At Kansas City Chiefs games, Isiah Pacheco gives his all on the field in honor of his family, including his siblings Travoise, Ricky, Felicia and Celeste.

Since being drafted into the NFL in 2022, the New Jersey native has won the Super Bowl in each of his first two seasons and even scored a touchdown in his debut. When the running back celebrated his second championship title with his parents Felicia “Jody” Cannon and Julio Pacheco in February 2024, Isiah’s thoughts were with his siblings.

Travoise and Celeste were both killed within a year of each other in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

As a student-athlete at Rutgers University, Isiah would drop to his knees in the end zone and take the opportunity to talk to them before getting up for the next play.

“I’m going to say some prayers for my sister and my brother and some people who have died in my life,” Isiah revealed in a 2019 interview with NJ.com. “And then I’m just going to put it all on the line for my family in the stands.”

Here you can find out everything you need to know about Isiah Pacheco’s siblings: Travoise, Ricky, Felicia and Celeste.

You grew up in New Jersey

Isiah is the youngest of five children: Travoise Cannon was the eldest of the siblings, followed by Ricky Fowler, Felicia Cannon and Celeste Cannon.

When the professional football player was a toddler, the family lived in Bridgeton, New Jersey, before moving to Vineland, where he played for the local high school.

His mother remembered young Isiah pestering his older siblings, especially Celeste, until they either gave in to his demands or offered to take him somewhere he needed to go.

“I told him: ‘How are you going to lead your brothers and sisters? You are the smallest,'” the matriarch of the family said in an interview with The Atlantic City Press in 2017. “But he would make them do what he wanted.”

Felicia is named after her mother

Felicia is the third child of her mother and namesake, but the family has a simple method to avoid confusion in the household.

The matriarch of the family is called “Jody” and Isiah honors her by keeping the name in his heart.

“My necklace says ‘Jody,'” he said while showing off the gold nameplate during an NFL interview in 2022. “That’s my mom’s nickname. Her real name is Felicia, but we call her Jody. You know that’s my heart.”

Both Felicia and Ricky are keeping quiet.

Football connects Isiah and his brother Travoise

When he spoke to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights for a 2021 feature, Isiah talked a lot about his oldest brother.

According to the Chiefs running back, his love for football began when he was hanging out at a local field and decided he wanted to get involved. After Isiah told his father Julio he was ready to play the sport, he was in – and so was Travoise.

“Football played a role in the relationship between me and my oldest brother,” Isiah said. “He wanted to be the big brother who was always there at the games cheering me on.”

After Travoise’s sudden death in 2016, Isiah felt lost but kept playing, turning his grief into resilience. “It hurt me because I didn’t have the same leadership when I heard him scream my name on the football field,” he recalls.

Years later, Isiah still thinks about his sibling and how he would react today.

“If my brother saw me here, he would be shocked,” he told NJ.com in a 2019 interview. “He encouraged me to play football as a kid and he never had the opportunity to see me play here.”

Isiah added, “Having the opportunity to play ball helps me a lot because I don’t have to worry about the tragedies that have happened. It gives me the desire to play even harder.”

Isiah was very close to his late sister Celeste

Throughout his sports career, Isiah kept Celeste’s memory alive by remembering the good times they had together.

“She could cook, but not as well as my mother,” he said The Atlantic City Press in 2017. “When Celeste cooked, she was likely to burn something.”

According to Julio, the Super Bowl champion’s father, Isiah’s late sister – who loved baking brownies and dancing to the music of rapper Meek Mill – kept him humble.

“If she were here now, she would say, ‘Who do you think you are, a superstar or something?'” he joked to the outlet.

Travoise died in 2016

The Pachecos suffered tragedy in January 2016 when Travoise was stabbed to death at the Amity Heights Apartments in Bridgeton, New Jersey, according to local reports.

The 29-year-old, who suffered upper body injuries, later succumbed to his injuries at Inspira Regional Medical Center in Vineland. A suspect was later arrested and charged with the crime, according to NJ.com.

Although Isiah was only 16 years old at the time of his brother’s death, he still remembers Travoise’s love for him.

“Ever since I was little, (my brother) was always out there looking after me,” he recalled to NJ.com in 2019. “I had an electric quad and my brother taught me how to ride it first. Riding quads and dirt bikes has always been something I’ve enjoyed doing as a hobby.”

Isiah continued playing after Celeste’s death in 2017

In May 2017, the family suffered another major loss when 24-year-old Celeste was killed by her partner, Donald Scurry Jr., reports NJ.com. A few months later, Donald was convicted of her death.

In a 2021 Rutgers Scarlet Knights – Full Access In this post, father Julio shared the impact it had on Isiah. “When his sister died, it did something to him too,” he said. “It took a big piece of his heart. She was like a second mother.”

Isiah reiterated this opinion to The Atlantic City Press in 2017. “My sister was like my best friend,” said the then aspiring athlete. “I still think about my sister today… I miss her very much.”

Three days after her death, Isiah took the field for the Vineland Fighting Clan and ran for 222 yards and a touchdown in a 42-6 victory over Egg Harbor Township.

Less than a week later, Isiah paid his respects at his sister’s funeral. That evening, the grieving teenager put on another impressive performance against Cumberland Regional, running for 157 yards and scoring three touchdowns as Vineland won 60-6.

“I knew she was looking down on me and taking my game to the next level because it gave me something to play for. That was kind of my why,” he explained in the Rutgers Scarlet Knights post.

Isiah added, “I wanted to make her smile, so I gave it my all on the field. She would have been proud of me that day and I’m pretty sure she was.”

Isiah is the present uncle of Celeste’s children

Celeste leaves behind three children: daughters Tazjae and Tazirah Kamora and son Donald Scurry III.

After their deaths, Isiah was inspired by them every time he stepped onto the field, and now he hopes their young son follows in his footsteps.

“We’re trying to introduce my nephew to football, and he was here in the stands, and that made me happy,” he told NJ.com in 2019. “But the thought of my sister being able to hold him right now makes me sad.”

Most recently, Isiah’s nieces have been teaching him TikTok dances, and he shows off their choreography during touchdowns. “They’re like, ‘Oh Uncle Pop, learn this from us!'” he told PEOPLE in February 2024.