The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has become a darling of the media and a popular pitchman thanks to his effervescent personality and relationship with popstar Taylor Swift.
But Kelce is not a one-man band.
He has a strong cast of characters around him who keep the NFL star company, help him look his best – and enable the Chiefs icon to capitalize on his ever-growing fame and fortune.
Here is a look at Kelce’s inner circle from childhood friends in Ohio to an unemployed NFL star and a pair of whizzkid twin brothers.
Aric Jones became close friends with Kelce at the Cleveland Heights Recreation Center when the future NFL star was just five years old.
“We were on the Mighty Mites Hockey team together,” Jones told People.
“I was four, Trav was five, and he was the biggest and the best player on the team, and I was the smallest and the funniest player on the team.”
After Jones finished studying at Tennessee State University in 2014, Kelce invited him to move into his house in Kansas City.