Travis Kelce on Trey Smith as Kansas City's enforcer: 'He's a dog ... he's a (expletive) beast'
If an opposing player puts hands on Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce knows exactly which teammate will handle the situation.
Without hesitation, Kelce said on the Bussin’ With the Boys podcast with Will Compton and Taylor Lewan that offensive lineman and former Tennessee star Trey Smith is the “enforcer” in Kansas City.
Kelce was asked by Lewan about the hypothetical situation during a recent appearance on the show.
“He’s a dog,” Kelce said of Smith, the 6-foot-5, 329-pound offensive lineman for the Chiefs. “He’s a (expletive) beast.”
Smith was the No. 226 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. In February he became the 40th former Tennessee football player to win a Super Bowl, when the Chiefs beat the Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII.
Smith was shutdown after the first seven games of his sophomore season at Tennessee in 2018 due to the blood clots, putting his football future in question. He returned to the field with the Vols in 2019, earning First Team All-SEC honors after appearing in all 13 games, starting 12 at left guard.
He was a second-team All-American after his senior season in 2020, but his health history caused his draft stock to plummet.
Trey Smith in February became 40th Tennessee football player to win a Super Bowl
Over his first two seasons with the Chiefs, he’s started all 33 games he’s appeared in.
Ironically, Smith was part of the ‘Big Orange Combine,’ a group of nine Tennessee students that worked Super Bowl LIV in Miami in February 2020, when the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers, the franchise’s first world championship since 1969.
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“Words can’t describe how grateful I am,” Smith said in the Chiefs locker room after beating the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII. “Being told about four years ago you can’t play ball anymore. I was actually able to work the Super Bowl in 2019, in Miami, when the Chiefs won the first time.
“It’s crazy to get drafted to this team then in Year 2 here I am standing, a Super Bowl champ, a world champ. Just extremely blessed, fortunate. Thankful, man. Gratitude.”
Trey Smith was a five-star on and off the field during time at Tennessee
Smith, a product of University School of Jackson in Jackson, Tenn., was a five-star prospect in the 2017 recruiting cycle and picked Tennessee, his home-state school, over Alabama.
Off the field at Tennessee, he was given the Torchbearer Award in 2021, the highest honor given to a student. He was a two-time SEC Community Service Team honoree and won the 2019 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award.
After winning the Super Bowl, he didn’t forget where he came from.
“The state of Tennessee, the love,” Smith said, “Jackson, Tennessee, where I’m from. The people back home. The University of Tennessee, where I helped grow myself as a man. Extremely thankful for all the moments, all the people that touched me and impacted my life and got me to this moment, man. Can’t thank you guys enough.”
