{"id":479564,"date":"2024-03-04T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T18:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=479564"},"modified":"2024-03-04T17:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T21:38:12","slug":"eagles-jason-kelce-announces-his-retirement-after-13-seasons","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/eagles-jason-kelce-announces-his-retirement-after-13-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles&#8217; Jason Kelce announces his retirement after 13 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Kelce, the standout center for the Eagles and a pivotal leader for a team that experienced six postseason appearances and two Super Bowl trips in the last seven seasons, officially announced his retirement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Selected in the sixth round of the 2011 draft, the 36-year-old Kelce dedicated his entire 13-year professional career to the Eagles. Throughout his illustrious journey, he earned seven Pro Bowl selections in 13 seasons and was honored as a first-team All-Pro for the sixth time in 2023, underscoring his consistently elite performance until his final snap.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce&#8217;s legacy extends beyond personal achievements, as he stands alone among centers since the 1970 merger, having won a Super Bowl and secured first-team All-Pro honors six times. Despite contemplating retirement at various points in recent years, it became evident that this decision held greater weight when, as reported by ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter, Kelce informed teammates of his retirement following the wild card loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in January.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason Kelce announced his retirement today<\/p>\n<p>Next Stop: Canton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarstoolPhilly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BarstoolPhilly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zyyKTGJkoo\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zyyKTGJkoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1764714171260629144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on Kelce&#8217;s impact, right tackle Lane Johnson remarked, &#8220;If it was his last game, he was one of the best teammates I&#8217;ve ever had\u2014a guy whose passion is unmatched. A guy who I saw Philly try to run him out of town. I saw a guy emerge from that and become the best center maybe that&#8217;s ever played.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kelce joins an exclusive group as the fifth center in NFL history with at least six All-Pro selections. The other four\u2014Jim Otto, Bulldog Turner, Dermontti Dawson, and Jim Ringo\u2014are all enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Kelce, the standout center for the Eagles and a pivotal leader for a team that experienced six postseason appearances and two Super [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":479565,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17411,17123],"news_category":[16703,16715],"gn_keywords":[20156,18180],"acf":{"announce":"He spent his whole career, wearing the Philadelphia jersey, earning seven Pro Bowl selections","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/479564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/479564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479571,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/479564\/revisions\/479571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479564"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=479564"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=479564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}