Travis Kelce may be going from the gridiron again to grade college.
Kelce, 34, is in talks to host a reboot of sport present Are You Smarter Than a fifth Grader?, in response to a Tuesday, March 19, Deadline report.
Initially hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, the Kelce-hosted model would stream on Amazon’s Prime Video, although the outlet indicated a deal isn’t but closed.
Are You Smarter Than a fifth Grader?, which finds grownup contestants making an attempt to reply questions from a fifth-grade textbook with the assistance of some precise fifth-graders standing by, aired on Fox for 4 seasons from 2007 to 2009.
Soccer tight ends perform to guard their quarterback in the course of NFL performs, and few do it higher than Travis Kelce. Kelce has been the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ prime tight finish since 2013, 4 years earlier than Patrick Mahomes signed with the Missouri crew as a quarterback. “Clearly, I get right here at first of […]
The present was later made for syndication and rebooted for a Nickelodeon model, hosted by John Cena, which ran for one season in 2019.
Whereas Kelce’s soccer profession is exhibiting no indicators of slowing down simply but — the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star is signed via the top of the 2025 season — wheels have been set in movement for a post-playing profession for a while.
Kelce hosted Saturday Night time Reside in March 2023 and later made a shock cameo look on the sketch present in October 2023, which his enterprise managers have stated was simply the tip of the iceberg.
In a January piece within the The New York Instances titled “The Individuals Who Introduced You Travis Kelce,” André and Aaron Eanes, who’ve recognized Kelce since faculty, revealed there was a plan in place to make him “as well-known as The Rock.”
The dual brothers stated film scripts had begun rolling in for Kelce together with, sure, presents to host sport reveals.
“Individuals say to me, ‘Man, it’s been a loopy yr,’” Aaron stated. “After I say, ‘Really, it’s not that loopy,’ individuals have a look at me humorous. It’s as a result of it’s simple when you’ve gotten a plan. We’re executing that plan.”
Along with his relationship with Taylor Swift introducing him to a completely new viewers of admirers, 2023 additionally noticed Kelce making large skilled strides away from the soccer discipline.
His podcast, “New Heights,” which he hosts together with his brother, Jason Kelce, grew to become some of the in style podcasts on the planet, routinely topping the Spotify charts.
As well as, the Chiefs tight finish additionally appeared in nationwide advertising and marketing campaigns for firms like Experian, State Farm and Subway, and he even helped promote vaccines for Pfizer.
As his enterprise managers defined, it’s all been a part of their years-long imaginative and prescient.
“We positioned Travis to be world well-known,” André stated. “We didn’t understand how it could occur, or when it could occur, or what would assist push that additional alongside. However it’s at all times been the thought at the back of our minds.”
