Travis Kelce didn’t need to blaze past Alohi Gilman to win the rep. He just had to make the safety guess wrong.
A clip from Chiefs training camp, shared by Mark Poulose, shows Kelce working a one-on-one against Gilman and carving out separation with footwork, timing, and a sharp feint. The route wasn’t rushed.
It didn’t need to be. Kelce stayed controlled the whole way, then left Gilman reaching for air.
Poulose captioned the video, “Travis Kelce ROUTS UP Alohi Gilman in 1-on-1’s.”
The reaction came fast. One fan wrote, “Somebody gotta tell Gilman that 87s don’t get tired, they get even.”
Another pointed to Kansas City’s situation at the position, saying, “We need help at Safety.” A third joked, “I know I’m not a football player but I would’ve torn both ACLs trying to defend that.”
Another user added, “Getting juked in slow motion is crazy.” One more predicted, “That DB is getting cut, fs.”
The highlight also lands at a pretty interesting time for Kelce. He’s heading into his 14th NFL season after what the source describes as a rougher 2025 campaign, one that left some evaluators skeptical. One NFL scout told insider Jason La Canfora that Kelce’s days as a difference-maker are already behind him, and now he’s got all camp to push back on that idea.
There’s been plenty of noise around his conditioning this offseason too, much of it fueled by viral, AI-generated images that exaggerated his frame. Andy Reid has already addressed that chatter, saying Kelce showed up to camp in the same shape he always does. Reid has also continued to rely on him as one of the Chiefs’ most dependable veterans, even having to pull him off the field at times because Kelce keeps wanting more reps.
That work has shown up throughout camp, with Kelce going through drills alongside Patrick Mahomes and newly signed running back Kenneth Walker III as Kansas City tries to regroup after missing the playoffs in 2025. The Chiefs open their season on Sept. 14 at home against the Denver Broncos.
For now, the message from that rep against Gilman is simple: Kelce still knows how to make a defender look lost.
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