A Swiftie's guide to Travis Kelce: What to know about Kansas City Chiefs tight end

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce haven't done much to shake off rumors that they're dating.

The "Shake It Off" singer cheered excitedly as she watched Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs dismantle the Chicago Bears in a 41-10 win at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. Swift shared a box suite with Donna Kelce, Travis' mother, and sported a Kansas City jacket.

Kelce and Swift were also spotted leaving the game together and driving away in the football star's vintage convertible, much to the delight of fans rooting for the match.

While neither Kelce nor Swift have publicly confirmed they are dating, the two have been linked since Kelce revealed he had been hoping to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it at her Eras Tour concert at Arrowhead Stadium in July.

Here's everything Swifties need to know about Taylor's possible new beau:

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Travis Kelce's age, hometown, college

Kelce is 33 years old and is from Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

He played football at the University of Cincinnati from 2008 to 2012. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft and has played in Kansas City for his entire 11-year career so far.

Travis Kelce's career in numbers

Kelce has won two Super Bowls, been named a First-team All-Pro four times and been voted to eight Pro Bowls.

Kelce has 71 career touchdowns, recording 825 receptions for over 10,000 yards during his 11 seasons so far, putting him in the top five NFL tight ends of all time.

Kelce holds multiple NFL records, including the most seasons with 1,000-plus receiving yards by a tight end (seven) and receiving yards in a season by a tight end (1,416).

For all his work on the field, Kelce was named to the NFL's 2010s All-Decade Team.

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Who is Travis Kelce's brother?

Travis isn't the only member of his family to have a successful NFL career.

His older brother, Jason Kelce, is the starting center for the Philadelphia Eagles.

The 35-year-old also played football at the University of Cincinnati and was a sixth round pick by the Eagles in the 2011 NFL Draft. He has won one Super Bowl, been named a First-team All-Pro five times and been voted to six Pro Bowls.

The brothers famously played against each in Super Bowl LVII last year, which saw the Chiefs defeat the Eagles 38-35.

'New Heights' podcast

Travis and Jason Kelce co-host a popular podcast together called "New Heights," named in honor of their hometown of Cleveland Heights.

The brothers chat about life and football, and have even talked about Swift, with Travis sharing his attempt to slip the pop star his phone number before her show in Kansas City.

"I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings," he said. "So, I was a little butt hurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her."

New episodes of the podcast are released every Wednesday.

"New Heights" premiered in 2022 and has quickly become one of the most popular sports podcasts in the U.S.

Travis Kelce's reality dating show, 'SNL' gig

Travis Kelce starred in a reality dating show in 2016 called "Catching Kelce." During the show, Kelce chose among 50 women from 50 states in a setup similar to "The Bachelor."

Kelce would take the women on dates to concerts, and on yachts and private jets.

"What these girls don't know is that I actually am as nervous as they are," Kelce said in one clip from the day he met the contestants.

The show was canceled after one season, lasting eight episodes.

Kelce hosted "Saturday Night Live" in March, poking fun of "Catching Kelce" during his monologue.

"It was kind of like 'The Bachelor' except instead of roses I handed out footballs, and instead of watching, people did not," he joked. "That show is owned by NBC Universal, so it should be on Peacock, but Peacock said, 'Nah, we good.'"

During the monologue, Kelce also talked about being terrible in school and getting kicked off the football team in college for using marijuana.

"So it just goes to show you if you smoke weed and you're bad at school you can win the Super Bowl twice," he said.

Travis Kelce's dating past: Maya Benberry, Kayla Nicole

Kelce briefly dated Maya Benberry, the winner of "Catching Kelce," but the couple broke up after the show, according to a YouTube video posted by Benberry in December 2016.

Benberry gave a warning to Swift in an interview with DailyMail published Tuesday about dating Kelce. "Once a cheater, always a cheater," she alleged.

"Taylor seems like such a fun girl with a beautiful spirit so I wish her the best of luck but I wouldn’t be a girls' girl if I didn’t advise her to be smart!" she added. "I’m sure by now she has mastered the ability to see who is really there for her – and who is just using her."

Benberry previously shared that her time with Kelce was her first interracial relationship, which was a challenge.

"It definitely was difficult just because I wanted to enjoy my relationship and a lot of people saw color," she said on her YouTube channel. "A lot of the negative comments that I got was about me and my skin tone, saying that I should go back to the welfare line, things like that."

She said dating Kelce was fun at first and that they "had something special," though they would have to sneak around Kansas City so he wouldn't be recognized and photographed.

Overall, Benberry said their relationship was "an amazing experience."

In 2017, Kelce began dating Kayla Nicole, an on-air sports reporter and model. They were together for five years, Kelce told “The Pivot Podcast.”

Kelce said on the podcast that they had broken up and was on "the free market right now."

What has Travis Kelce said about dating Taylor Swift?

On the Pat McAfee Show on Thursday, Travis was asked about what may or may not be going on with his love life.

"It's hilarious how much traction this has actually gotten," he said of the Swift rumors. "It's like that game 'telephone' where everybody is just whispering in each others' ears."

He reminded viewers that he had "put the ball in her court" when he had invited the pop star to see a Chiefs game and hinted at something coming in the future.

"I told her that I've seen her rock a stage in Arrowhead and she might have to come see me rock the stage at Arrowhead," he said. "We'll see what happens in the near future."

Contributing: Naledi Ushe, Amanda Lee Myers, Emily DeLetter, Jesse Yomtov and Victoria Hernandez.

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