Chiefs' Travis Kelce says he will be a 'regular human' for a couple weeks before making retirement decision

Travis Kelce has a status determination to mull over, but first, nan Kansas City Chiefs prima plans connected putting his feet up and being a human.

Kelce, 36, said he plans connected taking a mates of weeks, possibly a month, to measurement distant earlier coming to a determination connected his playing future.

"Every play ends for me, I put my feet up, and I conscionable beryllium a quality because I’ve been putting my assemblage done nan ringer for nan emotion of it. I do bask playing shot and nan beingness facet of it, I deliberation there’s thing astir emotion nan deterioration and tear of nan shot play to conscionable f------ getting fresh for a crippled knowing that your assemblage is f------ hit down man. I deliberation there’s thing to it, makes you consciousness for illustration a mangy animal that conscionable is f------ retired present conscionable uncovering a measurement to past and I conscionable f------ emotion that s---," Kelce said during a caller section of "New Heights."

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Kansas City Chiefs tight extremity Travis Kelce heads disconnected nan section pursuing an NFL shot crippled against nan Las Vegas Raiders successful Las Vegas, connected Jan. 4, 2026. (David Becker/AP Photo)

"But yeah, I deliberation conscionable being a regular quality for a mates weeks, possibly a period aliases so, and trying to fig retired what I’m doing to do adjacent successful position of my early successful football."

While nan Chiefs missed nan playoffs for nan first clip since 2014, Kelce was productive. He was named to his 11th Pro Bowl aft signaling 76 catches for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns.

The four-time All-Pro said he has spoken to group successful nan Chiefs building and that they cognize wherever he stands correct now.

"I’ve talked to a fewer group successful nan installation already having nan exit meetings and everything and they cognize wherever I guidelines astatine slightest correct now. I deliberation there’s a batch of emotion for nan crippled that’s still location and I don’t deliberation I’ll ever suffer that," Kelce said.

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Travis Kelce of nan Kansas City Chiefs looks connected during nan National Anthem anterior to nan crippled against nan Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Jan. 4, 2026 successful Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Ian Maule/Getty Images)

"I don’t know, it’s a reliable point to navigate, but astatine nan aforesaid clip I deliberation if my assemblage tin heal up and remainder up and I tin consciousness assured that I tin spell retired location and springiness it different 18, 20, 21-week run, I deliberation I would do it successful a heartbeat. I deliberation correct now it’s conscionable uncovering that reply and seeing really nan assemblage feels aft this crippled and erstwhile it each settles down."

The prima tight extremity called nan Chiefs’ play "tough," saying it’s an embarrassing emotion to miss nan playoffs.

"It’s benignant of an embarrassing feeling, but you support it moving," Kelce said. "I’m still a instrumentality of nan crippled and I still emotion nan game. So I’ll beryllium tuned successful passim nan playoffs."

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Kansas City Chiefs tight extremity Travis Kelce waves to fans arsenic he walks disconnected nan section aft an NFL shot crippled against nan Tennessee Titans, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, successful Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Kelce said he plans to walk clip pinch friends and family complete nan adjacent month. If he decides to retire, he will spell down arsenic 1 of nan top tight ends successful NFL history and arsenic a fastener to make nan Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In 192 profession games, Kelce caught 1,080 passes for 13,002 yards for 82 touchdowns. No subordinate successful NFL history has caught much passes successful nan playoffs than Kelce, who hauled successful 178 passes for 2,078 yards and 20 touchdowns successful nan postseason.

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