{"id":16596,"date":"2025-01-03T04:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T04:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16596"},"modified":"2025-01-03T04:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T04:22:09","slug":"breaking-travis-kelce-reveals-the-true-turning-point-in-his-life-that-led-to-nfl-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16596","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Travis Kelce reveals the true turning point in his life that led to NFL stardom.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ue-l-article__header\">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__main-column\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__header \">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__header-content ue-l-article--expand-right-full-from-tablet ue-l-article--expand-right-half-from-desktop\">\n<p class=\"ue-c-article__standfirst\">The Kansas City Chiefs tight end turned into one of the best tight ends in football history.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/phantom-marca.unidadeditorial.es\/ae86898e48185fcb822a30f0fe72c0fd\/resize\/1320\/f\/jpg\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2025\/01\/03\/17358608116094.png\" alt=\"Travis Kelce warms up before a Kansas City Chiefs game.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\"><strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong>\u00a0has been on a steady and sharp rise in fame since he started balling for the\u00a0<strong>Kansas City Chiefs<\/strong>\u00a0in the NFL, but 2023 and 2024 has been a level that not even he could have ever predicted. He can thank his girlfriend, the ever-popular\u00a0<strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong>, for that. Their relationship has been one of the biggest talking points in pop culture since they began dating near the end of last summer.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Along the way,\u00a0<strong>Kelce has found love<\/strong>, but he has also found an incredible amount of\u00a0<strong>global attention<\/strong>. It wasn&#8217;t always this way, though, obviously. Before he reached superstardom, both on the field and off the field, Kelce had to work hard to get where he is now. And there was a point where it almost came crashing down before it could take off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion ue-c-article__media-video-responsive ue-c-article__media-video-responsive--16-9\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-video-responsive ue-c-article__media-video-responsive--16-9\">\n<div id=\"video-khjBcUajgbp7JFC8BDK\" class=\"dailymotion-player-root dailymotion-player-xnri6\">\n<div class=\"dailymotion-player-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dailymotion-player\" title=\"Dailymotion video player - Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s outing sparks love and fury\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xnri6.html?video=khjBcUajgbp7JFC8BDK\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption-inner\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce&#8217;s outing sparks love and fury<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">In an interview with\u00a0<strong>ESPN<\/strong>\u00a0back in 2017, Kelce revealed the moment that made him truly get his act together.\u00a0<strong>2010 was his toughest year<\/strong>, with a couple of hiccups threatening his football future. First, he was\u00a0<strong>thrown out of a college scholarship program that forced him to work a telemarketing job<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Travis Kelce&#8217;s marijuana suspension changed his life<\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Then, a\u00a0<strong>suspension for marijuana use<\/strong>\u00a0while at the\u00a0<strong>University of Cincinnati<\/strong>\u00a0made him realize that the path he was on was not the right one. Kelce was out of college football for a whole season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">The light at the end of the tunnel was that if I do what I&#8217;m supposed to do instead of being a knucklehead, I can have a way better life than this.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">When speaking about the\u00a0<strong>$8-per-hour job<\/strong>\u00a0he had to do to survive, Kelce made it clear that\u00a0<strong>he wasn&#8217;t built for that office life<\/strong>. He knew he needed to make it big through football, one way or another.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">All I had been doing is playing outside, playing sports my entire life. I had never sat down and tried to earn a living like that. That&#8217;s not to hit on anybody&#8217;s 9-to-5. That&#8217;s just not for me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\">Kelce ended up focusing on the task at hand, leading to a\u00a0<strong>strong final season in college before taking the NFL by storm<\/strong>. Now, he&#8217;s an icon off the field as well, and his arrow continues to point upwards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs tight end turned into one of the best tight ends in football history. 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