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With one Tremendous Bowl ring to his title, a phenomenal spouse, and three youngsters – together with his new child daughter — Jason Kelce might stroll away from the NFL, and nobody would blame him. Nevertheless, after Jason, 35, didn't defeat his brother, Travis Kelce, and the remainder of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LVII, clearly, there was some unfinished enterprise for the Philadelphia Eagles heart. “I've put a lot thought into whether or not it is smart to play one other season,” Jason tweeted on Monday (Ma. 13.) “After speaking it over with my spouse and plenty of different family and friends, I've determined to return for one more yr.”
I've put a lot thought into whether or not it is smart to play one other season. After speaking it over with my spouse and plenty of different family and friends, I've determined to return for one more yr. Thanks to all my supporters and detractors for fueling me, I ain’t fucking achieved but!
— Jason Kelce (@JasonKelce) March 13, 2023
That’s proper – the “King of Philly” is suiting up for another season. “Thanks to all my supporters and detractors for fueling me,” Jason added in his message, together with a message for his followers (and a warning for the remainder of the league): “I ain’t f****** achieved but!”
Jason additionally has just a few different million causes to return to Lincoln Monetary Discipline in Philly. In 2022, he reportedly signed a brand new $14 million contract with the workforce, making him the then-highest-paid heart within the NFL, per ESPN. The contract was reportedly structured just like the deal he signed in 2021, a one-year cope with the cash unfold over a number of years for wage cap functions.
Jason had been mulling retiring for a number of seasons, since he had been with the workforce for over a decade. The Eagles picked him within the sixth spherical of the 2011 NFL Draft. Since then, he’s positioned 176 video games with the Eagles, beginning each match for the workforce because the 2015 season. He’s additionally a six-time Professional Bowl participant and a Tremendous Bowl Champion (Tremendous Bowl LII).
Although Jason and the Eagles didn’t win the Tremendous Bowl, Jason ended his February on a excessive notice. His spouse, Kylie Kelce, 29, introduced on Feb. 24 that they welcomed just a little woman named Bennett Llewellyn Kelce. She’s the youngest sister of their two women, Wyatt, 3, and 23-month-old Elliotte Ray.
Throughout the Feb. 1 episode of the New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce podcast, Jason revealed that that his spouse can be “bringing her OB as a result of she’s going to be 38 weeks pregnant on the recreation.” Fortunately, Kylie didn’t go into labor till after the sport. And now, all three of the Kelce women can watch as their dad performs one other season for the Eagles.
