Jason Kelce Tearfully Confirms Retirement From Eagles After 13 Years in NFL | 2P8DOHU | 2024-03-05 13:08:01
Jason Kelce is retiring from soccer after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles — and had a tear-filled message to fans. "Not an excellent begin, right here we go," Kelce,
Jason Kelce is retiring from soccer after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles — and had a tear-filled message to fans.
"Not an excellent begin, right here we go," Kelce, 36, joked as he broke down in tears during a press convention on Monday, March 4, earlier than detailing why he determined to play soccer over each other sport.
"13 years in Philadelphia and I look again at a profession filled with ups and downs," Kelce advised viewers, earlier than launching into a few of his greatest reminiscences because the Eagles' Middle. The athlete shouted out all his past coaches, contemplating himself "fortunate" to have played for all of them. Kelce also recalled being drafted to the NFL and at one point even referred to his mom, Donna Kelce, as a "consultant" for folks who "sacrifice a lot for their youngsters."
Kelce even seemed back at the Eagles' devastating Tremendous Bowl loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in 2022, providing a prolonged reminiscence about his "bond" with brother Travis Kelce.
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"It's solely too poetic [that] I found my career being fulfilled in the city of cohesion," Kelce stated. "I knew that relationship all too nicely."
In fact, Kelce provided a candy shoutout to his "lovely" wife Kylie Kelce, remembering the night time they first met after matching on Tinder.
"So, this all brings us here to at the moment," he stated. "Where I announce that I'm retiring from the NFL after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles."
"And immediately I need to admit, I am officially overrated," Kelce continued. "Vastly overrated. It took plenty of hardwork and willpower getting here. I've been the underdog my whole career, and I imply this once I say it, I want I nonetheless was. Few issues give me such joy as proving someone flawed."
He concluded with thanks to the town of Philadelphia.
"It has all the time been a objective of mine to play my entire profession in a single metropolis. I couldn't have dreamt a better one and a greater fit if I tried," he stated. "I don't know what's subsequent, but I sit up for the new challenges and opportunities that await, and I do know that I carry with me the teachings for my time here and that eternally we will all share the bond of being Philadelphians."
Hours earlier than his press conference, Kelce teased his determination by way of X.
"No Keg movies this yr, I have decide and can tackle it at a press convention this afternoon," he wrote, referring to Eagles coach Nick Sirianni sending him a keg of beer to convince him to not retire.
Kelce's determination to hang up his uniform comes months after the Eagles' devastating playoff loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, January 15. The center was spotted on the sidelines getting teary-eyed after the Buccaneers destroyed the Eagles' probability of enjoying in Super Bowl LVIII.
"That looks like a person crammed with emotion," ESPN announcer and former NFL star Troy Aikman stated in the course of the broadcast as the cameras panned to Kelce. "You marvel if that's it for 36-year-old Jason Kelce."
That same night time, Jason's wife, Kylie Kelce, was seen within the stands additionally wanting emotional. As she watched Jason on the sector, Kylie, 31, was hunched over in her seat and had her arms overlaying her mouth in disbelief.
The couple's reactions sparked speculation that the 2023 season may be Jason's last. Before Jason introduced his retirement, a number of retailers reported that the athlete confirmed the information to his teammates in the locker room following the game.
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Jason has played with the Eagles since 2011, the identical yr that he was drafted by the staff. He made history in his first season by turning into the first rookie in Eagles history to start out all 16 regular-season games at middle. Throughout his 13-year career, he assisted the Eagles in attaining their first Super Bowl win in 2018 after they defeated the New England Patriots. Jason played in his second championship against his little brother, Travis and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in 2013. (The Chiefs finally took residence the trophy.)
Before making his official announcement, Jason was candid about his retirement plans. In December 2023, the football participant admitted he was contemplating hanging up his jersey following the season.
"If it's this yr, which it very properly might be, we need to be sure that we're able to go when football is completed, and with all of those totally different alternatives and issues, to determine what it is we need to do with our retirement," Jason stated in an interview with the NFL Report. "And then on prime of that, just enjoy the final time you have got left with the blokes you have got."
Ahead of the 2023 season, Kylie revealed that she and Jason had previously discussed his retirement and what it will imply for their family, which incorporates their three younger daughters: Wyatt, four, Elliotte, 3 and Bennett, 12 months.
"I don't assume that folks understand the beating you're taking then impacts the best way you interact with your family," Kylie stated within the 2023 Prime Video documentary Kelce. "I all the time tell individuals, no matter what occurs with soccer, how it ends, I would really like him to retire when he's still capable of get down on the ground and play with our youngsters comfortably."
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