Chiefs' Travis Kelce says college football suspension served as wake-up call, sparked move to tight end

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Travis Kelce will begin his 10th season in the NFL in September. 

Since the Kansas City Chiefs drafted Kelce in the third round in 2013, he has been named a First-team All-Pro four times and has developed into one of the best tight ends in the NFL. Kelce's 10,344 yards currently put him in the fourth spot on the all-time tight end receiving yards list.

If Kelce continues at the pace he is on, he will likely end up in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his native Ohio. But, at one point during his college football days, Kelce's football future was in jeopardy when he was suspended for his redshirt sophomore season due to a failed drug test.

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Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates against the Philadelphia Eagles after Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

During a recent appearance on the "Bussin' With The Boys" podcast with three-time Pro Bowler Taylor Lewan and NFL free agent linebacker Will Compton, Kelce admitted that his party habits in college contributed to the failed drug test ahead of the 2010 Allstate Sugar Bowl.

"I got kicked out of college because of it," he said. "I partied a little too much down there, got hit with a drug test and from that point on, I realized I gotta tighten the f--- up."

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Kelce also noted that the indiscretion led to him making the move from the Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback room to the tight ends room. 

Early in his college football career, Kelce mostly played quarterback out of the