“Strive to be a part of your kids’ lives, every single day, and let them know you are there for them.”

NFL Spokesmen

Chris Kelsay

Buffalo Bills

Bio

Career Bio: PLAYER: University of Nebraska (1998-2002), Buffalo Bills (2003-Present) Career Highlights: • Ed Block Courage Award (2008)• Second-Team All Big 12 Selection (2002)• National Football Foundation/ College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete (2002)• Brook Berringer Citizenship Team Member (University of Nebraska, 2002)• Second Team All-American (2001)• First Team All-Big 12 (2001)• Earned Verizon, CoSIDA Academic All District VII Honors (2002,2001,2000)• Big 12 commissioner’s Fall Academic Honor Roll (2002,2001,2000,1999)• Big 12 commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll (2002,2001,2000,1999)• First team Academic All-Big 12 (2002,2001,2000,1999) Family Bio: On a cool Nebraska summer night, Chris Kelsay was hanging out with friends at his favorite pizza joint – Lazzari’s. Chris, who was entering his senior season as a defensive lineman for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, was introduced to the roommate of his best friend’s girlfriend. Her name was Natalie, and Chris was drawn to her right away. “After the first month of dating, I realized she was the one,” said Chris. When Chris was ready to propose, he felt the natural place was right back at Lazzari’s Pizza, and fortunately, Natalie said “yes”.As their two- year anniversary was approaching, their first daughter, Harper, was born. Chris described it as “amazing”, and he was in awe of how God works. He added, “If you have ever doubted that there is a God, you need to experience a child’s birth.”Both Chris and Natalie had accepted Christ, and they would need to lean on their faith, and each other, when their second daughter, Avery, was born. Avery was born with a congenital skin condition called nevi, which resulted in large birth marks on her face. The big concern at first was whether the marks were cancerous. For two days, they prayed as they waited for the lab results. Thankfully, the test results were negative, and now Avery is going through a series of plastic surgeries to remove the affected area.As parents, Chris and Natalie focus on making sure their home is a Christian home filled with love by attending church, praying with and over the family, encouraging the girls to know Christ, and making sure not to live a hypocritical life.And as the girls grow, Chris said one of the biggest challenges they will face is temptation through the media and peer pressure. “It is really magnified in our culture; knowing right from wrong is critical,” he said. Being a father to daughters, Chris is willing to set aside the macho image of an NFL lineman and play house with his daughters. He added, “Whatever my daughters enjoy, I need to enter their world, and be available for them.”Chris and Natalie do their best to stick to their date nights, enjoy conversation over dinner and take in a movie. And he often thinks about the night they met. The night he went for pizza with his friends turned out to be the first slice of the rest of his life.Chris is the middle child and second son to Steve and Jackie. Chad is Chris’s older brother and ‘Bristol’ is their younger sister. Chris and Chad were both captains for the Cornhuskers. They were one of only five sets of brothers to be elected as team captains for the University of Nebraska football team. The brothers like to fish in their spend time. In fact, Chris and Chad hosted a fishing show together on FOX Sports News.