Jason Kelce Doesn’t Think Super Bowl Will Impact Retirement Decision

The 35-year-old Eagles center is playing on a one-year, $14 million deal.
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Eagles center Jason Kelce has already had a career to remember. Since Philadelphia took him in the sixth round of the 2011 draft, Kelce has made six Pro Bowls, appeared on five All-Pro teams, and won Super Bowl LII.

Winning Super Bowl LVII, however, would be icing on the cake. Not only would the 35-year-old Kelce become a Super Bowl champion, he'd accomplish the feat against his brother, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, in the first Super Bowl with brothers on both teams.

Despite everything on the line, Jason Kelce reiterated Friday that the outcome of the game would have no bearing on his retirement decision.

"I don’t think so,” Kelce said, quoted in The Athletic. “From everybody I’ve been told about when it’s time to retire or not, you just know when you know. And it’s going to be when you don’t want to play football anymore. And I don’t think winning this game is going to determine whether I want to continue to play football or not.”

Kelce is currently on a one-year deal that pays him $14 million, the highest figure of any center in the league.

The Kelces will square off in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Ariz..


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Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .