The veteran Philadelphia Eagles player, 36, announced he was hanging up his football cleats after 13 seasons in the NFL during a press conference Monday.Elsewhere in the announcement, Jason called out a second song when he said, “If you go above and beyond in this city, you will be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams.”
Here, the father of three may have been referencing Swift’s songDuring his speech, the 36-year-old sobbed as he recalled memories of playing football as a kid, along with the hardships he faced to make it as a professional athlete.He also thanked his parents, Donna and Ed Kelce, brother Travis, and his wife, Kylie Kelce, who were all holding back tears from the audience.
“There is no chance I would be here without the bond Travis and I share,” he said of the star tight end.
“It was really my brother and I our whole lives. We did almost everything together — competed, fought, laughed, cried and learned from each other. We invented games, imagine ourselves as star players of that time.