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When Travis Kelce signed his four-year, $58 million contract extension with the Chiefs in 2020, he decided that his first purchase would be something more meaningful than a new car. Kelce announced that he will be buying a building for his Eighty-Seven & Running Foundation to give inner-city Kansas City teenagers a safe place where they can study science, technology, engineering and mathematics. He also has a foundation that fixes senior citizen’s homes that need repairs. It’s a great gift to seniors in the Kansas City area.
fter five years and three Super Bowls with the Chiefs, where he was Kelce’s back-up. Despite having limited playing time, Fortson couldn’t hide his joy when asked about playing alongsideDuring his introductory press conference, Fortson shared:
“Travis Kelce is my favorite teammate of all time. On any level, Pop Warner, High School, or College, Travis is my favorite teammate. Not only because he took his time trying to teach me the role of being the tight end, but because of how a great person is he didn’t even have to.He just showed unconditional love and knowledge for the game. Being in a room and Kelce, it probably… not even probably… it sent me four light years of where I would have been had I not had him.
“He is arguably the greatest of all-time, and having him in that room, being able to learn and see how he’s attacking different routes and why he views coverage like this and why he sees well, how he’s able to find the holes and other stuff like you’re not able to get that unless you’re with somebody that knows that.”