INDIANAPOLIS — There’s a lot to like about Cincinnati TE Travis Kelce.

He has an NFL pedigree, as the younger brother of starting Eagles C Jason Kelce.

He improved by leaps and bounds on the field as a senior, averaging a wideout-like 16 yards per catch and grabbing eight TDs after catching only 14 passes previously in two seasons combined.

He has the requisite size for the position, runs with power and has unique athletic skills, having even run some “Wildcat” plays under former coach Brian Kelly.

He comes from a school that has produced recent TE draft picks in Brent Celek and Adrien Robinson.

But Kelce has some serious issues he must face. The Combine will be a huge test for him considering his two biggest strikes against him: questions about his character and health. In the 2013 Pro Football Weekly Draft Guide, an unnamed NFL evaluator called Kelce “a trainwreck character-wise” and said his baggage will push him down until the third round at least.

Kelce was suspended for the entire 2010 season for breaking team rules on the eve of the Sugar Bowl that year, and as a result, Kelce was not able to play at all during Jason’s senior season. The team did not reveal what the incident was at the time, and Kelce wasn’t shedding any more light to media members, but he said that his past transgressions taught him that he had some growing up to do.

A strong series of interviews at the Combine could help do that and Kelce knows what he hopes to get out of the process from that standpoint.