Regina CarmichaelTravis Kelce took to the softball diamond on Saturday as the Chiefs star participated in a charity game with a host of other NFL stars. The game, hosted by Browns tight end David Njoku, included a home run derby and fan meet-and-greet at Classic Auto Group Park in Cleveland.
And Kelce – who previously starred as a baseball player in high school – turned up to the event alongside Browns players Myles Garrett, Nick Chubb, Deshaun Watson and Amari Cooper.
Former Cowboys star Dez Bryant was also in attendance as was ex-Browns receiver Josh Gordon and Jabrill Peppers.
Travis Kelce hitting taters at the David Njoku celebrity All-Star softball game at Classic Park. @Browns @Chiefs pic.twitter.com/n6I3WvyZB5
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Bernie Kosar, who once met Kelce’s girlfriend Taylor Swift at the tight end’s Kansas City mansion, was also at the event.
In one clip, Kelce could be seen having success during the home run derby, which he reportedly won. Kelce, of course, is a native of the area as he grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio as a three-sport athlete.
In fact he led the Cleveland area with a .538 batting average as a senior and was even rumored to be flirting with 90 mph from the mound as a pitcher.
In fact, when Kelce was booted from the University of Cincinnati football for marijuana use in 2010, he briefly pursued a baseball career by playing summer ball in a wooden-bat league.
‘He was playing right field,’ Brian Cleary, the former University of Cincinnati baseball coach and now a Washington Nationals scout, told The Athletic. ‘As they take in-and-out [warmups] and as he’s playing pregame, it’s the best thrower of a baseball I’ve ever seen, to this day, in my life.’
However, those skills were called into question when Kelce tossed a now-infamous first pitch for his hometown Cleveland Guardians last year.
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