It’s 10 a.m. in Columbia and Kelsey Blanton is glued to NFL Network.
While most Mizzou freshmen might still be sleeping on this particular Saturday morning, 18-year-old Kelsey is wide awake. Six hours away, her brother Kendall is going through the most important job interview of his life so far, and it’s being broadcast across the country.
She watched as Kendall ran the 40-yard dash and went through on-field drills at the NFL Scouting Combine, comparing him to the other tight end hopefuls in the 2019 draft class.
Though Kendall, a Mizzou product, comes from a football family spearheaded by patriarch Jerry, a former Chiefs linebacker, it’s Kelsey who tries to keep the closest tabs on her brother’s football career.