Travis Kelce always saw baseball as his career "plan B". The Super Bowl-winning star enjoyed playing football and baseball during his younger years, and he always considered baseball to be a fallback career option. The NFL star - who began dating Taylor Swift in 2023 - said on the 'New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce' podcast: "I know so many guys that played baseball that were also really good at football.
" Jason Kelce, Travis' brother, then asked: "Was there ever a point where you almost pursued baseball instead of other sports?" Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. And Travis replied: "It was always something in the back of my mind that I knew, like, I had a chance at if I wanted to give it a run." Travis, 34 - who plays for the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL - believes he has a lot of the natural attributes needed to succeed as a baseball player.
He explained: "You know, I think my size and my athleticism, as well as the fact that I could throw a throw a baseball. "I could track a baseball in the outfield. Like, I felt like I would I would always get a chance.
"So it was always in the back of my mind that I had that as a plan B, which is why I tried to, you know, play in 2010 when I got kicked out of school or when I got kicked off the team for a little bit. I was always just kinda keeping that alive in a sense." Travis hosted an episode of 'Saturday Night Live' in 2023, and he's previously been tipped to move into the e.