Travis Kelce's reported contract details revealed with expected Chiefs return

Travis Kelce volition reportedly instrumentality to the Kansas City Chiefs connected a one-year deal, ending the uncertainty astir his playing aboriginal astatine slightest for 1 much season.

Kelce’s woody is for $12 million, which could beryllium escalated to $15 million, ESPN reported Monday arsenic escaped bureau opened up astir the league. The woody cannot beryllium made authoritative until Wednesday.

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) reacts aft making a drawback for a archetypal down during the archetypal fractional against the Denver Broncos astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

There was plentifulness of speculation astir what Kelce could bash going into escaped agency. At slightest 1 study suggested that his representatives could entertain offers from different teams and perchance bring his Chiefs section to a adjacent and play for different team. But arsenic escaped bureau began, it was made wide that Kelce was going to take loyalty implicit money.

"It’s been a roller coaster for Travis Kelce. He’s lone played for the Kansas City Chiefs. I deliberation a batch of radical assumed nary uncertainty Travis Kelce would conscionable travel backmost to the Kansas City Chiefs, motion immoderate woody was disposable and determination forward," NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said connected Monday. "He was expected to get significant, important interest. Likely, a woody that would person enactment him astatine the apical of the choky extremity market. Based connected the mode helium played past year, a Pro Bowler playing astir connected apical of his game, that would marque sense.

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) greets fans aft the crippled against the Indianapolis Colts astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

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"That’s not truly what Travis Kelce is about. It truly isn’t. He is going to crook down much wealth to enactment successful Kansas City, to beryllium loyal, to beryllium with Patrick Mahomes and to proceed to person different changeable astatine the Super Bowl. This is thing the Chiefs were adamant astir doing. They wanted this to happen. It was truly conscionable a substance of, would helium get to escaped agency? In the end, it is apt not with Travis Kelce expected to enactment successful Kansas City."

Kelce is considered to beryllium 1 of the champion choky ends of each time.

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (87) aft the crippled astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2025. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

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The 11-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro has 1,080 catches for 13,002 yards and 82 touchdowns. He helped the Chiefs to 3 Super Bowl titles successful his clip and is hoping to compression retired 1 much earlier his vocation comes to an end.

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