Hall of Famer Cris Carter says upcoming NFL season will be Travis Kelce’s ‘last dance’

Three-time Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce has already had a milestone summertime distant from football, but different large infinitesimal could beryllium connected the horizon.

Kelce confirmed successful March that helium would instrumentality for his 14th NFL season, putting months of status speculation to rest.

Not agelong aft his July 3 wedding to vocalist Taylor Swift, Kelce appeared successful an Instagram photograph shared by Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter, who added substance crossed the representation that rapidly raised eyebrows.

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) looks connected earlier kickoff against the New Orleans Saints during an NFL crippled astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Oct. 7, 2024, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

"Know the goat is preparing for THE LAST DANCE. Next halt Canton/HOF," Carter wrote connected Monday.

Carter presently works arsenic Florida Atlantic football’s manager of subordinate development, and the station referenced his years of enactment with Kelce. Andrew Spruill, Kelce’s longtime idiosyncratic spot and conditioning coach, besides appeared alongside them.

"Andrew and I started with Travis earlier his rookie twelvemonth successful the NFL," Carter wrote.

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Kelce’s offseason enactment besides drew attraction from Johnny Olsen, different trainer with extended ties to the Chiefs star, arsenic helium prepares for the play kickoff.

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce greets fans arsenic helium arrives earlier grooming campy astatine Missouri Western State University successful St. Joseph, Missouri, connected July 28, 2023. (Jay Biggerstaff/USA TODAY Sports)

Carter’s station sparked absorption connected societal media, with immoderate fans questioning the notation to Kelce’s future.

"Can Travis beryllium allowed to denote his ain retirement, please? Everything astir him makes headlines. Are you saying this for attention? He’s ever said helium doesn’t privation a farewell circuit oregon the absorption to beryllium connected him during the season. Travis has earned the close to denote himself erstwhile helium sees fit," 1 instrumentality wrote successful a societal media post.

Kelce enters the 2026 run with much than 13,000 vocation regular-season receiving yards and 82 touchdowns.

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The Chiefs' decade-long tally of playoff appearances came to an abrupt extremity successful Week 15 past play aft they came up abbreviated astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful a crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes look connected during an NFL crippled betwixt the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs astatine Deutsche Bank Park successful Frankfurt americium Main, Germany, connected Nov. 5, 2023. (Getty Images)

Superstar backmost Patrick Mahomes sustained a season-ending ACL wounded erstwhile helium scrambled to effort and prime up immoderate yards successful the game’s last minutes. Mahomes participated successful seven-on-seven drills successful May, astir 5 months removed from a process to code a torn ACL and LCL.

In January, Mahomes said helium was aiming to beryllium acceptable for the Chiefs’ regular-season opener.

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