{"id":141619,"date":"2025-08-13T05:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141619\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T05:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:49:11","slug":"travis-kelce-cried-as-he-begged-browns-to-draft-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141619\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce cried as he begged Browns to draft him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Kelce\u2026 Browns tight end? <\/p>\n<p>Well, if he had it his way over a decade ago, that\u2019s how his career might have shaken out. <\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to the 2013 NFL Draft, Kelce met with the Browns and the team\u2019s then-head coach, Rob Chudzinski, and made clear he wanted one thing \u2014 to be a Cleveland Brown.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.41632089;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36816047\" width=\"836\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250811_mjr_su5_019.jpg\" alt=\"Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) against the Arizona Cardinals during a preseason NFL game at State Farm Stadium.\" class=\"wp-image-36816047\"  \/>Travis Kelce (87) looks on during the Chiefs\u2019 preseason road loss to the Cardinals.  Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Kelce, who went to Cleveland Heights High School and attended the University of Cincinnati, made an emotional plea to try to play for his hometown squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cried in [Chudzinski\u2019s] office and said, \u2018I will f\u2013king die for this city!\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/travis-kelce-september-cover-2025-interview-super-bowl-taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelce told GQ<\/a>. \u201cI literally was in tears. I said, \u2018I\u2019m sorry I\u2019m getting emotional. I grew up down the street. I would f\u2013king do anything to play for the Cleveland Browns.\u2019 He looked at me like I was insane. I don\u2019t think he\u2019d ever had somebody just pour out their emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelce was instead taken in the third round by the Chiefs, the team he has played with for his entire NFL career. <\/p>\n<p>He has racked up 10 Pro Bowl and four All-Pro nods and won three Super Bowls as one of the game\u2019s greatest tight ends of all time.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Browns, they took linebacker Barkevious Mingo and cornerback Leon McFadden, neither of whom earned a Pro Bowl appearance in their respective careers, though Mingo did win a Super Bowl with the 2016 Patriots.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36816048\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-182305378.jpg\" alt=\" Rob Chudzinski of the Cleveland Browns yells to his players on the sidelines during the first half against the Cincinnati Bengals at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 29, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. \" class=\"wp-image-36816048\"  \/>Rob Chudzinski  yells to his players on the sidelines during the Browns\u2019 17-6 home loss to the Bengals on <br \/>Sept. 29, 2013. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kelce, entering his 13th NFL season, recently said he has moved past Super Bowl 2025\u2019s blowout loss to the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve thrown that thing in the trash,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45915123\/kelce-said-thrown-chiefs-super-bowl-loss-trash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelce told reporters last week<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve moved on. It happened sooner than you can imagine. I was pretty focused on this year in the offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce\u2026 Browns tight end? 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