Travis Kelce Trivia | 60 facts about the American football player

Travis Kelce is an American football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

Let’s find out some trivia and facts about his life and career thus far.

1. His full name is Travis Michael Kelce
2. He was born October 5, 1989
3. He is an American football tight end
4. He plays for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL)
5. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft
6. Kelce later won Super Bowls LIV and LVII with the team
7. Recording a touchdown reception in both wins
8. He played college football at Cincinnati
9. Considered one of the greatest tight ends of all time
10. Kelce is an eight-time Pro Bowler
11. And a four-time first-team All-Pro selection
12. He holds the NFL record for most consecutive and most overall seasons with 1,000 yards receiving by a tight end with 7
13. He also owns the record for most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season with 1,416 in 2020
14. Despite playing in only 15 games.
15. He also briefly held the single season record in 2018 before it was broken later that same day
16. During the 2022 season, Kelce became the fastest tight end to reach 10,000 career receiving yards
17. He became the fifth tight end in NFL history to reach the milestone
18. Kelce was named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team
19. Kelce was born on October 5, 1989, in Westlake, Ohio
20. He is the son of Ed and Donna Kelce
21. He is younger brother to fellow NFL player Jason Kelce, who is a center for the Philadelphia Eagles
22. His mother is a former bank executive and his father is a sales representative in the steel industry
23. He attended Cleveland Heights High School in his hometown of Cleveland Heights, Ohio
24. There he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball
25. Excelling at football, he was a three-year letter winner as quarterback for the Tigers
26. He was recognized with All-Lake Erie League honors after totaling 2,539 yards of total offense as a senior
27. He ran 1,016 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns
28. Threw for 1,523 passing yards, 21 touchdowns
29. And eight interceptions in 2007
30. Consecutive 1,000-plus-yard seasons (7, 2016–2022)
31. 1,000-yard seasons (7, 2016–2022)
32. Receiving yards in a season (1,416, 2020)
33. Career postseason receptions (133)
34. 100+ reception seasons (3)
35. Fewest games to 10,000 career receiving yards (140)
36. 100 receiving yard games (35)
37. Career postseason receiving touchdowns: 16
38. 100-plus-yard receiving games (35)
39. Receiving touchdowns in a game (tied, 4)
40. Kelce is the younger brother of Jason Kelce, a center for the Philadelphia Eagles
41. In 2015, Kelce started the Eighty-Seven & Running foundation to give mentoring, training, motivation, and opportunities to underprivileged youth
42. From 2017 to 2022, Kelce was in a relationship with social media influencer Kayla Nicole
43. Through his Super Bowl runs with the Chiefs, Kelce became known for reciting the chorus from the Beastie Boys’ 1986 song “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” during team celebrations
44. First after the 2019 AFC Championship Game then again at the parade in Kansas City after clinching Super Bowl LIV
45. The Chiefs responded by making “Fight for Your Right” its touchdown song during games at Arrowhead Stadium
46. Kelce would continue the practice with the Chiefs’ second championship in four years
47. Adding a live performance of the song with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show
48. In January 2016, Kelce starred in the E! Entertainment Television dating show Catching Kelce
49. The winner picked by Kelce was Maya Benberry,
50. They started dating after the show ended in April 2016
51. In January 2017, Benberry confirmed that they had broken up
52. In 2020, Kelce appeared as a fictionalized version of himself in the first episode of the comedy series Moonbase 8
53. Kelce was the host of Saturday Night Live on March 4, 2023
54. His brother Jason also made an appearance on that episode with their parents as audience members
55. He also was in a sketch with Travis and SNL cast members Heidi Gardner and Chloe Fineman
56. In May of 2023, he signed with Creative Artists Agency for off-the-field representation
57. While maintaining his same agent for his NFL representation
58. During the 2021 offseason, Kelce said he pronounces his last name /ˈkɛlsi/ KEL-see, because that is the way his father pronounces it
59. Although the rest of his father’s side of his family pronounces it /kɛls/ KELSS
60. Kelce’s brother, Jason, later elaborated that their father “at some point … got tired of correcting everyone calling him ‘Kell-see.’ … And now I think we’re both at the point where we’re riding with Ed ‘Kell-see'”