Travis Kelce Wanted to Play Basketball at West Virginia

The NFL star tells his West Virginia story.

Travis Kelce is one of the two most talked about celebrities in the world right now. The other, is his girlfriend, Taylor Swift. How does this relate to West Virginia? Well, there's always a West Virginia connection.

In a recent episode of his podcast New Heights, Travis and Jason Kelce talked about their recruitment and how Travis almost became a Mountaineer.

Bet you didn’t know how close Trav was to hooping at WVU pic.twitter.com/UPbiGoAKs8

— New Heights (@newheightshow) December 20, 2023

"West Virginia is where I wanted to play basketball. I wanted to play for Coach Bob Huggins. The legendary Huggy, Huggy Bear. The Cincinnati Bearcat legend. He had just moved there from Kansas State. He kind of honored a few of the scholarships they had already given out. It was kind of up in the air. I'm not even sure if I would have went there if I would have had a full scholarship. Either way, I fell in love with how Coach Huggins ran his program and knew he was kind of a coach that I would respect and want to play for.

"I went to dad and I was like, man, I really want to play basketball at West Virginia under Huggs. And he was like, 'You're a man of your ------- word. You don't go back on your word. You already committed. Don't be like these other guys.' Now look at everybody in college football. I appreciate my dad for keeping me honest about my word."

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