Connect with us

CELEBRITY

Jason Kelce will announce his decision on his NFL future TODAY: Eagles star reveals he’ll address possible retirement at a press conference with brother Travis already in Philadelphia

Published

on

Jason Kelce has revealed he’ll announce his decision on his NFL future in a press conference on Monday afternoon.

He posted on X on Monday morning: ‘No Keg videos this year, I have come to a decision and will address it at a press conference this afternoon.’

Rumors that Kelce will retire from football surfaced the day after the Philadelphia Eagles were eliminated from the playoffs by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in January.

But he’s refused to announce a definitive decision on his future, instead supporting brother Travis throughout the postseason as the Kansas City Chiefs eventually won the Super Bowl last month.

Kelce was drafted by the Eagles in 2011 and has enjoyed a sensational 13-year career.

A seven-time Pro Bowl selection, the center won the Super Bowl with the Eagles in 2018 when they beat the New England Patriots in Minnesota.

During a recent interview with Dana Carvey and David Spade on their ‘Superfly’ podcast, Kelce had appeared to keep the door open for a return to the Eagles.

‘I don’t know. I’m trying to figure it out right now,’ he said. ‘Right now, exploring different opportunities if I end up retiring,’ Kelce said.

‘Still working out and staying in shape if I end up playing again.’

Travis is already in Philadelphia to be by his brother’s side when he announces the decision.

The Chiefs star was spotted getting a new haircut in Philadelphia while girlfriend Taylor Swift continues to perform in front of sold-out crowds in Singapore.

The center, who hosts the ultra-successful ‘New Heights’ podcast with his brother Travis and filled in on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football broadcast during his bye week this season, looks destined for a career in broadcasting if he wants it.

He’s already met with executives from Fox and ESPN, according to Front Office Sports, as he used Super Bowl week in Las Vegas to ‘make the rounds’ with networks.

The Sun also reported that there was already a ‘scramble’ among several broadcasters to win Kelce’s services – and that he could make up to $5million per year for his football analysis.

Despite the lucrative offers seemingly waiting for Kelce, he recently admitted to being anxious about what life after football might look like.

‘It’s exciting to think about possibilities, it’s exciting to be able to lose weight, feel good and not have to physically fight for my life every day,’ Kelce, 36, said. ‘It’s also daunting. It’s anxiety. At the end of the day, it’s the unknown.

People ask if you get nervous for games but the only games I get nervous for are the first time – you don’t know what is in store. Ironically it makes you play better, it makes your senses alive. But that is kind of where it is at when you start thinking about retirement.

‘It is exciting, the possibilities. All of us were fortunate, we can go in a lot of different areas. But that is also very nerve-wracking, you don’t know what you are going to like until you are doing it. You don’t know what you are going get fulfilment in until you are doing it, you don’t know what you are going to be great at until you are doing it.

All that stuff is also in the back of your head. No matter how you handle it, no matter who you are, how well prepared you are to enter the next stage, everybody goes through a level of depression, really.

‘The end of one of the things you love most in your life is there and you are going to have to come to grips with that.

‘You might be struggling and you don’t know it. I feel like you might be struggling in football but you get that win, that little shot, dopamine, like “I got it”. I’m a big ‘hit’ guy

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

NFL2 hours ago

News I went BLIND after drinking two ‘vodka’ shots at the Laos death hostel just two days before six people died there

NFL2 hours ago

EXCLUSIVECheers star George Wendt, 76, looks frail as he’s seen being wheeled out of Los Angeles dialysis clinic

NFL2 hours ago

Sweet moment King Charles accepts flowers from eight-year-old girl on behalf of Queen Camilla, who was forced to miss the Royal Variety Performance on her doctors’ advice

NFL2 hours ago

Lindsay Lohan talks creating new holiday traditions with son Luai and husband Bader Shammas

NFL2 hours ago

Martha Stewart stuns in a cream pant suit at gala in New York following documentary drama

NFL2 hours ago

Viral theory suggests Keanu Reeves refused to hand Whoopi Goldberg Lifetime Achievement Award, but is it true? 6

NFL2 hours ago

I’m a Celebrity star Coleen Rooney’s husband Wayne misses Friday night’s show as England legend works while wife takes part in TV show 10,508 miles away in Australia

NFL2 hours ago

Jennifer Lopez looks festive in plaid ahead of first Thanksgiving without ex Ben Affleck

NFL2 hours ago

AMANDA PLATELL: I’m so ashamed of what I said about you, Coleen… but hell will freeze over before I apologise to your once dear friend

NFL2 hours ago

Kate Middleton invites children who survived the Southport stabbings to her Christmas carol concert after meeting them in private last month

NFL3 hours ago

Beloved BBC soap star announces retirement from acting after a ‘really tough’ three years – and is flooded with support from fans

NFL3 hours ago

Sydnie Christmas exudes elegance in a sequin strapless gown as she puts on a jaw-dropping performance in front of King Charles at the Royal Variety Show

Copyright © 2024 USAlery