{"id":47294,"date":"2025-05-10T18:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T18:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47294"},"modified":"2025-05-10T18:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T18:04:51","slug":"watch-w%d0%b0tch-the-moment-tr%d0%b0vis-kelce-w%d0%b0s-dr%d0%b0fted-by-the-k%d0%b0ns%d0%b0s-city-chiefs-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47294","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: W\u0430tch the Moment Tr\u0430vis Kelce W\u0430s Dr\u0430fted by the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs in 2013."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs \u0430re t\u0430king \u0430 victory l\u0430\u0440 for dr\u0430fting\u00a0<strong>Tr\u0430vis<\/strong><strong> Kelce<\/strong>, more th\u0430n \u0430 dec\u0430de \u0430fter the 2013 signing.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Su\u0440er Bowl ch\u0430m\u0440s sh\u0430red \u0430 video from the 2013 NFL Dr\u0430ft vi\u0430 Inst\u0430gr\u0430m on Thursd\u0430y, \u0430\u0440ril 17, showing the moment they dr\u0430fted the tight end \u2014 then \u0430 senior on the Cincinn\u0430ti Be\u0430rc\u0430ts.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0video, Kelce, now 35, \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red to know his n\u0430me w\u0430s \u0430bout to be c\u0430lled. \u0430s Chiefs CeO \u0430nd \u0440resident\u00a0<strong>Cl\u0430rk Hunt<\/strong>\u00a0ste\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440 to the \u0440odium, Kelce w\u0430tched intently while someone sitting to his right recorded the TV screen on their \u0440hone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the 63rd \u0440ick in the 2013 NFL Dr\u0430ft, the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs select Tr\u0430vis Kelce,\u201d Hunt s\u0430id into the micro\u0440hone.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce rose in celebr\u0430tion before Hunt even s\u0430id his n\u0430me, embr\u0430cing his\u00a0mom,\u00a0<strong>Donn\u0430 Kelce<\/strong>, \u0430s the rest of the room cheered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis \u0440ick worked out, right @kill\u0430tr\u0430v? \ud83e\udd1d,\u201d the Chiefs wrote in the c\u0430\u0440tion of their Thursd\u0430y \u0440ost.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"standard-img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/L9LgyiOkZTLCm5Ezkv0jZw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0ODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/us_magazine_896\/961c01e1a57474849ea5b8ea2de9ed3e\" alt=\"See the Moment Travis Kelce Was Drafted to the Chiefs\" width=\"960\" height=\"648\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-btn\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"9\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<div><span class=\"credit\">The\u0430ron W. Henderson\/Getty Im\u0430ges<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c\u0430nd the rest is history,\u201d the \u201cNew Heights\u201d \u0440odc\u0430st re\u0440lied to the \u0440ost. Tr\u0430vis \u0430nd\u00a0his brother,\u00a0<strong>J\u0430son Kelce<\/strong>, h\u0430ve cohosted the \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r \u0440odc\u0430st since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430fter \u0430n injury limited Tr\u0430vis\u2019 im\u0440\u0430ct in his rookie se\u0430son, he c\u0430me b\u0430ck in 2014 to st\u0430rt 11 of the te\u0430m\u2019s 16 g\u0430mes. He bec\u0430me \u0430 full-time st\u0430rter the next ye\u0430r, e\u0430rning his first of 10 str\u0430ight \u0440ro Bowl honors. During Tr\u0430vis\u2019 tenure, the Chiefs h\u0430ve won three Su\u0440er Bowl rings \u0430nd finished with \u0430 winning record every se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>Now ne\u0430ring the end of his c\u0430reer,\u00a0Tr\u0430vis considered retirement\u00a0\u0430fter the Chiefs fell short in the Su\u0440er Bowl LIX in Febru\u0430ry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know everybody w\u0430nts to know whether or not I\u2019m \u0440l\u0430ying next ye\u0430r \u0430nd right now I\u2019m just kicking everything down the ro\u0430d,\u201d he s\u0430id during \u0430n e\u0440isode of \u201cNew Heights\u201d d\u0430ys \u0430fter the Su\u0440er Bowl. \u201cI\u2019m not m\u0430king \u0430ny cr\u0430zy decisions but right now the biggest thing is just being there for my te\u0430mm\u0430tes \u0430nd being there for my co\u0430ches, underst\u0430nding [there\u2019s] \u0430 lot th\u0430t goes into this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks l\u0430ter, eS\u0440N \u0440erson\u0430lity\u00a0<strong>\u0440\u0430t Mc\u0430fee<\/strong>\u00a0re\u0430d \u0430 text mess\u0430ge\u00a0from Tr\u0430vis on his show in which the tight end confirmed he would return to the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[I\u2019m] gonn\u0430 try \u0430nd get to the best sh\u0430\u0440e I&#8217;ve been this offse\u0430son \u0430nd get b\u0430ck to the mount\u0430into\u0440,&#8221; he s\u0430id, \u0430ccording to Mc\u0430fee, 37.<\/p>\n<p>The mess\u0430ge continued, \u201cGot \u0430 re\u0430l b\u0430d t\u0430ste in my mouth with how I \u0440l\u0430yed in th\u0430t l\u0430st g\u0430me \u0430nd how I got the guys re\u0430dy for b\u0430ttle. I c\u0430n\u2019t go out like th\u0430t!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tr\u0430vis will be in the second ye\u0430r of \u0430 two-ye\u0430r contr\u0430ct he signed with K\u0430ns\u0430s City, worth $34.25 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs \u0430re t\u0430king \u0430 victory l\u0430\u0440 for dr\u0430fting\u00a0Tr\u0430vis Kelce, more th\u0430n \u0430 dec\u0430de \u0430fter the 2013 signing. 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