Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce honored during Cleveland Cavaliers Game
Jason Kelce enjoyed a night out with brother Travis Kelce just one day after announcing his retirement from the Philadelphia Eagles.
Jason, 36, and Travis, 34, were both honored by the Cleveland Cavaliers during the team’s game on Tuesday, March 5 against the Boston Celtics at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Ohio. The duo, who grew up in Cleveland Heights, both wore custom Cavaliers jerseys for the event, which featured their last names and respective NFL numbers. Travis kept the rest of his ensemble simple with an all-black ensemble, while Jason opted for jeans with a green jacket and an NBA All-Star hat.
Before the game started, the brothers received a standing ovation as they entered center court, where Jason was presented with a framed No. 62 Jersey in honor of his retirement from the NFL. Travis held up the frame in celebration as Jason showed the crowd a yellow Cleveland Heights T-shirt from his youth. The Cavaliers also paid tribute to the couple by handing out limited edition ‘Kelce Brothers’ bobbleheads to the crowd.
“Congratulations about an incredible career for Celevalnd Heights legend Jason Kelce!,” the official Cavaliers Instagram captioned a video of the event, with the hashtag “Let Em Know.” In a second post with photos from the game, the team wrote: “CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, REPRESENTTTTT.”
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The rain of “rocking hardware” didn’t stop there. While seated courtside, Jason was also gifted a custom crystal-encrusted basketball, as well as a Luchador mask similar to the one he wore while celebrating Travis’ victory in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas last month .
Jason announced on Monday, March 4, that he is officially retiring from the NFL after playing center for the Philadelphia Eagles for 13 years.
“So all of this brings us here to today. Where I announce that I am retiring from the NFL after thirteen seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles,” Jason said during a 40-minute press conference. “And today I have to admit that I am officially overrated. Hugely overrated. It took a lot of hard work and determination to get here. I’ve been the underdog my entire career, and I mean this when I say it: I wish I still was. Few things give me as much joy as proving someone wrong.”
Both Kelces played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Jason was selected by the Eagles during the 2011 draft, while Travis joined the league in 2013 as a backup for the Chiefs. During Jason’s emotional speech on Monday, Travis, who attended with his parents, said Donna And Ed Kelce and Jason’s wife, Kylie Kelce – could get emotional as Jason paid tribute to the brothers’ bond over the years.
“We have a small family. No cousins, one aunt, one uncle. It was basically my brother and I our whole lives. We have done almost everything together: we have fought, fought, laughed, cried and learned from each other,” he said. “We invented games, presented ourselves as star players of that time. We imagine ourselves making the winning plays day after day at Coleridge Road. We won countless Super Bowls in our minds before we ever left the house. And when we weren’t playing, we were at the other’s games, sitting in a lawn chair or bench, Capri Sun that mother had packed, cheering during the game and then waiting outside to celebrate a victory together or offer encouragement after a match. loss.”
He continued, “There is no way I would be here without the bond that Travis and I share. It has made me stronger, stronger and smarter and it has taught me the values of cooperation, loyalty, patience and understanding. It’s all too poetic. I found my career fulfilled in the City of Brotherly Love. I knew that relationship all too well.”
Speculation about Jason’s future in football began in January after the Eagles lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ending their 2023-2024 season and knocking them out of the playoffs. Reports surfaced that Jason told his teammates he was retiring, which he later discussed on his and Travis’ “New Heights” podcast.
“I didn’t purposely announce what I was doing… but people can sense body language and stuff,” Jason explained. “I just don’t think after a match like that you’re really in a position to really make that decision, I just don’t. There is too much emotion in the moment, too much happening in that moment to really fully understand that decision.”
Jason Kelce is ready for retirement after thirteen years in the NFL. “So all of this brings us to today,” he said during a press conference in March 2024. “Where I announce that I am retiring from the NFL after thirteen seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.” Jason’s family attended the event. Travis Kelce […]
He added that it was important that he retire on his “own terms”, and that this was done in a way that is “final and pays respect to many people and individuals who have meant a lot to me and which have contributed to the career has lead’. that I have had.”
Travis – who won this year’s Super Bowl after beating the Eagles last year – admitted at the time that it was “tough” to see his brother’s season end the way it did.
“I think everyone in the football world felt this,” he said. “Obviously there are a lot of emotions at the end of this match for you guys, but I can relate because I felt it. I know Kylie, mom, dad, everyone who was at the game felt it.