ESPN.com · Sep 3, 2024
How tight ends like Travis Kelce helped reshape the position
LONG AFTER THE other players had assembled, Travis Kelce finally took the field, fashionably late. You earn that right when you are one of the greatest NFL players of your generation.
The Kansas City Chiefs' star tight end has put together a résumé that even most wide receivers can't match: Seven consecutive seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards (2016-22), three seasons with 100 or more receptions, four first-team All-Pro selections and three Super Bowl victories. By comparison, Las Vegas Raiders All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams has two fewer 1,000-yard seasons and 547 fewer career receiving yards than Kelce. They were both drafted in 2014.
