SUMMARY
- Ross Travis, primarily known as the wingman of NFL star Travis Kelce, has played for several NFL teams,
- In his NFL career, Ross Travis has played 24 games, making 14 receptions for 142 receiving yards and two receiving fumbles.
Ross Travis is a professional football player from the United States who is more famous for being the wingman of Taylor Swift’s sweetheart Travis Kelce. Ross was born on January 9, 1993, in Chaska, Minnesota. Travis is an alumnus of Chaska Senior High School in his hometown. Kelce’s wingman used to attend Pennsylvania State University.
Travis is currently serving as a free agent. Like Kelce, Travis is also a tight man and played for numerous franchises in the NFL. Earlier, Travis was not fond of football as he was a basketball player for his college side. During Travis’ time with Pennsylvania State University, he was an active member of the Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team.
Travis was a talented individual in basketball, and as a freshman, he participated in 32 fixtures. Travis averaged 4.4 points and 4.7 rebounds in each game in his first year. Travis was awarded the “Scrappiest Player Award.” At the end of college, Travis played a total of 133 games.
Ross Travis’s NFL stats
Ross Travis joined the NFL side Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent. Besides the Chiefs, Travis is also a member of the Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, and Detroit Lions squads.
However, he was only a part of the practice squad for the latter three franchises. The tight end played 24 games in the NFL, 17 for the Kansas City Chiefs and 7 for the Colts. In his NFL career, the tight end made 14 receives, covered 142 receiving yards, and two receiving fumbles.
Ross Travis’s career earnings and net worth
Kelce’s wingman might have never become a successful player like Kelce, but he did sign some big-money deals. While joining the practice squad with the Chiefs in 2015, he signed a one-year contract worth $46,200. Then, in 2016, he extended his three-year stay with the franchise by agreeing on a deal worth $1,620,000.
In 2019, the tight end moved to the Colts and signed a one-year deal worth $645,000. After the contract was expired in 2020, Travis moved to the New York Jets again and agreed on a contract worth $910,000 for one year. Later, in 2021, Travis’s pen and paper contract with the Arizona Cardinals which was worth $154,000, the same year, he signed another 1-year deal worth $990,000 with the Cardinals. At present, Travis’s net worth is over $1.5 million.
How did Travis Kelce and Ross Travis become friends?
Travis Kelce and Ross Travis are from different cities and states, and neither studied at the same school or college. They met when the Kansas City Chiefs signed Travis as a 2015 undrafted free agent. Travis and Kelce once shared a dressing room, and both played as a tight end for the Chiefs from 2015 to 2017.
Travis is just like a brother from another mother to Kelce, and Swift’s better half shares the same bond with Travis, just like his brother Jason. During the offseason, the two buddies used to travel and explore various places around the nation and the world. The two buddies once went to the Coachella Music Festival, and the wingman also appeared in the stadiums to cheer up his buddy.
Few fans said they are related as both look almost identical, and even their height is nearly the same. Being very close to the three times Super Bowl winner, Ross Travis is also known by Taylor Swift, and they celebrated Kelce’s Super Bowl LVIII victory together. The 31-year-old even traveled with Kelce to Australia, where Swift was present for her Eras tour.