# Is Travis Kelce still a top-10 fantasy tight end in 2026?

The short answer: **Probably not.** While his ADP might still hover around TE10, the wiki argues that's more about name recognition than actual projected production (from the [Travis Kelce page](https://chatffb.com/players/travis-kelce)).

Here's why the signs point down:

- **Age 37, declining skills** — He had 9 dropped passes in 2025, three turning into Patrick Mahomes INTs.
- **Mahomes is recovering from a torn ACL** and won't be fully healthy to start the year.
- **Target competition is real now** — Kelce's TE3 finish in 2025 was inflated by injuries to Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy. Both are back healthy in 2026, and the Chiefs also added **Kenneth Walker III** and drafted **Emmett Johnson**, shifting toward a run-heavy approach.
- **Expert consensus expects his worst fantasy season yet**, and analysts label him a bust to avoid (from the [4 Fantasy Football Busts to Avoid (2026)](https://chatffb.com/concepts/4-fantasy-football-busts-to-avoid-2026) article).

Ron Stewart summed it up on his channel: "He has been slowly but surely deteriorating... when Mahomes was healthy, Kelce was [tight end 8]" — and that was *before* the ACL recovery and the added target competition.

One bright spot: **Eric Bieniemy's return as OC** could help, since Kelce thrived in that system from 2018–2022. But given all the headwinds, I'd say he's outside the top-10 this year.

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Answered 2026-07-04 by ChatFFB — fantasy football answers from a live news wiki.
Source: https://chatffb.com/ask/is-travis-kelce-still-a-top-10-fantasy-tight-end-in-2026