It turns out that your child may have more in common with Travis Kelce than just their love for Taylor Swift.
According to a report by The Athletic, when it comes to snacking habits, the big, mean titans of the gridiron share a love for a snack that is very much on most children’s radar.
After reporting a few years ago that orange slices were a “secret” go-to halftime snack for NFL teams, the outlet also learned that many players opted for a different kid-friendly option to recharge: Uncrustables.
After learning about NFLers’ love for the sealed, crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich snacks, it then began to collect data about how many teams would consume – and the results in some cases were startling.
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The outlet collected data from 24 of the NFL’s 32 teams at the end of the 2023 season about the snack and learned that, when including games, practices and training camps, players “easily go through at least 80,000 Uncrustables a year.”
With the average Uncrustable measuring about 10 cm, that means the amount of snacks that players consume would span the length of roughly 74 football fields.
The Athletic also revealed which teams from it study ate the most Uncrustables, with the Denver Broncos leading the way by munching on a staggering 700 per week.
Well behind in second place were the Seattle Seahawks at 320 per week, the Jacksonville Jaguars at 315, and the Miami Dolphins at 300.
On the lower end of the spectrum of teams surveyed, the New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals both consumed 50 per week and the Las Vegas Raiders ate 60.
In a strange coincidence, the popular snack actually was invented by a former football player.
Len Kretchman, a former wide receiver for North Dakota State University, and his wife Emily “suggested he create a mass-produced peanut butter and jelly sandwich without the crust,” per the outlet.
The couple experimented in their own kitchen, using a glass to press down on the bread and cut off the crust, later adding a crimp to the sandwich’s edges. Four years after introducing the product, Smucker’s bought the company in 1999 and sold it in the frozen-food aisles of grocery stores across North America.
Last year, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Kelce revealed on his New Heights podcast with brother Jason, a now-retired NFLer, that he eats more of the snack than “anything else in the world.”