Full details of Travis Kelce’s contract — including $40 million dummy year that helps Chiefs
NY Post
Travis Kelce’s contract details have been revealed.
Kelce signed a one-year, $12 million deal last week to return to the Chiefs for his 14th NFL season, after contemplating retirement in the offseason.
The money is fully guaranteed — though $9 million comes in the form of roster bonuses, per Sports Illustrated. $3 million of that chunk is a training camp bonus, while the other $6 million is awarded if Kelce is on the 90-man roster at certain points throughout the season. Meaning, even if he isn’t active, Kelce’s all but guaranteed the money.
Kansas City also added $3 million in incentives, including tiers for making the playoffs and Super Bowl and playing 60-80 percent of regular-season snaps.
The contract is also broken up to manage cap hits. In 2026, Kelce will have a $4.8 million cap hit and dead money hits of $3.5 million in the ensuing two years.
This stipulation allows the Chiefs to evade void years. They have minimum salaries built into dummy years in 2027 and 2028, including $40 million guaranteed in 2028 if he’s still rostered by June 8 of next year. However, if the Chiefs release him by June 1, 2027, they can spread the dead money out.
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