Chiefs’ Travis Kelce not retiring ‘until the wheels fall off’

Travis Kelce, a two-time Super Bowl winner with the Kansas City Chiefs, is at the top of his game and is likely to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. When will the 33-year-old tight end call it a career? According to Kelce, it won’t be any time soon.

Kelce said he intends to play as long as his body allows.

“Until the wheels come off, baby,” Kelce said of how long he’ll be in the NFL. “I love this game, man. I know I’m going to miss it when I’m done. I hear you [being able to play] It’s a business decision and I’m sure I’ll make it at some point in my life, but right now I’m in this building trying to win football games, man. “

Last season, Kelce had a career-high 110 catches for 1,338 yards and 12 touchdowns. In the playoffs, he totaled 27 catches for 257 yards and four touchdowns. In those three games, Kelce had 14 catches against the Jacksonville Jaguars and an 18-yard catch against two-time MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LVII An outside touchdown put the Chiefs on track against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Kelce has averaged 90.4 receptions for 1,149.3 yards and 7.7 touchdowns per game since becoming a full-time starter in 2014. During that time, he missed just three games. Kelce has over 1,000 receiving yards each of the past seven seasons. He also led the Chiefs in receptions in six of the past seven seasons.

The Chiefs star ranks fifth among NFL tight ends all-time in receptions (814), fourth in receiving yards (10,344) and sixth in touchdowns (69). Kelce is No. 1 in all three categories and is an eight-time Pro Bowler.

Tony Gonzalez, who played for the Chiefs in 1997-08, leads the position’s all-time receptions (1,325) and receiving yards (15,127) in touchdowns ( 111) ranked second.

As for why he continues to play, Kelce doesn’t take his situation for granted.

“I just love this game,” Kells said“I think it made me live with a young, fun-loving football player. I played football for a living at 33, 34. I didn’t want to lose my excitement about football. The game I played as a kid. Every day I come in all day with the best team, best player, best coach in the world, so it’s easy to come here and enjoy it. I just focus on a lot of smaller things, details of things, just trying to make sure As an athlete, everything is shooting in terms of muscle and power, so I’m not going to go out there and twist my back like I did last week”

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