Travis Kelce
2025 Season Outlooks
It's wrong to take Kelce with a top-20 pick -- the days of him being that good are over. Heck, the days of him as a top-50 pick are over. But Kelce does warrant Fantasy consideration, even at age 36, even after the year he just had (which, at 12.2 PPR points per game, was seventh-best at TE). If you watched Kelce play, you clearly saw him not have the same kind of juice or after-catch skills he once had. He still averaged a route rate north of 80% of the snaps and he still saw 8.3 targets per game and showed a knack for getting open against zone coverage. As long as that keeps up, Kelce should out-target most of the competition at tight end with a shot to score more often than he did in either of his past two years, which isn't saying a lot. He also has shed a bunch of weight, reportedly 25 pounds, which could keep him spry for an old guy. It's why settling for him in the Round 7 range isn't such a bad deal, one made even better by spending a pick a round or two later on a breakout tight end in case Kelce does fall off the proverbial cliff.
Kelce is a future Hall of Famer, but his days as an elite fantasy tight end may be over. Kelce's targets and receptions actually increased from 2023 to 2024, but he saw a big dip in yards (823), TDs (three), yards per target (6.1) and RAC (3.5), all of which were career lows. After finishing no lower than third in fantasy points (second in PPG) in eight straight seasons, Kelce fell to fifth (seventh in PPG) in 2024. He will continue to benefit from Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs' pass-heavy offense, but especially with the team's WR upgrades, the 35-year-old is now more of a midrange TE1.
2025 Fantasy Football Rankings
Standard
#81
PPR
#68
Half-PPR
#71
Superflex
#86
2025 Fantasy Football Draft Projections
| Rush Yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | 81.0 | 767.3 | 4.7 |
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2025 Average Draft Position (ADP)
Standard
#69
Pick 6.09
PPR
#63
Pick 6.03
Half-PPR
#62
Pick 6.02
Superflex
#73
Pick 7.01
Injury Risk
Medium
Depth Chart
- 1. Travis Kelce
- 2. Noah Gray
- 3. Robert Tonyan
- 4. Jared Wiley
Strength of Schedule
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