With reports of Jason Kelce’s pending retirement swirling after a Hall of Fame career, it’s a proper time to reflect on a player who’s been a staple of Sunday broadcasts and Wednesday podcasts. And, since you can’t talk about Jason without bringing up his similarly gifted brother, it’s been a minute to consider Travis Kelce as well.
No one has done this better than The Athletic’s Justin Williams. Williams rounded up a bunch of the brothers’ former teammates at the University of Cincinnati to fill out the backstory behind the NFL’s favorite siblings. It’s exactly as rowdy and occasionally ludicrous as you’d expect. Real guys being dudes stuff. The reporter got to some of the biggest names from one of the finest eras of Bearcat football — Isaiah Pead! Zach Collaros! Tony Pike! Butch Jones! — and they all have Kelce stories to share.
This is 1,000 percent an article worth paying for over at The Athletic. And in that spirit I’m not going to give away too much. But there’s just too many great stories here *not* to share. Here are six of the best.