Becoming a future member of the ESPN family is a “full circle” moment for newly retired Eagles center Jason Kelce.
Two days after reports emerged that the 36-year-old Kelce would begin his sports media career and join Worldwide Leaders, the seven-time Pro Bowler announced Wednesday amid interest from other networks. He spoke in detail about how he came to his decision.
“Nothing official has been decided or announced yet, but obviously there’s been a lot of reporting that I’m going to ESPN and I think time will tell, but potentially a job. It’s a huge honor just to think that there’s a ‘there’,’ Kelce said. About the latest episode of the podcast “New Heights” He co-hosts with his brother, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
Kelce, who officially announced this was his career in March after 13 seasons in Philadelphia, talked about how ESPN was “everything” to his brothers growing up.
“We were glued to the TV every day, so the fact that we’re potentially going to be working there is pretty cool,” Jason said.
Reported by Andrew Marchand of The Athletic. Monday when Kelce joins the weekly “Monday Night Football” pregame show.
The program will feature analysts Ryan Clark and Marcus Spears and will be hosted by Scott Van Pelt.
Publication reported in march ESPN’s pursuit of Kelce piqued the interest of NBC, CBS and Amazon Prime Video.
Travis, who has also branched out into media as the host of Amazon’s “Are You Smarter than Celebs,” said how “cool” it is for his brother to “come full circle and come full circle.”
“I’ve done my due diligence. I want to talk to people who know the industry and make sure they’re really considering things. Neither of us has ever done anything like this.” “Throughout the whole process of meeting and talking with everyone at ESPN, it became clear that it was a really good fit and at the end of the day, I’m really, really looking forward to this next step,” said Jason. .
“…I know the guys I work with to some extent and I think very highly of them all, so I’m excited to learn. I know a lot about football. But I don’t know much about this world. So it’s just another way to expand my knowledge and continue to build relationships, because that’s what this business is all about, that’s what all businesses are all about. , because it’s always important that the people you interact with are really excited.”
Kelce, a sixth-round pick out of Cincinnati, spent his entire NFL career with the Eagles, winning one Super Bowl at the end of the 2017 season.
The future Hall of Famer was a six-time first-team All-Pro and played in a total of 193 regular season games during his career.
