Source - Chiefs sign Travis Kelce to 2-year, $34.25M contract - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs gave tight end Travis Kelce a significant raise with a new two-year contract Monday.

A source told ESPN's Adam Schefter that the deal is worth $34.25 million with $17 million fully guaranteed for this season and most of the rest to be guaranteed on the third day of the 2025 league year.

«Hard to put in words what Travis means to this organization, this city, and he was certainly a priority to adjust his contract for us and it was something that was important for Clark [Hunt]. So very fitting that Travis [is] now the highest-paid tight end in these two years,» general manager Brett Veach said Monday.

In a video posted to X by the Chiefs, Kelce said it was «an honor and a pleasure and I can't wait to get after it these next two years… Chiefs forever.''

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrated the extension for his favorite target by posting to X, „I told yall I'll never let him leave!!! Congrats my guy! @tkelce''

Travis Kelce moved ahead of Jerry Rice for the most receptions in postseason history during the 2023 playoffs.

“Every now and then you have one of these guys that are outliers and certainly Travis is one of those players,» Veach said when asked how much longer Kelce, 34, can play. «Today we had a chance to get out there in Phase 2 [of the offseason program] and guys were out there running around, and Travis was the first guy in line, and I mean he looked like he was 28 years old.

»The odds of someone playing this far into the thirties are very low, but it does happen, and it happens with just unicorns in the profession, and Travis is one of those and we'll certainly celebrate this with him and hopefully we can ride this thing even longer. So, we'll just have to wait and see. But I've