OVERVIEW
In high school, Kelce was a three sport star, but his best sport was always football. He was a three-year letter winner at quarterback, and earned All-Lake Erie League honors after totaling 2,539 yards of total offense and 31 total touchdowns as a senior. Kelce’s uncle Don Blalock played football at Purdue and grandfather Don Blalock played football at Ohio. Travis is the younger brother of former Cincinnati Bearcats and current Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce.
In his first year on campus, Travis redshirted. In his redshirt freshman year, Kelce participated in 11 games as the tight end. He caught one pass for three yards. Kelce also played some quarterback, strictly in a Wildcat role. He logged eight carries for 47 yards and two touchdowns. Kelce did not play in 2010, as he was suspended for a violation of team rules. Upon his return in 2011, Kelce caught 13 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns. In his senior season, Kelce put himself on the NFL prospect map, as he caught 45 passes for 722 yards and eight touchdowns. He was selected to the All-Big East first team for his play.
ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS Kelce has an ideal tight end frame. Athletic for his size, with great strength, and the ability to stretch the field vertically. Very physical run blocker, generates power from the lower half, and will move defenders off the ball. Plays with leverage. Wide catching radius, can adjust and make the difficult catch. Tough to bring down after the catch. Light feet, and has lined up in numerous different positions.
WEAKNESSES Suspended for an entire season for violating team rules. Only one season of production. Doesn't have blazing speed. Not a tremendously explosive athlete. Doesn't come out of his breaks all that well.
NFL COMPARISON Rob Gronkowski
BOTTOM LINE Kelce has been a tremendous run blocker throughout his career for the Bearcats, but really elevated his game as a receiver in his senior season. He isn't a tremendous athlete, but he does a lot of things very well. It's a deep tight end class, but Kelce's play suggests that he should be highly sought after. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
As we all should be. I mean, it's not like we have any control over it. It's also not like this regime has really done anything to deserve our criticism either.
I think there's a point you cut bait and say "this was a bad pick, let's move on". Kaindoh is probably that sort of guy, but I had a devil convincing some people it wasn't a very good pick that just needed another year. I say this as someone who is way more wrong than right on draft picks. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
He is, but he's still not a guy that is in the discussion with the top QB's in the NFL despite the fact that he had the highest completion percentage this year. There were quite a few posters here that got pretty harsh on anyone that wasn't in the Geno camp. THey know who they are. If they made a bad Kelse take too, well, fuck them. They deserve to be fed crow.
You should probably see a therapist, dude. You're still in pain over how you were treated on the internet 10 years ago. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Does this place have a reaction to anything the Chiefs do anymore other than "OMG WHY ARE THEY THE STUPIDEST FRANCHISE EVAR??///1/1????"
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Geno is about to get a pretty sizable contract. Not sure I'd count that one as a win, even though it took about 10 years for it to bear fruit.
That one can be bashed because the team that drafted him didn't benefit in the least. [Reply]
Originally Posted by stevieray:
I remember when people wanted to can him for the jerk off to the ref.
I remember that. I think I posted in that thread and I said something to the effect of Kelce needing to be more professional. Now it’s my favorite gif. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tooge:
Pain? Im not in pain. Its just cleared my opinion on the football knowledge of some of you
This is the post of a man who's not in pain any more from something 10 years ago, ladies and gentlemen:
Originally Posted by tooge:
I don't mind bashing bad takes on drafts. I mean I endured the Geno Smith BS and was essentially told I didn't know shit about anything because the Chiefs didn't draft Geno Smith. So, if you are going to act like you know what the fuck you are talking about, then you make an ass take, you should be ridiculed.
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
And we still don't.
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
He's a functioning alcoholic, so about that bad.
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
I doubt I'm the only one who saw this thread bumped and expected to see news about how Kelce bruised his vagina again.
Originally Posted by Fairplay:
Can you imagine if Kelce ends up being a Rob Gronkowski clone or close to it?
I will look up this thread in the future and laugh at the negative comments, bring it back for old times sake. Get your paper bags ready to put on your heads you brutes.
Tough to blame anyone for being negative about anything and everything regarding the Chiefs after that 2012 season. We could've drafted God and I still would've thought "How are the Chiefs gonna fuck this one up" [Reply]
