{"id":514336,"date":"2026-03-10T04:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/514336\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:42:07","slug":"nfl-travis-kelce-to-play-14th-season-for-kansas-city-chiefs-who-agree-to-sign-kenneth-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/514336\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL: Travis Kelce to play 14th season for Kansas City Chiefs, who agree to sign Kenneth Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Travis Kelce will return for another season with the Kansas City Chiefs, who have also agreed a deal to sign Kenneth Walker, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kelce, a three-time Super Bowl winner, has spent his entire NFL career with the Chiefs and the veteran tight end is out of contract after his 13th season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVrdAj1Ek7X\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">social media post, external<\/a> by New Heights, the podcast he produces with his brother Jason, said: &#8220;He&#8217;s back! Travis Kelce is back with the Chiefs for year 14.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kansas City hoped the 36-year-old would commit to another season and NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport reported that Kelce has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/travis-kelce-expected-to-return-to-chiefs-for-14th-nfl-season\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">turned down more lucrative offers, external<\/a> from other teams to agree a one-year deal worth up to $15m (\u00a311.2m).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After reaching five Super Bowls in six years, the Chiefs missed the play-offs last season for the first time since the 2014 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But they have given their offence another boost by moving for running back Walker, the Most Valuable Player in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/american-football\/articles\/cjen2n5ql3zo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last season&#8217;s Super Bowl,<\/a> with a three-year deal worth up to $45m (\u00a333.5m), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/chiefs-signing-ex-seahawks-rb-kenneth-walker-iii-mvp-of-super-bowl-lx\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to NFL Network., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During the regular season, Walker passed 1,000 rushing yards for the second time in four years with the Seattle Seahawks, and the 25-year-old then helped fill the void after fellow running back Zach Charbonnet suffered a torn ACL in the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Walker led the NFL for most carries (65), rushing yards (313) and rushing touchdowns (four) during the post-season, becoming the first running back to be the Super Bowl MVP since 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Champions Seattle were willing to let Walker test the free agency market and he will become the first Super Bowl MVP to immediately switch to a new team since 2003.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce will return for another season with the Kansas City Chiefs, who have also agreed a deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-514336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}