Is Travis Kelce playing this week?
No injury designationTravis Kelce has no injury designation on the latest injury reports for the week 4 game at the Las Vegas Raiders.
Kickoff: Sun, Oct 4 · 4:25 PM ET.
Checked Oct 3, 7:37 PM ET against the ESPN injury report and the NFL's official weekly report (via nflverse). Injury news can change up to kickoff, so confirm with the team close to game time.
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Fantasy football · Week 4
Our own start/sit calls for every player, with a projected score, the range of likely outcomes and the reasons spelled out. Built from usage, matchup, Vegas lines and injuries. How we rank
Must start. Scored 12.9 points last game against a typical 8.2 (trending up).
Why we say must start
- Projected 10.4 points, #5 among TEs this week, inside the top 5 we call must-starts.
- Scored 12.9 points last game against a typical 8.2 (trending up).
- KC's offense is expected to score about 26 points, a strong scoring spot.
- Averaging 6 targets a game.
- Played 79% of the offense's snaps last game.
Recent form
Dashed line: the usual 8.2 a game
This week's matchup
- Expected team score
- ~26 pts
- Vegas line
- KC favored by 4.5
- Game total
- 47.5
- LV vs TEs
- 1% fewer points
- Last game snaps
- 79%
All week 4 tight end rankings →Start or sit tool →How our past calls did →
Age
36
Height
6'5"
Weight
250 lb
College
Cincinnati
Experience
13 seasons
Draft
2013 · Pick #63 (KC)
Status
ACT
Grade Breakdown
What do these mean?Why 97.9?
Kelce's grade is driven by how much expected points he creates per target, the best among the 24 qualifying tight ends. Several big gains did most of the work. It's a small sample, so a couple of plays can move the grade a lot.
Lifting the grade
- EPA per target of +0.900 expected points, 1st of 24, lifted the grade a lot.
- Week 1 vs DEN, 3rd and 6: a 59-yard catch from Mahomes worth +5.1 expected points.
- Week 3 vs MIA: a 48-yard catch on 1st and 10 (+3.4) and an 11-yard touchdown on 3rd and 6 (+3.1).
Written by StatGrades AI from this season's play-by-play through week 3. It explains what happened; a grade isn't a forecast (what grades do and don't predict).
EPA / play
0.922
Success rate
72%
WPA (sum)
0.36
Opponent adj.
-0.021
Plays graded
18
Advanced stats
2026 season through Week 2 · tracking data from NFL Next Gen Stats| Week | Separation | Cushion | YAC above exp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.8 | 6.4 | +10.3 |
| 2 | 3.2 | 6.4 | +1.8 |
What do these mean?
- Separation:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the moment of the catch.
- Cushion:
- Average distance from the nearest defender at the snap.
- YAC above exp:
- Yards after catch above what the situation would be expected to produce.
- YAC / rec:
- Average yards after the catch per reception.
- Expected YAC:
- Expected yards after the catch, based on tracking data.
- Air yards share:
- Share of the team's intended air yards that were thrown toward this player.
- Intended air yds:
- Average depth of the targets thrown his way.
- Catch %:
- Receptions divided by targets.
Next Gen Stats data via nflverse (CC BY 4.0). Updated after games are final, not live, and covers QB, RB, WR and TE.