Jason Kelce is hanging up his jersey and walking away from the sport that has given him so much.

In a tearful announcement on Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles star told the world he was retiring from the NFL after 13 incredible years.

 

3Kelce fought back tears as he made his retirement officialCredit: AP

The 36-year-old missed out on the fairy-tale ending to his career by failing to win this year’s Super Bowl.

In fact, his final season in Philly ended with the Eagles crashing out of the playoffs on Wild Card Weekend to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Jason discussed his retirement in the latest ‘New Heights’ podcast with brother Travis.

During the episode, the Super LII winner revealed his one biggest regret about retiring right now.

“The one thing I’m disappointed about retiring right now is I’m retiring when the Eagles had potentially the biggest collapse in the history of the organisation.

“Not potentially, probably the most.

“The reason why I say I’m upset about that is I really truly think the Eagles are gonna’ ball out next year.

“I think all of those guys there’s still a tremendous amount of talent right there, they’re hired two really good coaches.

3Jason told Travis he thinks the Eagles will do just fine without himCredit: YouTube@newheightshow

3Kelce is backing Hurts to make a return to form next seasonCredit: Getty

“I think Jalen Hurts is a tremendous quarterback – I know it wasn’t a good end to the year for him or for anybody on offense but there’s still so many pieces.

“I just really think there’s gonna be one hell of a bounce back from the Philadelphia Eagles next year.”

Wholesome footage of Jason and Travis Kelce playing football as kids emerges following Jason’s retirement from the NFL

Jason and the Eagles made the Super Bowl the year before last where they narrowly lost to Travis and the Chiefs, 38-35.

Many expected them to pick up where they left off, and they did, starting this past season 10-1.

However, their form fell off a cliff during the end of the regular season and they lost five of their last six games.

The worst of those loses game at the hands of the lowly New York Giants in the regular season finale which they lost, 27-10.

They followed that up with a 32-9 loss to the Bucs in the wild-card round, which turned out to be Jason’s last ever game with the franchise.

Although his playing days are over, Jason said he will continue to support the Eagles.

However, he’ll also be rooting for three other teams too.

“I’m Eagles first and foremost,” he said on the 6 March episode of ‘New Heights’.

The Cleveland, Ohio, native added: “We are still Cleveland sports fans, I still cheer the Browns on, and I did my entire career.

“I’m always rooting for the Browns.

“It’s Eagles, then until you [Travis] retire it’s Chiefs – the moment you retire it’s probably Browns then Chiefs.

“Those are the top three, and then the Bills.”

“They [Bills] just lured me in, they were so nice,” he added, reflecting on his shirtless antics in Buffalo during their recent playoff game against Kansas City.

“They’re an easy fourth at this point.”