Travis Kelce‘s “New Heights” podcast has introduced his return to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs for his 14th season within the NFL.
After months of hypothesis, the podcast revealed via Instagram on Monday, March 9, that the tight finish, 36, will likely be “again with the Chiefs for 12 months 14.”
“New Heights” shared a parody of a John Wick scene with an animated model of Kelce quoting the motion film, saying, “Individuals preserve asking if I’m again and I haven’t actually had a solution. However now, yeah, I’m pondering I’m again!”
NFL insider Ian Rapoport was first to report the information on Monday, March 9. Kelce was set to turn into a free agent and obtain curiosity from different groups.
Kelce has performed for the Chiefs ever because the staff drafted him in 2013, profitable three Tremendous Bowls in 2020, 2023 and 2024. He was below contract with the Chiefs by the 2025-2026 NFL season, sparking hypothesis that he might retire this 12 months. Whereas Kelce and his teammates hoped to safe one other Tremendous Bowl title this 12 months, the Chiefs had a disappointing season, failing to make it to the playoffs for the primary time since 2014 and dropping quarterback Patrick Mahomes to a knee injury in December 2025 earlier than the common season ended.
In November 2025, Travis shared an update on his retirement plans, telling reporters that he appeared to the instance set by his older brother, Jason Kelce, when weighing his determination. (Jason, 38, introduced his retirement from the Philadelphia Eagles in March 2024 after 13 seasons.)
“You realize, seeing my brother undergo it and seeing … simply how the league works, the season form of restarts in April, and I need to give the Chiefs alternative to know whether or not I come again or not,” he defined on the time. “And vice versa. Like, whether or not they need me again or not, it’s a kind of issues the place I’d prefer to make that call earlier than they’ve obtained to get draft picks and free company opens up.”
He added, “All that will likely be on the finish of the season. I gained’t be desirous about it till then.”
In the meantime, Jason shared some sage advice for his youthful brother as Travis debated retirement.
“In my view, to nail that call, it’s a must to step away from the sport for a little bit bit,” he stated on ESPN’s Monday Evening Countdown in December 2025. “Play these final three video games, take pleasure in them together with your teammates, take pleasure in them together with your coaches. The staff’s going to be completely different irrespective of whether or not you come again or not subsequent 12 months.”
Jason additionally emphasised the significance of Travis processing his emotions concerning the Chiefs’ tough season earlier than making a serious determination about his NFL future.
“Get pleasure from these final three video games after which let it sink in. It would come to you with time,” he insisted. “There are such a lot of feelings with this recreation proper after a season, particularly with the way in which this one’s been.”
“They’ve been shut, and proper now it’s simply too contemporary,” Jason added. “You gotta step away from it, you gotta give it some thought, after which, yeah, it can come to you.”
Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Pictures Travis Kelce began making main profession strikes off the soccer area whereas nonetheless enjoying within the NFL. Followers have seen a distinct facet of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish since he started internet hosting the “New Heights” podcast along with his brother, Jason Kelce, in 2022. Together with dissecting the highs and lows […]
Earlier than the 2025-2026 NFL season formally started, Travis took the following step in his relationship with Taylor Swift by getting engaged in August 2025. Since then, the couple — who’ve been relationship because the summer time of 2023 — have started wedding planning.
“They’re each [very] concerned, and Taylor thinks it’s cute that Travis needs to assist,” a supply completely informed Us Weekly in October 2025.
As they stay up for their future, Travis and Swift, 36, know that they “don’t need a lengthy engagement,” the insider stated, revealing that the pair “very a lot need to begin a household within the subsequent 12 months or so.”
