Kelce, a sixth-round draft pick who captured the heart of a city and a Super Bowl title with the Eagles, has called it a career.
After 13 seasons spent exclusively with the Eagles, Kelce announced his retirement in a news conference at the NovaCare Complex with his family, coaches, team personnel, and former teammates in attendance. Kelce reminisced on his football career, from Roxboro Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to the NFL, for nearly 40 minutes while wiping away tears.
“Having watched and emulated Jeff Saturday in my own game, it all felt too perfect when the Eagles selected me in the sixth round,” Kelce said. “Immediately after being drafted, my agent Jason Bernstein said, ‘You have no idea how perfect this is. You are going to fit in great. You’re gonna fit in great in Philadelphia. This is your kind of town.’”
“I won’t forget the parade and what it meant to the city of Philadelphia,” Kelce said. “The joy it brought our community and the closure it gave to so many. The stories from fans that had been waiting generations for that moment fulfilled that triumph to another level. “Few things gave me more joy than proving someone wrong,” Kelce said. “My mother used to tell people and still says to this day, ‘If you want Jason to do something, all you have to do is tell him he can’t.’ That was true in more ways than I care to admit.
However, following the Eagles’ loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the wild-card round, sources confirmed to The Inquirer that Kelce told teammates that he planned to retire. Jason Kelce kept lacing Taylor Swift lyrics into his retirement announcement and the Swifties are unwell
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