Jason Kelce’s post-NFL broadcasting career will start with ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown.”
Kelce, who retired from the Philadelphia Eagles after a 13-year career, is in line to sign a deal with ESPN in time for next season.
ESPN has yet to officially announce any hiring.
Kelce participated in last year’s NFL Broadcasting and Media Workshop, which used to be known as the “Broadcast Bootcamp.” He has also appeared on numerous NFL broadcasts, including a stint with Amazon’s Thursday Night Football during an off-week in 2023.
“This is all new territory for me. I have even more respect for it now,” Kelce said at the time. “It’s very hard to do something live, reactive of stimulus that just happened and having something clever and meaningful to say.”
Kelce is expected to continue doing his “New Heights” podcast with his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. Travis Kelce signed a two-year deal to remain with the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday.
Also Monday, CBS announced that Matt Ryan is joining “The NFL Today” after splitting time last season in the studio and being a game analyst. Ryan officially retired last week after a 15-year career with the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts from 2008-22.
The network also announced Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason will leave after long runs on the show. Simms came to CBS in 1998 after the network won the rights to the AFC. He was the lead game analyst until he moved to the studio in 2017.
Esiason had been on “The NFL Today” since 2002.
The Athletic was the first to report on Kelce’s choice.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.