Travis Kelce Lives Up His Sneaker Credibility in Ultra-Rare Nike Dunks

While Taylor Swift continues to usher in the Travis Kelce era—reappearing to cheer on Kansas City and even celebrate with Brittany Mahomes on Sunday night—Kelce himself continues to evolve from star Chiefs tight end to Swifty’s meticulously researched material for boyfriends to the unexpected menswear icon of the season. Now we’d like to offer the two-time Super Bowl champion another title: Travis Kelce – Sneakerhead.

Kelce arrived at Arrowhead Stadium yesterday to face the Los Angeles Chargers wearing a cozy, oversized flannel and Billionaire Boys Club trousers that we can only assume are being parsed this minute as a carefully coded reference to Red (Taylor’s version). But even more impressive were the sneakers Kelce wore for the occasion: a very rare pair of Dunks from Nike SB and Boston-based Concepts that instantly demonstrated the tight end’s sneaker bona fides. A collaboration with Travis Scott in 2018, the Green Lobster Dunk Low debuted before its release. This is a stylish and tasty take on the classic silhouette. This is the fourth of six lobster-inspired Dunks from Concepts: the original red version arrived in 2008, and the latest orange version came out last year – with a cheeky removable rubber band on the toe. The “Lobster Green” colorway, which originally debuted on the Kyrie 4 earlier in 2018, regularly resells for over a thousand dollars.

These aren’t the only grails in Kelsey’s closet. He recently told Wall Street Journal that he owns over 300 pairs of sneakers, and his extensive collection includes such iconic styles as the Dior Air Jordan 1 (the $20,000 flex sneaker he brought to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration in 2020) and, yes, even a pair of sneakers . Air MAGs that he wore a splash of Back to the Future to the 2015 red carpet. These are not shoes you put on at the gentle direction of a stylist. These are a favorite of true sneakerheads and make it clear that Kelsey has been into her shoe game for years.