“Nobody else noticed. He was the only one”: How Travis Kelce stood by a struggling teammate through deep trauma and painful memories that followed him from college to NFL life

Travis Kelce has spent years as one of the biggest names in Kansas City, but his most personal impact on a teammate had little to do with football. Clyde Edwards-Helaire was carrying painful memories from his college years when he joined the Chiefs in 2020. As those struggles followed him into the NFL, Kelce noticed changes that other people could miss. He checked on him, stayed close and became someone Edwards-Helaire could lean on when life away from football became difficult.