Jason Kelce: Finding Fun Off the Field

WITH A NEW LATE-NIGHT SHOW AND HIT PODCAST (PLUS A FOURTH BABY ON THE WAY!), THE RETIRED FOOTBALL PLAYER IS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME

- By NATASHA DYE,With reporting by MARINA WATTS

Jason Kelce misses one thing most about his football career since retiring from the NFL in March 2024: “Being around the players … shooting the crap with the boys,” says the former Philadelphia Eagles center.

Luckily his new comedy-sports show They Call It Late Night With Jason Kelce (airing Saturdays in January at 1 a.m. on ESPN) will aim to fill that void.

“It’s a place where we’re going to have some fun and talk about a sport that we all love and a culture that is near and dear to all of us,” says Jason, 37, who also serves as an ESPN analyst and hosts his popular Wondery podcast New Heights with brother Travis Kelce. Like in the locker room, cursing is allowed—within reason. “F-bombs were the one thing that I was told, ‘You might want to be a little bit cautious there,’ ” he adds.

The show isn’t the only new addition Jason will celebrate in 2025. His wife, Kylie, 32—whose own podcast