Travis Kelce is having himself a week.
Not only is Kelce's podcast, New Heights, ready to post what will be the most-watched podcast episode ever when his significant other, Taylor Swift, appears on Wednesday, but the Kansas City Chiefs tight end was also just announced as the new cover for the September issue of GQ.
As if that weren't enough, the National Football League wanted to get in on the celebratory nature of things by announcing Kelce's ranking in the NFL's Top 100 Players of 2025 at No. 37 overall.
NFL Top 100 Players of 2025:@Chiefs TE Travis Kelce joins the list at No. 37! @NFLFilms pic.twitter.com/mPSOkQkMyl
— NFL (@NFL) August 12, 2025
Kelce is coming into his 13th season in the NFL, and this might be his swan song. That said, he's shown up in a slimmed-down role and a renewed focus in the hopes of a stronger level of impact and production. The team's devastating loss in Super Bowl LIX left a bitter taste in the mouths of Chiefs' players, and Kelce has been vocal about wanting to reverse those fortunes.
In an exhibition of just how respected Kelce is, the 2024 season was one of his worst, statistically speaking, in quite some time and yet he's still ranked in the top 40 players in the entire league. He had 97 receptions for 823 yards and only 3 touchdowns, the lowest amount of end zone catches in his career.
Overall, Kelce is not only a future Ring of Honor member, but he'll be a first-ballot entrant into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio when he's ready to hang up his cleats. The 10-time Pro Bowler holds the all-time NFL records for receptions and touchdowns in the postseason, and he holds the single-season record for most yards by a tight end ever.
The Chiefs have already watched center Creed Humphrey and cornerback Trent McDuffie have their rankings debuted earlier this summer. Humphrey was among the first players announced at No. 93 (which, by the way, is a ridiculously low ranking for the universally-acknowledged best center in the game). McDuffie followed suit at No. 81.