Travis Kelce Is Now The Sexiest Athlete. Fans Say It Is Swiftie Effect
The Sexiest Athlete Award from People Magazine was most recently added to Travis Kelce’s list of accomplishments.
Nonetheless, some admirers contest the award’s validity, speculating that it might have been impacted by his relationship with singer Taylor Swift.
Dov Kleiman, a writer for BroBible NFL, said that Kelce had won the title of Sexiest Athlete after competing against Joe Burrow, Shohei Ohtani, Lewis Hamilton, and other athletes.
#Chiefs TE Travis Kelce was named "Sexiest Athlete" by @people magazine.
He beat out #Bengals Joe Burrow, Formula One's Lewis Hamilton, and MLB's Shohei Ohtanihttps://t.co/6w1xkciNp0 pic.twitter.com/XjqRaMvhQq
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 8, 2023
It is unclear what the selection criteria were, which has raised the possibility that votes in favor of Kelce may have been swayed by his relationship with Swift.
After hearing the news, someone on social media remarked, “Who did Taylor Swift bribe for this one?”
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“Now that was for sure the Taylor Swift effect,” added another.
It is interesting to note that his brother Jason Kelce placed higher in the rankings for this People Magazine honor.
The complete list of 2023’s Sexiest Athletes is given below.
- Travis Kelce
- Jason Kelce
- Jonathan Owens
- Braxton Berrios
- Joe Burrow
- Lionel Messi
- Neymar
- Son Heung-min
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Matteo Berrettini
- Frances Tiafoe
- Stephen Curry
- Jayson Tatum
- Jimmy Butler
- Shohei Ohtani
- Mookie Betts
- Cody Bellinger
- Michal Kempny
- Kanoa Igarashi
- Lewis Hamilton
- Tommy Fury
More About Travis Kelce
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American football tight end Travis Kelce plays tight end for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. After going undrafted in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft, he was selected by the Chiefs, who went on to win Super Bowls LIV and LVII with him, scoring a touchdown reception in each game. He was a football player for Cincinnati University.
Kelce, regarded as one of the all-time great tight ends, has been selected to the first team of the Pro Bowl four times and has appeared in eight Pro Bowls.
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With seven seasons in a row, he owns the NFL record for the most seasons overall and the most consecutive 1,000-yard receiving tight end seasons. Despite appearing in just 15 games, he holds the record for the most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season (1,416) in 2020.
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In 2018, he also temporarily held the record for the most seasons in one season until it was surpassed later that day. Kelce became the fifth tight end in NFL history to reach 10,000 career receiving yards during the 2022 season. He also became the tight end with the fastest career completion time. Kelce was included on the NFL All-Decade Team for 2010.