Travis Kelce showed up on National Tight Ends Day and left with a place in NFL history.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end was limited in practice leading into Sunday night’s matchup with the Seattle Seahawks, but there never seemed to be much doubt he’d be out there. Once he played, he added another line to an already loaded résumé by moving to No. 5 on the NFL’s all-time receptions list. Kelce passed Indianapolis Colts legend Marvin Harrison and reached 1,103 catches.
As NFL Network and ESPN reporter Mike Garafolo pointed out on X, formerly Twitter, tight ends now occupy three of the top five spots on that list. Tony Gonzalez and Jason Witten are the other two, sitting alongside Kelce behind Jerry Rice and Larry Fitzgerald.
At 37, Kelce isn’t putting up the kind of video-game numbers he piled up in his peak years, but he’s still very much a major piece of Kansas City’s offense. He entered the Seahawks game with 20 receptions for 299 yards and two touchdowns, ranking second on the team in catches behind Xavier Worthy, leading the team in receiving yards by a wide margin, and tying for the team lead in receiving touchdowns.
That kind of workload says plenty about where the Chiefs are leaning in the passing game. It also raises obvious questions about how much they’re asking from a 37-year-old who has spent the last few seasons weighing retirement.
Even so, what Kelce is doing remains remarkable. On a day built for tight ends, he gave the Chiefs another milestone - and added to a career that keeps piling up big moments.
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