Kansas City Chiefs Owner Clark Hunt Reveals If He Wants Travis Kelce to Return for Another NFL Season

Clark is the son of Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt and his second wife Norma Hunt. After Lamar died in 2006, Clark became a co-owner of the NFL team alongside his mother and siblings.

As the CEO and chairman of the team, Clark is one of the most public members of leadership — and has been part of the Chiefs’ most recent rise to greatness. While in his current position, the Chiefs have made the playoffs 12 times, won the AFC West 11 times and appeared in five Super Bowls, winning three.

Kelce, for his part, has been on the team for all three Super Bowl championships. He was drafted to the Chiefs in 2013 as the 63rd overall pick and has only played for the one organization his entire NFL career.

While Kelce has three Super Bowl rings to his name, he and the Chiefs didn’t make the playoffs this season, which some fans think will play a part in whether or not he retires during the offseason.

Kelce, meanwhile, has played coy about what he plans to do as he and fiancée Swift, 36, plan their upcoming nuptials. (Kelce proposed in August 2025 after two years of dating the Grammy winner.)

“I’ve got so much love for this team, this organization and the people here, so I’ll spend some time with them, go through exit meetings tomorrow and get close to the family and figure things out,” Kelce told reporters on January 4 after the Chiefs’ final game of the season.

A few days later, on the January 7 episode of his and brother Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast, Travis said, “I think if my body can heal up and rest up and I can feel confident that I can go out there and give it another 18, 20, 21-week run, I think I would do it in a heartbeat.”

The professional athlete explained, “I think right now it’s just finding that answer and seeing how the body feels after this game and when it all settles down.”

While NFL fans and all of the Chiefs Kingdom wait with bated breath for Travis’ official announcement, Us Weekly reported that he is currently in talks with Netflix to “serve as their exclusive broadcast sports correspondent.”

A source exclusively told Us on January 8 that the terms of a potential deal are “still being finalized, but discussions are well underway.”

A separate insider exclusively revealed that Travis “has had talks with his team about retiring and not playing football next season.”