Travis Kelce fights back tears in locker room tribute to controversial teammate as Chiefs reach Super Bowl
Travis Kelce fights back tears in locker room tribute to controversial teammate as Chiefs reach Super Bowl
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Moments after reaching another Super Bowl, Travis Kelce fought back tears in the Kansas City Chiefs locker room as he paid tribute to teammate Kareem Hunt. The Chiefs narrowly beat the Buffalo Bills 32-29 at Arrowhead on Sunday night to reach the Super Bowl in New Orleans on February 9, against Philadelphia Eagles. And for running back Hunt, that game will represent a story of redemption.
![[Hunt scored a touchdown on the way to his team's narrow victory over the Buffalo Bills]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/12/94557341-0-image-a-9_1737981355371.jpg)
He first reached stardom with the Chiefs in 2017, running for a league high 1,327 yards and eight touchdowns in his rookie year after being drafted from Toledo. But a year later, his career looked to be in ruins after video emerged of him assaulting a woman and the Chiefs released him.
![[Patrick Mahomes celebrates with Hunt after scoring a touchdown for the Chiefs on Sunday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/12/94557555-0-image-a-10_1737981512412.jpg)
In late November 2018, footage surfaced that showed Hunt shoving a woman to the ground and kicking her in the hallway of a Cleveland hotel. The Chiefs got rid of him but no charges were filed when the woman stopped cooperating with authorities. He returned to the NFL with the Cleveland Browns in 2019 before Andy Reid gave him a second chance in Kansas City last September after Isiah Pacheco fractured his leg in Week 2.
'That's my family right there man, I love that guy to death,' Kelce said of Hunt in an interview Darren Smith. I spoke with #Chiefs TE Travis Kelce after the game on what getting his teammate, running back Kareem Hunt, a chance to play in the Super Bowl meant to him. #ChiefsKingdom #DawgPound pic.twitter.com/0yQh4oKR8M.
