Travis Kelce's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce fell just shy of his eighth straight 1,000-yard year, bookending his season with missed games, but he still closed as the overall TE1 in PPR fantasy points per game (14.1). The 34-year-old nine-time Pro Bowler pushed for a career year initially but slowed down in his final nine games, averaging 5.0 catches (6.9 targets) for 51.0 yards with just one total touchdown. DFS players paying up for Kelce in Saturday's wild-card tilt versus the Miami Dolphins will hang their hats on his spectacular averages of 7.4 catches for 86.0 yards with sixteen total scores across 18 lifetime postseason games. Miami shut Kelce down for his season low with 14 yards in Week 9's matchup, but the Fins have been gashed for 167 yards and four TDs by opposing TEs in the past two weeks. Due to forecasted below-freezing temperatures and blustery winds, however, Kelce carries some added risk under these conditions.

Regardless of how the Kansas City Chiefs perform in the playoffs, tight end Travis Kelce expects to be back with the team in 2024. "I have no reason to stop playing football, man," the 11-year veteran and future Hall of Famer said. "I love it, we still have success and I come in with the right mindset. I just love the challenge it gives me every single day to try to be at my best. I have no desire to stop anytime soon." Kelce is the team's longest-tenured player, but he's played through injuries in 2023 and has seen a slight dip in production while also dealing with the hoopla of starting a relationship with pop superstar Taylor Swift. The 34-year-old has scored just one touchdown in the past nine games and has been slowed down with extra defenders covering him. But he still finished the regular season with 93 catches for 984 yards and five touchdowns to finish as the TE2 in fantasy, and Kelce will remain a high-end fantasy tight end for playoff leagues.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (coach's decision) has been ruled out for Week 18 versus the Los Angeles Chargers. Kelce is healthy, but given that the Chiefs have already clinched first place in the AFC West, there's no reason to risk the health of their star veteran. Kelce finishes the year with 984 receiving yards, which is the first time since 2015 that he didn't eclipse the 1,000-yard threshold. This news also means that Kelce won't finish as the overall TE1 in fantasy football; it's just the second time he has fallen short of that mark since 2015. Expect Noah Gray to start for Kansas City, ranking as a mid-range TE2 in fantasy football while catching passes from Blaine Gabbert.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce needs 16 receiving yards in the Week 18 regular season finale against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday to record his eighth straight season of at least 1,000 receiving yards. The Chiefs are expected to give Kelce a chance to get to that milestone on Sunday, even though their playoff seed as the No. 3 team in the AFC is locked in for the postseason. No other tight end has ever recorded more than two straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons. Kelce will be active in this meaningless game, but as soon as he's able to pick up 16 yards, he's expected to be benched for the rest of the game, so fantasy managers shouldn't have him in their starting lineups in DFS or single-year championship matchups. Noah Gray should get most of the run against LA as KC's top pass-catching tight end.

There was some uncertainty surrounding Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce's (neck) status against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 18 due to a neck injury, but he was cleared from Friday's injury report after a week of limited practice sessions. Sunday represents a meaningless game in relation to K.C.'s playoff positioning -- they are locked into the AFC's No. 3 seed -- but Kelce is still 16 yards away from attaining his eighth consecutive 1,000-yard campaign. The 34-year-old eight-time Pro Bowler will be catching passes from backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert in the regular-season finale, and it would seem unlikely that Kelce plays a full complement of snaps in this contest. Kelce is still the type of fantasy player who deserves must-start treatment in season-long leagues whenever he is active, but his DFS expectations particularly need to be tempered under these circumstances. Treat him as a risk/reward TE1 proposition.