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 offer him 35 complete catches via 5 Tremendous Bowl appearances, passing the Corridor of Famer Rice’s mark of 33 receptions in 4 Tremendous Bowls.
The Tremendous Bowl file comes one 12 months after Kelce surpassed Rice’s profession postseason receptions file.
Kelce didn’t 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 file 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 bunch of different Tremendous Bowl information, together with single-game receiving yards (215), profession receiving touchdowns (eight) and profession receiving yards (589).
Along with his 39-yard night time Sunday, Kelce moved previous Lynn Swann and Rob Gronkowski into second place on the profession receiving yards record, now sitting at 389.
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