LAS VEGAS: With his name inscribed throughout the team’s record books, tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs is now unquestionably at the top.
No other Chiefs player has ever surpassed 11,000 career receiving yards, a feat that Kelce has accomplished to lead the team in this category.
He is the 17th fastest player of any position to reach 11,000 yards in NFL history and the fastest tight end to do so in his 154th career game.
Andy Reid is the Chiefs’ most successful coach ever.
After the Chiefs defeated the AFC West foe Las Vegas Raiders 31-17 on Sunday to go to 8-3, the 34-year-old attained this milestone.
91 yards were gained by Kelce on six catches.
With six games remaining in the regular season, Kelce leads the Chiefs in receiving yards (732 yards and five touchdowns), and he is on track to set a new NFL record with seven consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons
The most receiving yards ever for a tight end in NFL history, 37 games, belong to him. In terms of receiving yards (11,076) and receptions (884), Kelce has outperformed all other tight ends since joining the NFL in 2013.
This season, the standout Cincinnati product could accomplish a few more goals.
With 74 career receiving touchdowns, Kelce needs just one more to move up to fifth place among tight ends in NFL history, behind Jason Witten of the Dallas Cowboys.
With 74 receiving touchdowns, Kelce is only three touchdowns short of surpassing Tony Gonzalez (76), a Chiefs legend, for the record of most in franchise history.
Kelce is seven touchdowns short of breaking Priest Holmes’ franchise record of 83 touchdowns in his career.