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Cincinnati Football: Several Former Bearcats Play In Postseason All-Star Games

By Chris Bains

January 31, 2016; Honolulu, HI, USA; Team Rice tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs (87) catches a touchdown against Team Irvin free safety Malcolm Jenkins of the Philadelphia Eagles (27) during the first quarter of the 2016 Pro Bowl game at Aloha Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
January 31, 2016; Honolulu, HI, USA; Team Rice tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs (87) catches a touchdown against Team Irvin free safety Malcolm Jenkins of the Philadelphia Eagles (27) during the first quarter of the 2016 Pro Bowl game at Aloha Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Over the last two weekends, a handful of former Cincinnati Bearcats football players participated in postseason all-star games.

The best performance was had by tight end Travis Kelce, now a Chief, in the 2016 Pro Bowl. Oh, and that includes not just former UC players but basically every NFL All-Star this past Sunday.

Kelce had his typical high-targeted, high-catch day against the best defenses the NFL has to offer. Well, other than those playing in the Super Bowl, of course. Even so, the tight end still out-performed some of the game’s best wide receivers because, after all, Kelce is more receiver than tight end, as well as know:

The Pro Bowl was no different. Kelce caught a game-high five passes for 91 yards and a pair of touchdowns. To add insult to Team Irvin’s secondary, he celebrated in true Travis Kelce fashion.

But the former Cincinnati tight end wasn’t the only one showing off their skills in an all-star game. So too was 6’6″ receiver Mekale McKay, who played in the NFLPA Bowl two weekends ago. Chris Moore played in the Senior Bowl on Saturday and Parker Ehinger in the East-West Shrine Game. They had sightly less notable performances, though.

McKay played for the American squad and caught a single pass for eight yards. Unfortunately, Moore didn’t fare any better. He was involved in the North offense but couldn’t show off his raw speed with one of his patented over-the-top bombs he wowed fans so often with at Cincinnati. Instead, Moore’s only appearance in the final box score was on special teams, as he returned a kick for 21 yards.