Six-time All-Pro Philadelphia Eagles center, Jason Kelce is officially calling it a career. The all-time-pro held a news conference Monday afternoon to announce his retirement, a move that has been expected since Philadelphia’s season ended in January.
The Eagles All-Pro center retires officially, hanging up his prospective career after 13 seasons in NFL.
Kelce, 36, wore a cutoff black Eagles T-shirt with a gold wedding band and gold watch visible on his left hand and wrist. He leaves the NFL after 13 seasons, all with the Eagles, marked by dependability, availability, consistency and cerebral, exceptional play.
Kelce was selected to seven Pro Bowls in his career, including the most recent five, and his six first-team All-Pro nominations came over the final seven seasons of his career.
He said his been asked many times why he choose football or what drew him to the game,. Kelce said Monday at his press conference, fighting back tears. “The best way I can explain it is what draws you to your favorite song, your favorite book. It’s what it makes you feel the seriousness of it, the intensity of it. Stepping on the field was the most alive and free I have ever felt.”
According to multiple sources, Kelce had told teammates in the post-game locker room after the wild-card loss that it would be his last game as an NFL player.
