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Travis Kelce surpasses Chiefs legend to set franchise record

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With his 14 yards against the Dolphins, Travis Kelce has surpassed Chiefs legend Tony Gonzalez for most receiving yards in franchise history.

The Kansas City Chiefs moved to 7-2 for the season after a win against the Miami Dolphins in Frankfurt, Germany.

It means KC head into their bye week firmly atop the AFC West while also cementing their dominance in the AFC at large along with the Baltimore Ravens (7-2).

Travis Kelce surpasses Tony Gonzalez to set franchise record

The Chiefs struggled offensively against the Dolphins, including Travis Kelce, who had just three catches for 14 yards.

However, with his catch for 7 yards in the fourth quarter, Kelce reached 10,941 yards receiving during the regular season in his NFL career, surpassing Chiefs legend Tony Gonzalez.

Kelce now has the most receiving yards by any player in Chiefs franchise history and did it much quicker than anyone else. It took the Chiefs TE 152 game to reach 10,941 career receiving yards whereas it took took Gonzalez 191 games in his KC career to put up 10,940.

Here’s the Chiefs’ franchise all-time leaderboard in receiving yards:

  1. Travis Kelce, 10,941
  2. Tony Gonzalez 10,940
  3. Otis Taylor 7,306
  4. Dwayne Bowe 7,155
  5. Tyreek Hill 6,630
Miami Dolphins v Kansas City Chiefs
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He is 59 yards away from becoming fourth TE to record 11,000 receiving yards

Kelce now has the most yards through 152 games of any NFL tight end. James Lofton previously held that mark with 10,696 yards.

Kelce still has some work to do in order to catch Gonzalez elsewhere though. He has 870 receptions with the Chiefs, while Gonzalez has 916. Kelce has 73 touchdowns while Gonzalez has 76 during his tenure in Kansas City.

Trav is now just 59 receiving yards from becoming the fourth tight end in NFL history to record 11,000 receiving yards in his career. Only Tony Gonzalez (15,127), Jason Witten (13,046), and Antonio Gates (11,841) have more. Kelce also has the chance to become the fastest tight end to reach that mark if he does so it the next 29 games.

What a legend.