Soccer tight ends operate to guard their quarterback in the course of NFL performs, and few do it higher than Travis Kelce.

Kelce has been the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ prime tight finish since 2013, 4 years earlier than Patrick Mahomes signed with the Missouri group as a quarterback.

“Clearly, I get right here at first of the yr [and] I’m nonetheless a rookie, so I’m type of going by means of the motions and check out to determine one of the best ways to slot in and I feel the primary time I believed me and Travis have been gonna be linked … was [after] the fourth preseason sport,” Mahomes recalled on Kelce’s“New Heights” podcast in December 2022, noting Kelce occurred to be partying on the “similar spot” as Mahomes and the opposite rookies, who invited the crew to affix him.

Mahomes ended up being late to the Chiefs’ “walk-through” — identical to Kelce. “I used to be like, ‘Dope, I’m not alone! Let’s go, man,’” Kelce quipped. “At that time, I knew we have been teammates.”

Mahomes and Kelce’s bond additionally flourished off the NFL subject — and prolonged to their respective romances. Mahomes and his spouse, Brittany Matthews, even hung out with Kelce’s love curiosity Taylor Swift in early October 2023.

“The truth that Patrick and Travis are finest buddies makes issues even higher,” a supply solely instructed Us Weekly of Swift and Matthews’ sport day bond. “They’re having a blast and love cheering on their males collectively.”

Scroll down for Mahomes and Kelce’s sweetest friendship moments by means of the years: