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Tight End, Kansas City Chiefs
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Draft: 2013 Round 3 (1)
College: Cincinnati
Ht: 6’6” Wt: 260 DOB: 1989-10-05 Age: 30 |
| TE Rank |
Tier |
ADP-12 |
| #1 |
1 |
2.09 |
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Receiving |
Fantasy |
| Season |
Team |
G |
Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
FPts/G |
| 2014 |
KC |
16 |
87 |
67 |
862 |
12.9 |
5 |
116.2 |
7.3 |
| 2015 |
KC |
16 |
103 |
72 |
875 |
12.2 |
5 |
117.5 |
7.3 |
| 2016 |
KC |
16 |
117 |
85 |
1,125 |
13.2 |
4 |
136.0 |
8.5 |
| 2017 |
KC |
15 |
122 |
83 |
1,038 |
12.5 |
8 |
152.5 |
10.2 |
| 2018 |
KC |
16 |
150 |
103 |
1,336 |
13.0 |
10 |
193.6 |
12.1 |
| 2019 |
KC |
16 |
136 |
97 |
1,229 |
12.7 |
5 |
159.3 |
10.0 |
| 2020 |
KC |
1 |
6 |
6 |
50 |
8.3 |
1 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
| 2020 (Projected) |
KC |
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92 |
1,155 |
12.6 |
7 |
157.5 |
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We've seen some incredible season-long performances from players like Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski but there's a real case to be made that no player has been a more consistent elite producer than Kansas City's Travis Kelce. Since he became the Chiefs' starter in 2014, Kelce has produced at least 67 catches for 862 yards in every season. Better yet, he's now exceeded 1,000 yards in four straight seasons. To put that into perspective, Gonzalez and Gronkowski have only reached 1,000 yards four times in their careers while Gates and Graham have reached that number just twice in their careers.
Needless to say, Kelce is the picture of consistent, high-level production at a position that is extraordinarily difficult to find top-level production from. Kelce isn't just out-pacing the competition, he's lapping them entirely in many cases, essentially doubling some other top-12 fantasy TEs in year-long production. Jason Witten, the fantasy TE12 in 2019, scored just 76.9 fantasy points on the season while Kelce more than doubled that at 159.3 fantasy points. Even players like Lamar Jackson, Michael Thomas and Christian McCaffrey don't provide that type of gap between themselves and other top options at their positions.
The tight end position is obviously one to be concerned about from a health standpoint as the physicality makes it one of the most-injured positions in sports. Kelce has been a picture of health, however, as he's started every game (except Week 17 of the 2017 season when the Chiefs rested their starters) since becoming the team's starting TE in 2014. There's always a potential for injury and Kelce will be 31 years old when the NFL season kicks off, but he's provided incredible durability - and high-end production - at a position that can be extremely difficult to find production at.
Many fantasy experts will caution against taking any tight end at Kelce's ADP, but he does provide an edge over practically every other tight end, perhaps with the exception of George Kittle, and he could be a league-winner. It might sound counter-intuitive given that fewer tight ends are drafted in smaller leagues, but 10 and eight-team leagues are often a good place to target players like Kelce as he will help optimize your starting lineup while you can address depth at RB and WR in later rounds.
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Chiefs, Kelce reach agreement on contract extension
Four-years, $28 million in guarantees
By: Mike Krueger | Thu Aug 13, 3:19 pm
|  | Compensation update: Chiefs are giving Pro Bowl TE Travis Kelce a four-year, $57 million extension that ties him to Kansas City for the next six years, per source. (Adam Schefter on Twitter)
FFToday's Take: Kelce and Kittle both signed extensions today. Both will get a lot of money and be tied their respective teams for awhile. Both are top fantasy tight ends until further notice. Carry on.
