After playing football for more than a decade, Jason Kelsey He revealed that he is a bit worried about his memory.
In new YouTube video Shared by former NFL center, Jimmy Kimmel He showed Kelsey, 37, how to host his own late-night show. After Kimmel, 57, admitted he used two floor monitors during the Oscars because he has a “bad memory for jokes” — Kelsey revealed he could relate to the jokes.
“I got hit in the head for 13 years, and my memory is shot, bro,” Kelce, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2011-2024, said with Kimmel as they laughed.
Kelce previously admitted he was fearful of the effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease common among football players.
He added: “There were small things that are not big yet, but they will turn into big things the longer you play.” Kelsey Documentary in September 2023. “I'm scared about what the long-term effects of playing football will mean. I have two girls and some people end up with CTE and some men live long, healthy lives. I have no idea what will happen with that.
Kelce announced in March that he was Retire from football.
He said in a press conference while announcing his retirement: “Today I must admit that my estimate is officially exaggerated.” “It took a lot of hard work and determination to get here. I've been the underdog my whole career, and I mean it when I say that, I wish I still was. There are few things that give me as much joy as proving someone wrong.”
Kelce went on to thank the city of Philadelphia, noting that it was a “goal” of his to play “his entire career in one city.”
“I couldn't have dreamed of a better, more suitable one if I tried,” he added. “I don't know what's next, but I look forward to the new challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, and I know that I carry with me the lessons I've learned from my time here and that we will all forever share the bond of being Philadelphians.”
Less than two months after announcing his retirement from the NFL, Kelce I got a job with ESPN Monday night countdown side by side Scott Van Pelt, Ryan Clark and Marcus Spears.
After appearing on Monday night countdown Besides continuing the “New Heights” podcast with his brother Travis KelseyJason announced in November that he would be Host a late night show on ESPN entitled It's called Late Night with Jason Kelsey.
“I loved late-night shows, and I always have. “I remember watching Conan O'Brien in my sleepover with my friends,” Jason explained. Jimmy Kimmel Live. “We will have a bunch of players there – legends of the game, friends I played with, coaches, celebrities.”