The romance between standout tight end Travis Kelce and pop music mega-star Taylor Swift helped to draw a crowd to the Kansas City team’s practice Sunday.

A fan holds up a poster celebrating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, at the team’s training camp in St. Joseph, Mo., on Sunday. (Arin Yoon for The Washington Post)

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs’ star tight end, weren’t even dating during preseason training camp last year.

This year, her fans have got it covered.

Long before the Chiefs began reporting last week to the quiet campus of Missouri Western University, Swifties were posting design concepts for Kelce’s camp dorm room on social media and speculating whether the players would have “sleepovers.” When players showed up toting their own circulating fans, Swifties took umbrage at Coach Andy Reid’s spartan conditions. They’re planning “Taygate” parties for the season home opener against the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 5.