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Travis Kelce Biography

Travis Kelce is an American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League who helped his team win two Super Bowls (2020, 2023) and became the fastest tight end to reach 11,000 yards. He is also known as the younger brother of Jason Kelce, a football center for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).

Travis Kelce Age

Kelce is 34 years old as of 2024. He was born Travis Michael Kelce
in Westlake, Ohio, United States on 5th October 1989. Accordingly, Travis celebrates his birthday yearly on the 5th of October and his birth sign is Libra.

Travis Kelce Height

Kelce’s height is approximately 6 Feet 5 Inches equaling 1.96 meters.

Travis Kelce Parents, Siblings

Kelce was born and raised in Westlake, Ohio, United States. He is the second-born son of Donna (mother) and Ed Kelce (father). His dad is a sales representative in the steel industry, while his mother, is a former bank executive. Both parents had been athletes Ed Kelce was a high-school football player, and Donna Kelce in track and field. Travis has an older brother, Jason Kelce, who is also a professional football player who plays center for the Philadelphia Eagles. Unfortunately, Travis and Jason’s parents Donna and Ed Kelce ended their 25-year marriage shortly after their sons’ college graduations.

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Travis Kelce Education

Regarding his education, Travis enrolled in Cleveland Heights High School in his hometown of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where he was a three-sport athlete in basketball, football, and baseball. After high school, he joined the University of Cincinnati.

Travis Kelce Wife

Kelce is currently in a romantic relationship with pop superstar Taylor Swift. The couple began dating in July 2023. Previously, Travis was in a relationship with Maya Benberry in 2016, Kayla Nicole from 2017 to 2022 (on-again/off-again), and Zuri Hall in Early 2023.

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Travis Kelce Daughter

The video of Travis carrying a baby girl melts Swifties and puts pressure on Taylor Swift. The pair have no child yet.

Travis Kelce Contract

In 2020, Travis signed a four-year, $57.25 million contract extension with the Chiefs, with an average yearly salary of $14 million. Kelce has also partnered with brands including State Farm, Experian, Pfizer, Nike, Bud Light, and DirecTV, among others.

Travis Kelce Career | Wiki

Kelce born in Westlake, Ohio, U.S. is a record-setting tight end in the National Football League (NFL) who assisted the Kansas City Chiefs win two Super Bowls (2020, 2023). In addition, he became the fastest tight end to reach 11,000 yards.  Possessing excellent athleticism and the ability to read zone coverages, he amassed over 1,000 receiving yards in seven straight seasons, an unprecedented feat for a tight end, and became the fastest tight end to reach 11,000 yards.

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Both Travis and his brother Jason Kelce played numerous sports from an early age, and both were highly competitive. The younger Kelce was a quarterback in high school, and a few high-profile colleges recruited him. He joined the University of Cincinnati, where he reunited with his brother. In  2008, he was redshirted and saw little playing time the following year.

Then in 2010, he failed a drug test following testing positive for marijuana, leading to a one-year suspension. Jason Kelce lobbied the training staff to give his brother another chance, and Travis rejoined the team the next year. After moving from quarterback to tight end, he had a breakout senior year in 2012, catching 45 passes for 722 yards and achieving 8 touchdowns. He quit school the following year, though he did not officially graduate until 2022.

Outside of football, the telegenic Travis has been featured in and hosted television and radio shows. In 2016 he appeared in the reality dating TV program Catching Kelce, and in 2022 he and his brother commenced the popular podcast New Heights, in which they talked about the NFL and other topics. A few weeks following winning the Super Bowl in 2023, Kelce hosted Saturday Night Live, and he won awards for his performance.

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NFL 

In the 2013 NFL draft, Kelce was picked by the Chiefs in the third round as the 63rd overall pick. Some scouts had asked questions about his character because of the drug suspension, and Andy Reid, Chiefs head coach asked Jason Kelce, whom he had drafted while Reid was the Eagles head coach, to vouch for his younger brother. Travis afterward selected 87 as a uniform number in honor of the year his brother was born, 1987.

In 2013, Kelce made his NFL debut but played just one game that season because of a knee injury. He returned the next season and achieved his first NFL touchdown in the third game. Travis had 4 other touchdowns that year while recording 862 receiving yards.

In 2015 Kelce was titled to his first Pro Bowl, and he soon became one of the best players in the NFL. A favorite target of Patrick Mahomes Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs quarterback, he had over 1,000 receiving yards in each season from 2016 to 2022, a history for tight ends. During the 2019 season, Travis registered 1,229 receiving yards as the team finished first in the American Football Conference West Division for the fourth straight year.

Backed by his strong play, the Chiefs easily progressed in the playoffs, and in Super Bowl LIV, held in February 2020, the team defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31–20. In the game, Travis had 6 passes for 43 yards and one touchdown. “Travis is the finest player I’ve thrown to,” Mahomes told Vanity Fair in 2023. “With how big he is and the way he can run routes and make plays happen, is a rare thing.”

Travis Kelce’s Net Worth

The Kansas City Chief has a net worth of $ $40 million and above.

Travis Kelce House

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis has a $6 million mansion that has over 17,000 square feet of living space.

Social Media

You can follow him via Twitter, or Instagram. Travis doesn’t appear to have a public Facebook and Snapchat account.

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