Travis Kelce gives timeline for when he’ll let Chiefs know about retirement decision

Travis Kelce's imaginable status has been a taxable for a fewer seasons now, but the Kansas City Chiefs superstar won’t beryllium addressing it astatine each arsenic the playoff propulsion heats up.

But the Chiefs and the remainder of the NFL whitethorn get a timeline for erstwhile that determination volition come.

Kelce, who is playing successful his 13th NFL season, each with Kansas City, has the doorway unfastened to a 14th twelvemonth successful the league. However, helium is entering the last twelvemonth of his declaration with the Chiefs, raising the question of whether helium wishes to instrumentality oregon officially bent up the cleats to wrapper up a Hall of Fame career.

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Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates aft scoring a touchdown during the 4th fourth against the Denver Broncos astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High connected Nov. 16, 2025, successful Denver, Colorado.  (Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

Before the Chiefs instrumentality connected the Indianapolis Colts connected Sunday, hoping to drawback a two-game losing streak, Kelce said helium volition fto the Chiefs cognize astir his determination earlier NFL escaped bureau begins successful March 2026.

"I privation to springiness the Chiefs a bully opportunity, whether I travel backmost oregon not — oregon whether they privation maine backmost oregon not," Kelce said, via ESPN. "I’d similar to marque that determination earlier they’ve got to get draught picks and escaped bureau opens to capable the roster appropriately.

"All that volition beryllium astatine the extremity of the season. I won’t beryllium reasoning astir it until then."

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The 36-year-old choky extremity has discussed his future, much specifically however helium wishes to spell out. And portion his fiancée is each astir tours, Kelce is the nonstop opposite.

He doesn’t privation the "farewell tour."

"That’s not me," helium said.

There are a fewer reasons to deliberation Kelce volition beryllium returning for the 2026 NFL season, and 1 of them is his accumulation this season. While the Chiefs are 5-5, Patrick Mahomes and Kelce person maintained their patented chemistry connected the tract — the 1 that aided successful their 3 Super Bowl victories together. Many questioned what Kelce inactive had near successful the vessel aft past season, adjacent though a down twelvemonth for the choky extremity resulted successful 97 catches for 823 yards and 3 scores.

Kelce is connected gait for his eighth 1,000-yard season. He has 50 receptions for 631 yards and 4 touchdowns done 10 games. He whitethorn not beryllium averaging much than 70 yards per game, arsenic helium did successful his 7 consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, but that’s inactive 63.1 yards per crippled — and Mahomes is uncovering him successful the extremity zone, too.

Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs runs onto the tract during the crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine Empower Field At Mile High connected Nov. 16, 2025 successful Denver, Colorado. (Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images)

The Chiefs person had immoderate receiving problems successful 2025, though Rashee Rice being backmost successful the fold aft his suspension has sparked a rejuvenated Chiefs' passing attack. But Kelce’s numbers enactment him among the champion successful the NFL astatine his position.

Only Arizona Cardinals prima Trey McBride has much receiving yards this play (718) than Kelce among choky ends, portion the seasoned leads the Chiefs successful targets, receptions, yards and touchdowns.

Kelce gave recognition to his teammates for his show truthful acold this year.

"I deliberation what you’re seeing is I’m a merchandise of my situation close now," helium said. "Everything is predicated disconnected of however the violative enactment does and however the guys astir america do, and obviously, the chemistry maine and [Mahomes] person been capable to accumulate implicit the years."

"He’s done a heck of a job," Chiefs caput manager Andy Reid said of his trusty choky end. "He worked similar brainsick this offseason to get himself successful tiptop shape, which you person to bash erstwhile you are reaching an older age. You’ve got to enactment a small spot extra, and helium did that. It’s paying disconnected for him."

Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs stands connected the sideline during the nationalist anthem anterior to the crippled against the Buffalo Bills astatine Highmark Stadium connected Nov. 2, 2025 successful Orchard Park, New York. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

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Kelce’s aboriginal volition proceed to beryllium a taxable for the remainder of his career, whether that’s aft the 2025 run oregon further down the road. It was the aforesaid for his older brother, Jason Kelce, erstwhile helium yet called it quits with the Philadelphia Eagles aft the 2023 campaign.

For now, Kelce is focused connected helping his Chiefs get backmost into the playoffs. It appears the AFC West rubric volition beryllium to a squad not named the Chiefs for the archetypal clip since 2015 aft a nonaccomplishment to the Denver Broncos, who pb the part with a 9-2 record.

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