The Eagles’ star center hangs it up after 13 seasons in Philadelphia.
Thirteen seasons, every one of them as a starting center for the Philadelphia Eagles, taking one of the game’s most grinding positions and making it, well, into something glamorous in a take-your-shirt-off-and-pound-beers-kind-of way, which was just perfect when you’re talking about Jason Kelce.
A sixth-round draft pick in 2011 who not only defied the odds – a Forbes.com study concluded that 1.9 percent of NFL sixth-round draft picks play 80 games in the league – but actually smashed those odds and put together a Pro Football Hall of Fame career, Kelce created a legacy for this organization and fans around the world with what he did on and off the football field.