In just a few months, Travis Kelce has gone from being just one of the best players in the NFL to be known as “Taylor Swift’s boyfriend”. At 34 years old, the athlete who has conquered the heart of one of the greatest artists in history has managed to win the Super Bowl twice and could do it for the third time with his Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.
His relationship with the ‘Blank Space’ singer has meant a complete revolution for American football in terms of income. Her courtship and the singer’s constant presence at Arrowhead Stadium have served to increase the popularity of this sport internationally and also to increase the value of Kelce’s team in more than 330 million dollars in the last year, according to a study by the Apex Marketing group.
Now, the tight end, one of the best in history, is preparing to continue forging his legend under the watchful eye of his girlfriend. Taylor Swiftwho performed this Saturday in Japan, has stopped his international tour and will be present at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday.
However, before finding a place in the league and making a name for himself in the NFL, Travis Kelce experienced a tense episode related to the drugs which was about to end his career. We tell you everything you need to know about the most unknown side of the NFL player: from his love story with Taylow Swift to the salary he earns annually.
Drug use almost ended Travis Kelce’s career
It has been more than 10 years since Travis Michael Kelce (Ohio, 1989) will reach the world of footballalthough the truth is that his career was not always as successful as we remember it.
It all started in his hometown, in Cleveland Heights, in the state of Ohio, where he soon stood out as a great athlete in all the sports he played. Then, the American was still playing in the quarterback position and, although he dominated with ease in high school, he did not receive many big offers to play in college.
Kelce chose the University of Cincinnati to continue training motivated by his brother, Jason Kelce, who had already become a star for the Bearcats at that time. Relegated to the position of tight endthe athlete did not play in his first season and in the second, he played 11 games sharing positions.
That would be when the mistake of his life would come: the American football player was suspended by the university after giving positive for marijuana in a drug test. This mistake almost ended his career, although his older brother, Jason, managed to get him a job. second opportunity and he personally took it upon himself to prevent this from happening again: he changed rooms and left with Travis to keep an eye on him.
In 2013, Travis Kelce would be selected in the 63rd place (third round) of the draft that same year. That summer, the athlete would sign a 4-year contract for 3.12 million dollars and it didn’t take him long to begin to emerge as one of the emerging stars of the league. However, the turning point would come with Patrick Mahomes as quarterback, allowing both to achieve the best performance of their careers.
In addition to the two Super Bowl titles he has achieved, Travis Kelce has also been selected in four times for the All-Pro y nine for the Pro Bowl and is the player with the most receiving yards in Kansas City Chiefs history.
The love story of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
Travis Kelce y Taylor Swift They form one of the most famous couples of the moment. The singer and the athlete confirmed their relationship a few months ago after being seen in a very affectionate attitude and, since then, they have not stopped generating expectations around their courtship. But how did their love story begin?
The truth is that it was Travis who made the first approach to Taylos after attending one of his concerts. In the ‘New Heights’ podcast that he has with his brother, he assured that I had tried to meet her in person after the show, although I hadn’t been able to: “If you’re at Taylor Swift concerts, there are friendship bracelets, and I received a lot of them while I was there, but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one with my number», the Chiefs tight end recalled then.
It wouldn’t be until a few months later when the two would end up meeting for the first time. According to what the athlete said in an interview in The Wall Street Journal, everything happened at a party they both attended and in which some of the singer’s friends acted as matchmakers: “When I met her in New York, we had already been talking, so I knew we could have a good dinner and a conversation,” Kelce explained.
Singer Taylor Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce
From that moment on, Kelce and Taylor began to meet and have not wanted to separate since then: we have seen her in the Chiefs games, while he has also attended some of the singer’s concerts. So much so that the winner of the Grammy for Album of the Year did not want to miss her boyfriend’s big date at the Super Bowl and she will be present to send him all her support from the stands of the Las Vegas stadium.
Travis Kelce’s very high salary in the Kansas City Chiefs
Travis Kelce is one of the highest-paid players in the NFL thanks to his great performance with the Kansas City Chiefs. The sports player signed his renewal a few years ago and currently has a salary of 14 million dollars annually and a assets close to 40 million. Very high figures that, however, cannot be compared to those the singer has obtained in recent years: more than 1,000 million dollars.
2024-02-11 20:18:50
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