Chiefs GM expects ‘fired up’ Travis Kelce to return for 2025 NFL season despite retirement rumors

Travis Kelce might not be hanging up his Kansas City Chiefs jersey anytime soon despite contemplating retirement.

Brett Veach, the Chiefs’ general manager, told The Post on Tuesday that he expects the tight end to return for the 2025-26 NFL season.

“How we left it at the end of the season is that he was fired up,” he said. “He has one more year under contract. Still think he has that fire and desire to play.”

The Kansas City Chiefs’ general manager, Brett Veach, expects Travis Kelce to return for the 2025-26 NFL season. Getty Images “How we left it at the end of the season is that he was fired up,” he told The Post. Getty Images

Veach, 47, explained there isn’t a deadline for Kelce, 35, to decide if will return, saying, “I think we left it as he’d be back.

“And we’re excited to get him back and get him going.”

Reps for Kelce weren’t immediately available to Page Six for comment.

Veach added, “He has one more year under contract. Still think he has that fire and desire to play.” Getty Images “And we’re excited to get him back and get him going,” he continued. Getty Images

The Chiefs’ loss against the Philadelphia Eagles at the 2025 Super Bowl on Feb. 9 has forced the professional football star to consider turning in his cleats.

“I know everybody wants to know whether or not I’m playing next year,” Kelce said on his “New Heights” podcast on Feb. 12.

“Right now, I’m just kicking everything down the road. … I’m not making any crazy decisions.”

The two-time Super Bowl champ added, “I owe it to my teammates that if I do come back then it’s going to be something that is a wholehearted decision; I’m not half-assing it.”

Reps for Kelce didn’t immediately respond to Page Six for comment. Getty Images After the Chiefs lost the 2025 Super Bowl, Kelce discussed potential retirement plans. Getty Images

“I’m fully here for them. I think I can play — whether or not I’m motivated and it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take on all that responsibility,” Kelce added.

If Kelce decided to retire, he “100 percent” has a future in the Hollywood movie industry, his “My Dead Friend Zoe” co-producer Paul Scanlan told People on Monday.

“He’s such a likable guy, and he’s a good actor. I mean, he’s proven that; he’s been in some good material, and he’s a good producer.”

“Right now, I’m just kicking everything down the road. … I’m not making any crazy decisions,” he said on his “New Heights” podcast earlier this month. Getty Images The tight end has been laying low with his girlfriend, Taylor Swift. Wynn Las Vegas

Since the Super Bowl, Kelce has stayed out of the spotlight and has laid low with his girlfriend, Taylor Swift.

Page Six heard the couple have gone on a private romantic getaway together, as the “Lover” songstress, 35, is “comforting” her beau following the devastating loss.

We also learned Kelce spent “over $100,000 on lavish gifts including roses, candy, gold necklaces, diamond earrings, shoes and clothes” on Swift for Valentine’s Day.