Travis Kelce debuts dramatic haircut at Chiefs training camp

Kelce is entering his 13th season in the NFL and is coming off a pair of substandard seasons, but a buzzcut was his style when the Chiefs won the Super Bowl in 2024, so perhaps he’s got things all thought through.

The 35-year-old has, of course, been an even more major name in any headline over the past two years with his relationship with Taylor Swift — which brought a wealth of “Swifties” commenting their devastation on Instagram surrounding his dramatic haircut that he debuted at Kansas City’s training camp session on Sunday.

“Oh no I loved 90’s boy band Travis,” one user wrote, while another said, “[Rest in peace] the luscious locks.”

The Chiefs-first, Swift-second fans seem to be excited at the prospect of Kelce getting back to his roots.

“That haircut last season was the one to blame,” a comment read. “We got the dog back.”

Kelce is coming off perhaps his worst season of his career aside from his rookie campaign when he appeared in just one game.

He posted just 823 receiving yards and three touchdowns, both career-lows outside of his inaugural season in the league.

Kelce still racked up 97 receptions, but he averaged just 8.5 yards per catch — two yards lower than his next lowest season which came in the year prior and was also lower than any of his other seasons.

Before the past two seasons, Kelce was on an incredible run in which he made an All Pro team in seven straight seasons.

While he’s slowed down, Chiefs head coach Andy Reid likes what he sees ahead of 2025-26.

“He’s svelte right now. He looks like he’s 20,” Reid said on Thursday. “He’s doing a good job, he’s in great shape … You can see he’s been working out … He’s worked hard to get to this spot here.”

While he spent a lot of time this offseason with his superstar-musician girlfriend, Kelce has clearly been putting in some work, too.