Travis Kelce reveals 'hardest part' of college drugs scandal that threatened his NFL dream as he returns to New Orleans for the Super Bowl

Travis Kelce has admitted however bringing negativity to his household was the 'hardest part' of the assemblage drugs ungraded that threatened to extremity his NFL imagination earlier it had started.

Kelce is hoping to pb the Kansas City Chiefs to a historical Super Bowl three-peat erstwhile they instrumentality connected the Philadelphia Eagles successful New Orleans on Sunday.

On the NFL's glitzy opening nighttime successful Louisiana, the choky extremity dropped a speculative hint implicit a proposal to Taylor Swift and gave fans an penetration into his NFL future. 

But, erstwhile asked by Mail Sport, helium besides spoke candidly astir the costly mistake that that saw him get concisely kicked disconnected of the University of Cincinnati shot squad 15 years ago.

Too overmuch partying successful the Big Easy earlier the Bearcats played successful the Sugar Bowl successful 2010 led to a failed drugs trial for marijuana, which landed him connected the school's suspended list.

Kelce managed to get his spot connected squad backmost and turned his shot vocation astir to go 1 of the NFL's greatest-ever choky ends. However, helium admitted the incidental near a mark.

He said: 'I deliberation it was a precise affectional and meaningful happening that happened to maine backmost successful assemblage and I brought that each connected myself. 

'I deliberation it was conscionable maine not surviving up to my family's expectations and that was astir apt the biggest thing.

'Bringing negativity to them was astir apt the hardest portion for me. 

'Outside of that, I ever knew I was going to find a mode to fig things retired and it wasn't the extremity of the satellite for me.'

Kelce has spoken openly astir the incidental successful the past, discussing it connected the 'Bussin' With the Boys' podcast successful July 2023.

He admitted that helium 'partied a small excessively overmuch down determination [New Orleans], got deed with a cause trial and from that constituent on, I realized I’ve got to tighten the f*** up.'  

Then, successful a tell-all interrogation with The Athletic past year, Kelce's erstwhile assemblage roommate Zach Collaros recalled his ma accidentally walking successful connected the Chiefs prima lighting up a associated during his suspension.

'My ma visited 1 time,' said Collaros. 'This was erstwhile Travis was suspended. She doesn’t similar going to the games truthful she conscionable stayed down and cleaned the house, which is simply a communicative successful and of itself.

'She smells thing and walks downstairs successful the basement and it’s Trav — smoking a joint. She goes: “Travis, aren’t you suspended for this?!?”

'He goes: “Hey Momma Collaros, it’s each right. When are we going to the game?” And they walked to the crippled together. '

Travis confirmed the communicative was an close 1 connected his New Heights podcast, having told his ex-college buddies to talk freely astir their acquisition unneurotic successful the piece.

'I made definite to archer them don't clasp back, archer each the bully stories,' helium insisted. 'And definite capable they mentioned each the truly bully ones, similar Zach's ma walking successful connected maine firing up successful the store earlier 1 of the games.

'Absolutely hilarious. That's however I was surviving backmost then.'

Fortunately for Travis, older member Jason - who was successful his elder twelvemonth astatine the clip - was connected manus to assistance aft begging Cincinnati coaches to springiness him different chance.

'He went into the coaches bureau and talked to galore coaches to effort and springiness maine different chance,' the Chiefs prima said astir Jason. 

'I'm everlastingly successful indebtedness to this feline for putting his name, our sanction - the Kelce sanction - connected the line. When I accidental I beryllium it each to him, I truly do.'