When your name starts getting mentioned next to Travis Kelce, you know you’ve reached a different level. For Trey McBride, that moment has arrived — and it’s coming with a real chance to make NFL history.
Kelce has been the standard at tight end for years, so even being compared to him is a big deal. What makes this even more impressive is that McBride isn’t just keeping pace — he’s in position to pass one of Kelce’s most well-known records and possibly add another that no tight end has ever achieved.
McBride has been dominant all season. He leads all NFL tight ends with 93 catches, 937 receiving yards, and eight touchdowns. Just as important has been his week-to-week consistency. He has caught at least five passes in every one of his 13 games this season, making him one of the most reliable targets in the league.
That streak stretches back to the end of last year as well. McBride had 12 catches in Week 17 and seven more in Week 18 of the 2024 season, giving him 15 straight games with at least five receptions. One more five-catch performance in Week 15 against the Texans would push him past Kelce, who held the previous record with 15 such games in 2018.
Can McBride set two records this season?
There’s another milestone within reach, too. McBride is just seven catches away from reaching 100 receptions in 2025. After finishing last season with 111 catches, doing it again would make him the first tight end in NFL history to record back-to-back 100-catch seasons. Kelce is the only tight end with multiple 100-reception seasons in a career, but he never did it in consecutive years.
Being mentioned alongside Travis Kelce is already a major honor. Breaking his records would be something else entirely. McBride isn’t just putting together a great season — he’s carving out a place among the best tight ends the league has ever seen, and he’s doing it one week at a time.