Tall, strong, fast, powerful and rather agile, tight-ends are separate players, in the sense that they are super complete, and offer a number of possibilities for action. Travis Kelce is THE star of this position. Besides the fact that he is considered, along with George Kittle, as the best player in his position, he has blocking qualities that make him useful in all actions, and skills worthy of a wide receiver.
His results in the Combine left no room for doubt, Kelce is an illustrious representative of this caste of non-standard athletes in the NFL. With a height of 1.96m and a weight of 118 kilos, he has a Viking build that makes this player a mountain for ordinary people.
Very good speed
With a time of 4.61 seconds over 40 yards during his Pro Day, his speed detonates given his heavy and powerful size.
Admittedly, this time remains far from the best performances in all positions. However, Kelce has proven that he has the maximum speed, and especially the ability to accelerate quickly because his intermediate times over 10 and 20 yards are respectively 1.61 seconds and 2.72 seconds. Brands which attest to a very good explosiveness, a capacity to accelerate quite remarkable for such a template.
Its maximum speed measured during this 40 yards is 28.43 km / h. This gives an energy developed during an impact where the player would be launched at full speed in the order of 3680 joules. It’s a bit as if his brother Jason (who weighs 134 kilos) fell on you inert, from a height of 2.80 meters. What left a few bruises or even break a few ribs.
And coordination
What strikes you when you see Travis Kelce play is his ability to create space between himself and his defender. He is so physically imposing that we cannot imagine that he is able to create separation in the face of smaller and even more lively sizes.
However, his agility and his ability to move and move well were illustrated during the 3 cone and 20 yard shuttle workshops. With respective times of 4.42 seconds and 7.09 seconds, Kelce demonstrated that he was endowed with an agility comparable to that of the receivers. Combined with his power, this makes him a prime target as a receiver.
Power
With imposing measurements for ordinary people, in addition to his size and weight, his arms are 86 centimeters long and his hands are 24.5 centimeters long. Its scale and grip are incredible given its long segments which give it safer lever arms and higher moments of force. Useful when struggling to block opposing defenders.
But not only, because this is reflected in the marks of dry relaxation, measured at 89 centimeters. He therefore raises his head at 2.85m from the ground, and even reaches a target above 3.50m with a little momentum.
Its horizontal trigger was measured at 3.15m, which further testifies to the explosiveness of its legs and the favorable action of its levers.
Huge volume of action
If the ball thrown by his quarterback flies over a time of 1.60 seconds, then Kelce can travel a distance of 10 yards, intervene more than 3.50m from the ground, and can jump horizontally beyond the 3.15m at which he can extend his body (with an outstretched arm length of 2.50m). By combining these data, this gives a range of action over a volume of approximately 180m3. Suffice to say, it makes the target more obvious to hit when you give it time to achieve a little speed and momentum.
Clearly, it can catch all the balloons thrown into a space that would resemble a hemisphere with a radius of 4.40m… We are talking about data over a time estimated at 1.60 seconds, which is incredible. !
Of course, this estimate turns out to be theoretical and does not take into account the disputes and other changes of direction that it would have to produce in this short period of time. However, such a volume of action to catch the ball turns out to be insane from a physical point of view.
Record holder with his 6 consecutive seasons at more than 1000 yards at reception, Travis Kelce, not content to be overpowered and physically dominant, has fun alongside the current best quarterback in the NFL. Mahomes is incredible, but Kelce offers him possibilities like few tight-ends in history have. It feeds the possibilities of games called and above all makes it possible to materialize an incalculable number of them. Not surprising to come to this conclusion when we could see how the Chiefs attack was dominant these last 2 seasons.
