Travis Kelce is back at Chiefs training camp for what would be his 14th season, but a few photos were all it took to kick up the usual summer noise around the veteran tight end.
Kelce, an 11-time Pro Bowler and three-time Super Bowl champion, agreed to a deal earlier this year that can pay him up to $15 million for the 2026 season. Chiefs general manager Brett Veach said the team knew early on that Kelce wasn’t walking away after last season.
“We played our last game of the season in Vegas last year, and when we got back we have player meetings and exit interviews. It was a cool deal where Trav came in and he basically said ‘I’m going to take a few weeks off here, but I’m not going out like this, let’s stay in touch and let’s figure something out.’
We certainly knew ahead of time,” Chiefs general manager Brett Veach said, via Pro Football Talk. “While free agency and there was still some questions in the air on whether or not he’d return, we knew basically the day after our last game.
He made it known to coach Reid and to me that there was no way he was going out like this.”
Even with that commitment, some Chiefs fans weren’t impressed by the way Kelce looked before Saturday’s practice. Social media accounts posted photos of him warming up, and the reactions came fast.
“That’s what ‘over the hill’ looks like right there,” one fan said. “Looking a little ‘thick’ these days.
Must be the wedding cake,” another social media user commented. “This has to be his last year for sure,” another fan wrote.
The concern may be loud online, but Kelce already showed last season that he can still produce in Andy Reid’s offense. In 2025, he caught 76 passes for 851 yards and five touchdowns.
Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter, who recently worked out with Kelce, called 2026 the tight end’s final season.
“Know the goat is preparing for THE LAST DANCE,” Carter wrote as his caption for his photo. “Next stop Canton/HOF.”
However long he keeps going, Kelce’s place in the game is already secure. For now, he’s chasing one more Super Bowl ring.
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