Chiefs snap counts: Travis Kelce played this position for only 4th time in his career
The announcement came in the third quarter of Sunday’s Chiefs-Vikings game: Travis Kelce had suffered an ankle injury was questionable to return to the game.
Not only did Kelce return, he caught a touchdown pass in the 27-20 triumph and did something that had occurred only three other times in his career.
He played a defensive snap.
Kelce was on the field for the final play of the game, when a Hail Mary was Minnesota’s final option. Quarterback Kirk Cousins never launched the attempt; he was sacked by Mike Danna.
But if Cousins fired, Kelce (and his big frame) was playing center field and patrolling the goal line on touchdown-prevention duty. Bad ankle and all.
Here are the snap counts from the game:
Offense | special teams
C Humphrey C 66 100% | 5 21%
D Smith T 66 100% | 5 21%
J Taylor T 66 100% | 5 21%
T Smith G 66 100% | 5 21%
P Mahomes QB 66 100%
J Thuney G 66 100%
N Gray TE 43 65% | 9 38%
M Valdes-Scantling WR 43 65%
T Kelce TE 39 59%
I Pacheco RB 39 59%
S Moore WR 37 56%
J Watson WR 29 44% | 6 25%
K Toney WR 25 38%
B Bell TE 20 30% | 6 25%
R Rice WR 20 30%
J McKinnon RB 18 27% | 9 38%
C Edwards-Helaire RB 9 14%
J Ross WR 6 9% | 10 42%
L Niang T 1 2% | 5 21%
N Allegretti G 1 2% | 5 21%
Defense/special teams
D Tranquill LB 72 100% | 5 21%
J Reid SS 72 100% | 4 17%
L Sneed CB 72 100%
T McDuffie CB 71 99% | 1 4%
M Danna DE 57 79% | 5 21%
G Karlaftis DE 57 79% | 5 21%
C Jones DT 56 78%
B Cook FS 55 76% | 5 21%
W Gay LB 51 71% | 1 4%
M Edwards FS 39 54% | 9 38%
D Nnadi DT 36 50% | 5 21%
J Watson CB 31 43% | 13 54%
J Williams CB 29 40% | 18 75%
M Herring DE 25 35%
F Anudike-Uzomah DE 25 35%
T Wharton DT 23 32% | 5 21%
L Chenal LB 13 18% | 19 79%
N Farrell DT 6 8%
C Conner FS 1 1% | 18 75%
J Cochrane LB 18 75%
C Jones LB 14 58%
N Jones CB 11 46%
T Kelce FS 1 1%
H Butker K 10 42%
J Winchester LS 8 33%
T Townsend P 8 33%
M Washington WR 7 29%
W Morris T 5 21%