Here’s how Eagles teammates, coaches, and fans reacted to Jason Kelce’s retirement
Jeff Stoutland, Zach Ertz, Michael Vick, JJ Watt, and more showed their support.
Jason Kelce officially announced his retirement Monday after 13 seasons with the Eagles.
During an emotional retirement speech, Kelce broke down several times, sharing the memories that made his time with the Birds special. He thanked his family, the fans, his teammates, and coaches in an almost hour-long press conference.
His teammates, past and present, shared the love right back on social media after Kelce’s retirement.
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Offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland, who Kelce said in the press conference was “the one person in the building” who believed in him his whole career and kept him around in 2016, took to social media to thank Kelce in return.
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Other current and former NFL players also took to social media to celebrate Kelce’s likely Hall of Fame career.
2024 NFL draft prospect Jackson Powers-Johnson, an offensive lineman from Oregon, shouted out Jason as one of his inspirations.
And of course, there were the fans. Some called for a Kelce statue.
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Others lamented the unfortunate end to his career in a loss to the Bucs in the wild card game.
Kelce’s newest fanbase, the Swifties, who fell in love with him in 2023 after his brother Travis started dating Taylor Swift, made video edits of Kelce’s career highlights using some of Swift’s iconic songs.
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Kelce will forever be an Eagles legend.