Travis Kelce Goes Viral for Bizarre Game Behavior

Travis Kelce is known for his high-energy personality and it’s safe to say it doesn’t go away while he’s on the field.

Now a video of the Kansas City Chiefs tight end barking at a player during a game against the Los Angeles Chargers has gone viral—and fans are divided over the footage.

Kelce finished with 12 catches and a season-high 179 yards in a 31-17 win over the Chargers on Sunday afternoon, as Taylor Swift celebrated in a luxury box with Patrick Mahomes’ wife Brittany Mahomes. It’s the third straight Chiefs home game that Swift has attended amid all-but-confirmed rumors that she and Kelce are dating.

The Chiefs decided to mic up Kelce during the game and now a video reposted by X user, formerly known as Twitter, @reputacult has been viewed 1 million times at the time of writing. It has also received 12,000 likes and 1,100 saves.

Newsweek reached out to Kelce’s representatives for comment over email on Thursday.

Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs before kick-off against the Denver Broncos at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on October 12, 2023. A video of his recent game day behavior has gone viral.
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The highlight of the clip is the mic catching Kelve standing over Chiefs player Derwin James and barking like a dog as Chiefs and Chargers players piled up.

“Ruf, ruf, ruf, ruf,” he yelled.

At the beginning of the video, Kelce was tackled by James and the duo proceeded to engage in light trash talk.

“Boy, I’m working,” Kelce said.

“They got me or you?” he then asked, referring to a penalty flag. “They got one of us on it.”

When the two players later lined up against each other, James tried to get Kelce to reveal whether he was going to run or pass.

“It’s a run ain’t it, Kelce? It’s a run, ain’t it?” James said.

“Come on now, you know me,” Kelce responded.

A moment later, he managed to block James as he faked a move outside, cut inside and blocked James. Following this, Kelce started barking.

The bizarre action has resulted in a variety of responses from people online, with some being confused by his barking and others slamming the move altogether.

“Gross,” one person simply put.

“Why is he barking? See, this is why men do nothing for me,” said another.

“He’s a gross cringey clown. He belongs on FBoy Island,” another wrote.

Not everyone is deterred by his unusual on-field behavior, however, as some people have said his barking was “adorable.”

Others think the players being mic’d up makes the sport more entertaining, with some wishing it was a regular occurrence.

“Omg this is so funny. I’ve always wondered what the on field banter was like,” one person wrote.

“So funny! I wish he was mic’d up all the time,” said another.

“Them having little conversations on the field is kinda cute,” wrote another.

Of course, he barks. I can’t stop watching this video. He’s so amusingly adorable. No wonder she’s smitten. Way to go, Travis. Taylor, where do you get this boyfriend of yours? I want one.

— ᴅᵢ𝓭ᵢₐᵣᵧ ʚїɞ (@greenraindream) October 25, 2023

Someone else added: “I’m so happy for [Taylor] and also if football was filmed like this I’d actually watch it.”

Another X user took the comments to explain that the barking was Kelce’s way of complimenting his teammate who just completed the catch and run.