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Receiving |
Fantasy |
| Week |
Opp |
Result |
Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
| 1 |
HOU |
W 34-20 |
6 |
6 |
50 |
8.3 |
1 |
11.0 |
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Receiving |
Fantasy |
| Week |
Opp |
Result |
Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
| 1 |
at JAC |
W 40-26 |
8 |
3 |
88 |
29.3 |
0 |
8.8 |
| 2 |
at LV |
W 28-10 |
9 |
7 |
107 |
15.3 |
1 |
16.7 |
| 3 |
BAL |
W 33-28 |
8 |
7 |
89 |
12.7 |
0 |
8.9 |
| 4 |
at DET |
W 34-30 |
8 |
7 |
85 |
12.1 |
0 |
8.5 |
| 5 |
IND |
L 13-19 |
10 |
4 |
70 |
17.5 |
0 |
7.0 |
| 6 |
HOU |
L 24-31 |
6 |
4 |
58 |
14.5 |
0 |
5.8 |
| 7 |
at DEN |
W 30-6 |
8 |
6 |
44 |
7.3 |
0 |
4.4 |
| 8 |
GB |
L 24-31 |
8 |
4 |
63 |
15.8 |
1 |
12.3 |
| 9 |
MIN |
W 26-23 |
9 |
7 |
62 |
8.9 |
0 |
6.2 |
| 10 |
at TEN |
L 32-35 |
7 |
7 |
75 |
10.7 |
1 |
13.5 |
| 11 |
at LAC |
W 24-17 |
10 |
7 |
92 |
13.1 |
1 |
15.2 |
| 13 |
LV |
W 40-9 |
9 |
5 |
90 |
18.0 |
0 |
9.0 |
| 14 |
at NE |
W 23-16 |
9 |
7 |
66 |
9.4 |
0 |
13.0 |
| 15 |
DEN |
W 23-3 |
13 |
11 |
142 |
12.9 |
0 |
14.2 |
| 16 |
at CHI |
W 26-3 |
9 |
8 |
74 |
9.3 |
1 |
13.4 |
| 17 |
LAC |
W 31-21 |
5 |
3 |
24 |
8.0 |
0 |
2.4 |
| DP |
HOU |
W 51-31 |
12 |
10 |
134 |
13.4 |
3 |
31.4 |
| CC |
TEN |
W 35-24 |
4 |
3 |
30 |
10.0 |
0 |
3.0 |
| SB |
SF |
W 31-20 |
6 |
6 |
43 |
7.2 |
1 |
10.5 |
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DP = Divisional Playoff CC = Conference Championship SB = Super Bowl
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Receiving |
Fantasy |
| Week |
Opp |
Result |
Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
| 1 |
at LAC |
W 38-28 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
0.6 |
| 2 |
at PIT |
W 42-37 |
10 |
7 |
109 |
15.6 |
2 |
22.9 |
| 3 |
SF |
W 38-27 |
10 |
8 |
114 |
14.3 |
0 |
11.4 |
| 4 |
at DEN |
W 27-23 |
12 |
7 |
78 |
11.1 |
1 |
13.8 |
| 5 |
JAC |
W 30-14 |
8 |
5 |
100 |
20.0 |
0 |
10.0 |
| 6 |
at NE |
L 40-43 |
9 |
5 |
61 |
12.2 |
0 |
6.1 |
| 7 |
CIN |
W 45-10 |
5 |
5 |
95 |
19.0 |
0 |
9.5 |
| 8 |
DEN |
W 30-23 |
10 |
6 |
79 |
13.2 |
1 |
13.9 |
| 9 |
at CLE |
W 37-21 |
9 |
7 |
99 |
14.1 |
2 |
21.9 |
| 10 |
ARI |
W 26-14 |
7 |
6 |
46 |
7.7 |
0 |
4.6 |
| 11 |
at LAR |
L 51-54 |
15 |
10 |
127 |
12.7 |
1 |
18.7 |
| 13 |
at LV |
W 40-33 |
13 |
12 |
168 |
14.0 |
2 |
28.8 |
| 14 |
BAL |
W 27-24 |
9 |
7 |
77 |
11.0 |
1 |
13.7 |
| 15 |
LAC |
L 28-29 |
9 |
7 |
61 |
8.7 |
0 |
6.1 |
| 16 |
at SEA |
L 31-38 |
9 |
5 |
54 |
10.8 |
0 |
5.4 |
| 17 |
LV |
W 35-3 |
9 |
5 |
62 |
12.4 |
0 |
6.2 |
| DP |
IND |
W 31-13 |
10 |
7 |
108 |
15.4 |
0 |
10.8 |
| CC |
NE |
L 31-37 |
5 |
3 |
23 |
7.7 |
1 |
8.3 |
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DP = Divisional Playoff CC = Conference Championship
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