“Looking like a car salesman”: Travis Kelce gets heavily trolled by fans after a 2013 NFL draft photo resurfaced

A 2013 draft day photo of NFL star Travis Kelce currently astonishes fans who cannot believe the image is actually of him. A throwback photograph released by the National Football League presents Kelce from 2013 while fans today cannot accept he is the same person.

Fans react to Travis Kelce’s throwback look

The NFL Draft headshot from 2013 showed Kelce wearing a completely different appearance than his present-day rugged bearded facial style. During the 2013 draft Kelce demonstrated a conventional appearance with a well-trimmed goatee that bordering his mouth and chin while his facial hair was restricted to that area. Many fans observed that his early appearance created a "baby face" appearance.

During the NFL Draft of 2013 Kelce wore a white button-up shirt with a red tie which made him seem very crisply professional even though nowadays fans see him as a bigger-than-life tight end. The National Football League displayed an old image of Kelce dressed in his Cincinnati Bearcats black jersey featuring his “Kelce 18” player number.


The NFL’s caption read, “Came a long way since being drafted 63rd overall in 2013,” highlighting how much the now-legendary tight end has evolved. At the time of the draft, Kelce was measured at 6 feet 4 ⅞ inches tall, weighed 255 pounds, and had an impressive 4.64-second 40-yard dash time. His stats were promising—but no one could have predicted just how dominant he would become in the years to follow.

However, it wasn’t just his athletic transformation that caught fans’ attention. Social media was flooded with playful comparisons to his old look. One fan quipped, “His looks came a long way, too.” Others chimed in with hilarious alternate career suggestions based on his fresh-faced draft day photo.

“Looking like a car salesman,” one person joked. “Bro looks like a geometry teacher,” another added. “I thought that was my accountant for a second,” a third fan commented. Some even compared him to the internet’s favorite meme star, Rick Astley, with one user writing, “Looks like Rich Ashly.”

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The remarkable ascension of Kelce from a prospective tight end to three Super Bowl victories has been outstanding. His professional career enabled both the improvement of his playing skills while he cultivated a distinctive look and soaring personality which established his popularity with fans. This casual outfit functions as an entertaining way to mark Kelce's professional and fashion progress.

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