Travis Kelce Shares Taylor Swift's Take on Jerome Bettis

Travis Kelce agreed to a one-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs that will bring him back for a 14th NFL season. Much of the recent attention around the tight end has focused on his relationship with Taylor Swift and the couple’s reported wedding plans.

Swift’s ties to football go back years. The 14-time Grammy winner has said her father, Scott Swift, and Chiefs coach Andy Reid have long been friends. Since she began dating Kelce, Swift has often appeared in luxury suites at Kansas City games.

On a recent episode of the New Heights podcast, which Kelce co-hosts with his brother Jason, Travis said Swift made an observation about former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis.

Jason mentioned Bettis’ upcoming golf tournament, which led Travis to recall running into the Hall of Famer at dinner with Swift.

“He is just the best dude ever. I got to run into him at dinner. I was like telling Tay about him like, ‘That dude was a beast,’” Kelce said.

Kelce later showed Swift highlights from Bettis’ career, which ran from 1993 to 2005.

“I showed her a Jerome Bettis highlight tape and she was like ‘Why does he look like an offensive lineman running with the football?’ Because he was ‘The Bus,’” Kelce said.

Bettis, a six-time Pro Bowler, played at more than 250 pounds for much of his time with the Steelers and earned the nickname “The Bus.” He started his career with the Rams after they selected him in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft. Bettis won Super Bowl XL with the Steelers.