Travis Kelce will ‘100 percent’ have a future in Hollywood if he walks away from the NFL this year, an award-winning movie producer has claimed.

Kelce is considering retiring from football after the Kansas City Chiefs’ crushing defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LIX, which saw them miss out on a historic three-peat earlier this month.

At the end of his 13th season in the NFL, the 35-year-old admitted it may well have been his last as he weighs up retirement, pointing to the ‘wear and tear’ on both his body and mind as a potentially decisive factor.

Yet if he does hang up his cleats, Kelce has been backed to embark on another successful career under the bright lights of Hollywood after impressing on his debut as an executive producer.

According to Emmy-award winning entrepreneur and producer Paul Scanlan – who worked with Travis on the upcoming comedy-drama movie ‘My ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Friend Zoe’ – the Chiefs legend is destined for big things in the movie and TV world once his football career is over.

‘100 percent,’ he told People when asked if Kelce has a future in Hollywood. ‘Even just seeing what a difference it’s made having him involved in our project, I would say yeah.’

Travis Kelce has been backed to have a future in Hollywood if he walks away from the NFL

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‘He’s such a likable guy and he’s a good actor,’ he added. ‘I mean, he’s proven that he’s been in some good material. And he’s a good producer.’

Kelce made his acting and presenting debuts on the small screen last year after starring in FX horror series ‘Grotesquerie’ and hosting Prime Video’s ‘Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?’ He has also landed a cameo role in the upcoming sequel to Adam Sandler’s iconic Happy Gilmore movie.

Earlier this month it was revealed he has also ventured into producing, working with Scanlan and more on My ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Friend Zoe, which was written and directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes.

And Scanlan says Kelce wants to continue throwing himself into ‘purposeful projects’ on both the big and small screen.

‘He’s made a difference in our project,’ he continued about the NFL star. ‘He’s really good at generating attention and getting attention on a worthy project. He’s a giving person, he’s very Midwestern that way. 

‘I feel like he wants to do purposeful projects. And having him involved has helped us achieve our mission, getting this film out to more people where it can really make a difference.’

Kelce’s popularity has soared in recent years amid his whirlwind romance with Taylor Swift, yet he had already starred as a Saturday Night Live host prior to their relationship.

The three-time Super Bowl champion has a big decision on his hands this offseason as he contemplates bowing out from the NFL to spend more time with Swift and focus on his newfound career as an actor, presenter and producer. 

Paul Scanlan, one of Kelce’s co-producers on upcoming movie ‘My ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Friend Zoe’, is convinced he will have a successful career in Hollywood

Kelce made his acting debut after starring in FX horror series ‘Grotesquerie’ last year

He also ventured into presenting as host of Prime Video’s ‘Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity’

The 35-year-old has a crucial decision to make regarding his NFL future this offseason

‘I think I’m gonna take some time to figure it out,’ he said about his retirement decision after the Super Bowl defeat to the Eagles.

‘I think I owe it to my teammates that if I do come back, it’s gonna be something that it’s a wholehearted decision and I’m not half-ᴀssing it.

‘I’m fully here for them and I think I could play, it’s just whether or not I’m motivated or it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take on all that responsibility.’

Speaking on The Steam Room podcast with Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson last week, Travis’ older brother Jason suggested he already knows whether he will retire or not.

‘I think he probably, in his heart, already knows what he wants to do,’ Jason shared. ‘That’s the reality of it.’