Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce knows his time playing in the NFL is coming to an end soon.
Appearing on The NFL Report, Kelce spoke about his future by saying it’s “going to be over pretty soon here” and admitted this “very well could be” his final season in 2023.
It’s increasingly difficult to know if he will actually hang up his cleats after this season as he has been teasing retirement for years now.
One of his retirements included an April Fool’s Day joke in 2020 that included an announcement about his decision to walk away from arm wrestling.
One month after the Eagles’ loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 57, Kelce signed a one-year deal to return for the 2023 season.
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He has spent his entire career with the Eagles and his popularity has never been stronger due to his brother Travis dating Taylor Swift and both of them gaining an entirely new fan base.
The 35-year-old was a sixth-round draft pick in 2011 and has promptly rewarded the franchise by starting all 183 games he’s played in 13 seasons. He’s a six-time Pro Bowler and five-time first-team All-Pro selection.
Kelce has only missed games in two of his 13 seasons and hasn’t missed a game since Week 9 of the 2014 season. In Week six, he set a new Eagles franchise record with his 145th consecutive start when the team took on the New York Jets.
Among the reasons he’s not done playing football, Kelce once said there’s nothing like “the f—ing jolt you get” playing in the NFL. “Fighting for your worth is really hard, but it keeps you alive. It keeps the juice f—ing going.”
The 35-year-old father of three has had an incredible career and nobody would blame him for walking away.
