COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — For the fifth time in six years, Cleveland Heights native and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce will play in the Super Bowl.

Kelce, who played his college ball at Cincinnati, has one of the greatest resumes for a tight end in NFL history: 3-time Super Bowl champion, 4-time first-team All-Pro, 5-time AFC champion, and the NFL record for most postseason receptions.

With a win Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles, he would join a select list of players with four Super Bowl rings and be a part of the first three-peat in the NFL’s Super Bowl era.

But what if he decided to go to Ohio State instead of Cincinnati for his college career? What would his college resume look like?

Why Kelce wasn’t on Ohio State’s radar

Before Kelce became one of the greatest tight ends ever, he was slinging the ball as a quarterback at Cleveland Heights High School. Kelce passed for 1,523 yards through 10 games as a senior, and Ohio State in 2008 was not in the market for a quarterback.

“Terrelle Pryor finally committed to Ohio State, so they were pretty well covered at the quarterback position,” recruiting analyst Steve Helwagen said. “It just so happens that had they all known that [Kelce] was going to turn out to be an All-Pro tight end that maybe they would have looked at him a little bit differently.”

You can learn more about Kelce’s journey from Cleveland Heights to Cincinnati by following this link. A previous report on his recruiting journey can be seen in the player above.

Who Kelce would have played with at Ohio State

Kelce’s career as a Bearcat peaked in the 2011 and 2012 seasons when he played in 24 games, had more than 870 receiving yards, and 10 touchdown catches. If he had worn scarlet and gray, he would have been one-half of an Ohio-based tight end tandem in Columbus.

Ohio State’s starting tight end in those seasons was Dublin Coffman graduate Jake Stoneburner, who caught 11 touchdown passes in 24 games in his last two years. Among Kelce’s other teammates at Ohio State would have included quarterback Braxton Miller, receivers Devin Smith and Corey Brown, and running back Carlos Hyde.

In an alternate universe, Kelce would have been a solid option for Miller in the short passing game but would have only played in one bowl game, compared with the two he played in with Cincinnati.

The 2011 season was a forgettable one for Ohio State as they finished 6-7 under coach Luke Fickell. The following year was a huge leap forward when Urban Meyer coached the Buckeyes to a 12-0 record, but the program was banned from competing in a bowl game.

Where Kelce would rank among Ohio State tight ends

Because of Kelce’s slower development in college, he likely wouldn’t have made the same impact at a bigger program like Ohio State as he did at Cincinnati. Legendary Buckeyes tight ends like John Frank and Rickey Dudley had more successful college careers than Kelce.

Dudley had probably the best NFL career among former Buckeyes tight ends, accumulating more than 3,000 receiving yards in nine seasons and winning a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kelce’s career dwarfs any other OSU tight end professionally and his three Super Bowl rings match OSU’s winningest pro, Mike Vrabel.