. The media attention shined a unique spotlight on Kelce and new girlfriend Taylor Swift, who’s inarguably one the most famous people in the world. Kelce can barely catch a pass without the cameras cutting to a cheering T-Swift in the stadium suite. His popular New Heights podcast along with his All-Pro brother Jason has 2 million subscribers. Despite having to climb their way back to the top of the conference and the extra hot spotlight, the team made it to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in six seasons.
Since Mahomes took over as the starting quarterback in 2018, Kelce has averaged 78 yards per game and 8.7 touchdowns per season. He finished this year ranking fourth alltime among tight ends for receptions and yards. However, he ranks first in yards per game.