Regardless of lacking out on one other championship ring, Travis Kelce added one other accolade to his resume Sunday when he surpassed Jerry Rice for many profession Tremendous Bowl receptions within the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ 40-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kelce, 35, logged 4 receptions for 39 yards to present him 35 complete catches by 5 Tremendous Bowl appearances, passing the Corridor of Famer Rice’s mark of 33 receptions in 4 Tremendous Bowls.
The Tremendous Bowl document comes one 12 months after Kelce surpassed Rice’s profession postseason receptions document.
Kelce did not tally a catch within the first half of Sunday’s lopsided sport because the Chiefs rapidly fell behind by three-plus scores. However the legendary tight finish salvaged his stat line within the second half and broke Rice’s document after hauling in two late third-quarter catches and a 9-yard reception on the 7:54 mark of the fourth quarter.
Rice nonetheless holds a number of different Tremendous Bowl information, together with single-game receiving yards (215), profession receiving touchdowns (eight) and profession receiving yards (589).
Together with his 39-yard evening Sunday, Kelce moved previous Lynn Swann and Rob Gronkowski into second place on the profession receiving yards listing, now sitting at 389.
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