Nothing’s been officially announced yet, but The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported Monday that Jason Kelce is headed to ESPN. That move will reportedly see Kelce take a role on ESPN’s Monday Night Football pregame show, Monday Night Countdown.
Since retiring, Kelce has been bombarded with offers. However, all signs indicate he’ll be taking his talents to the Worldwide Leader. And that’s a decision he elaborated on during his recent episode of the New Heights podcast with his brother, Travis.
“Nothing’s been officially inked yet or announced yet, but obviously, there’s been a lot of reports out there about me going to ESPN,” Kelce said. “I think time will kind of take care of that. But it’s a tremendous honor to even be considered to potentially work there.
“That network was everything that Travis and I watched growing up. We talk about it all the time, we had Rich Eisen last year on the show. We talk about all the time, all these guys we grew up watching. And we lived watching ESPN.”
“The fact that I may, potentially, probably will be working there is pretty darn cool, man,” he added.
ESPN wasn’t just a network for Jason and Travis growing up; it was a cornerstone of their sports passion. So, for Travis, seeing his older brother join the Worldwide Leader feels like a full-circle moment. They practically lived and breathed ESPN as kids, so Travis is thrilled to have Jason officially become a sports analyst.
And Jason seems pretty upbeat about taking his talents to broadcasting, as well.
“I did my due diligence; you want to make sure you’re really looking at things, talking to people that are knowledgeable in the industry — neither one of us has ever done something like this,” Jason explained. “Throughout the whole process, meeting and talking to everyone over at ESPN, it became apparent that it was really the right fit. And, at the end of the day, it’s something that I’m really, really looking forward to, this next phase.”
[New Heights on YouTube]