About Jason Kelce
Jason Daniel Kelce ( KEL-see; born November 5, 1987) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 13-year career as a center with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Kelce played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats and was selected by the Eagles in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL draft. He won Super Bowl LII, was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection, and six-time first-team All-Pro selection. Kelce is widely regarded as one of the greatest centers in NFL history. Outside of football, Kelce and his brother, Travis, co-host the podcast New Heights, on which they discuss their playing careers and various other topics. In 2024, Kelce joined ESPN's Monday Night Countdown pregame crew. == Early life == Jason Daniel Kelce was born in Greenville, North Carolina, and grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to Ed Kelce, a sales representative in the steel business, and Donna (née Blalock), who works in banking. He is the older brother of Travis Kelce, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs. In their January 2025 podcast, the Kelce brothers revealed their partial Croatian background; two of their maternal great-grandmother and grandmother were born to parents of Croatian descent. However, another maternal great-grandmother, Helen Henrietta Sadlowski, was born to Polish immigrants, while a maternal great-grandfather named Frank Petranck was born to Czech immigrants.
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