{"id":20465,"date":"2025-02-04T18:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20465"},"modified":"2025-02-04T18:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:26:32","slug":"travis-kelce-reveals-hardest-part-of-college-drugs-scandal-that-threatened-his-nfl-dream-as-he-returns-to-new-orleans-for-the-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20465","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce reveals ‘hardest part’ of college drugs scandal that threatened his NFL dream as he returns to New Orleans for the Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Travis Kelce<\/a><\/span>\u00a0has admitted how bringing negativity to his family was the ‘hardest part’ of the college drugs scandal that threatened to end his NFL dream before it had started.<\/p>\n

Kelce is hoping to lead the\u00a0Kansas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0City Chiefs to a historic\u00a0Super Bowl<\/a><\/span>\u00a0three-peat when they take on the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0New Orleans<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n

On the NFL’s glitzy opening night in Louisiana, the tight end dropped\u00a0a speculative hint over a proposal<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0gave fans an insight into his NFL future.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

But, when asked by Mail Sport, he also spoke candidly about the costly mistake that that saw him get briefly kicked off of the University of Cincinnati football team 15 years ago.<\/p>\n

Too much partying in the Big Easy before the Bearcats played in the Sugar Bowl in 2010 led to a failed drugs test for marijuana, which landed him on the school’s suspended list.<\/p>\n

Kelce managed to get his place on team back and turned his football career around to become one of the NFL’s greatest-ever tight ends. However, he admitted the incident left a mark.<\/p>\n

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Travis Kelce has reveled the ‘hardest part’ of the drugs scandal he faced in college<\/p>\n

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Kelce, pictured with older brother Jason in their college days, was kicked out of the University of Cincinnati for failing a drugs test after partying in the Louisiana city back in 2010<\/p>\n

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The future NFL star failed a drugs test for marijuana before Cincinnati played in the Sugar Bowl<\/p>\n

He said: ‘I think it was a very emotional and meaningful thing that happened to me back in college and I brought that all on myself.<\/p>\n

‘I think it was just me not living up to my family’s expectations and that was probably the biggest thing.<\/p>\n

‘Bringing negativity to them was probably the hardest part for me.<\/p>\n

‘Outside of that, I always knew I was going to find a way to figure things out and it wasn’t the end of the world for me.’<\/p>\n

Kelce has spoken openly about the incident in the past, discussing it on the\u00a0‘Bussin’ With the Boys’<\/a>\u00a0podcast in July 2023.<\/p>\n

He admitted that he ‘partied a little too much down there [New Orleans], got hit with a drug test and from that point on, I realized I\u2019ve got to tighten the f*** up.’<\/p>\n

He admitted that he ‘partied a little too much down there [New Orleans], got hit with a drug test and from that point on, I realized I\u2019ve got to tighten the f*** up.’<\/p>\n

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Kelce admitted he ‘partied too much’ in the Big Easy before being kicked out of college<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kelce dropped a hint over a proposal to Taylor Swift and gave fans an insight into his NFL future<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Absolutely hilarious. That’s how I was living back then.’<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Travis, older brother Jason – who was in his senior year at the time – was on hand to help after begging Cincinnati coaches to give him another chance.<\/p>\n

‘He went into the coaches office and talked to numerous coaches to try and give me another chance,’ the Chiefs star said about Jason.<\/p>\n

‘I’m forever in debt to this guy for putting his name, our name – the Kelce name – on the line. When I say I owe it all to him, I really do.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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