Travis Kelce has spent his entire career with the Kansas City Chiefs and is returning for at least one more year.
Travis’ older brother, Jason, spent all 13 of his pro seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles before retiring in 2024.
With the NFL Draft returning, college players will soon bounce across the country as they join their new pro teams.
But the draft is annually filled with what-if moments, as critical decisions — often made at the last second — affect players, coaches and teams for decades to come.
In 2017, Patrick Mahomes could have been drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals at No. 9.
Instead, Cincy took wide receiver John Ross — who soon became a first-round bust — while Mahomes went to the Chiefs one pick later and now has three Super Bowl trophies.
Back in 2011, Jason was a young offensive lineman fresh out of the University of Cincinnati.
And a major what-if moment occurred in NFL history.
Two teams showed the most pre-draft interest in Jason
“I knew I was a day three guy,” he recently told NFL Network.
Travis and Jason Kelce played in a Super Bowl together but could have shared the same uniformGetty There almost was a world where the inseparable Kelce brothers were even closerAfter six long rounds and 190 picks, Jason had bowled enough with his family and was still waiting to be picked before the seventh round was over.
“Round four passes. Round five passes,” Jason said. “At this point, we’re done bowling.”
He finally had his name called by Philly at No. 191 overall, and never left the Eagles franchise until he retired at 36 years old.
“My father’s got tears rolling down his face,” said Jason, recalling the emotional moment of being drafted on the final day.
But another team also kept an eye on Travis’ big brother as the rounds mounted and the last pick approached.
“I had two teams really interested,” Jason said. “Kansas City and the Philadelphia Eagles.”
The Chiefs held the No. 199 pick in 2011.
If the Eagles had passed on Jason at 190, Kansas City could have taken him — and eventually reunited the Kelce brothers in the NFL two years later, when Travis became the No. 63 pick for the Chiefs.
More than a decade later, Jason still remembered his draft feelings.
“It’s the greatest moment of my life … outside of my kids being born,” Jason said. “It’s the realization that you’re about to play in the NFL.”
Jason said he had two teams interested in him – the Chiefs and the EaglesX@NFLThe draft keeps getting larger and larger and so do the crowds.
What used to occur in a hotel room with names written on a blackboard has become a massive three-day event televised on multiple networks at once.
More than 275,000 fans attended the first round of last year’s draft in downtown Detroit, watching Caleb Williams go No. 1 overall to the Chicago Bears and the Atlanta Falcons stun the league by drafting Michael Penix Jr.
The huge crowd set a NFL Draft record, breaking the all-time day one mark of 200,000 set in 2019 by Nashville, Tennessee.
The first round for the 2025 NFL Draft is Thursday in Green Bay.
Unlike 2024’s class, which was loaded with top-tier quarterback talent, including Drake Maye, J.J. McCarthy and Jayden Daniels, 2025’s class is distinctly light on top-tier arm talent.
Cam Ward is expected to go No. 1 overall while Shedeur Sanders continues to split opinion.
Former Mississippi signal caller Jaxson Dart has steadily risen up most mock drafts.
Two-way phenom Travis Hunter, squatting extraordinaire Will Campbell and Saquon Barkley-esque Ashton Jeanty are likely to go in the top ten.
The Chiefs currently have eight selections in the 2025 Draft.
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