The six-time All-Pro center for the Philadelphia Eagles is a Super Bowl champion who played 13 seasons in the NFL. He’s been part of plenty of wins. He’s one of the big reasons the ‘Tush Push’ is a thing in football. He’s one-half of one of the most famous brother duos in the world right now.
And while Kelce has been stacking wins in his post-playing days as a talk show host, game analyst and podcaster, the one thing he has lost is weight.
During his ‘New Heights’ podcast on May 14, Kelce spoke about his weight loss journey now that he’s retired.
‘I’m about 270 right now, I think,” Kelce said, prompting his brother, Travis Kelce, to joke that he could play tight end.
“Can’t,’ Kelce replied. ‘No, My ankles and knees and back won’t let me. It’s getting bad. I don’t know if it’s the moment you retire mentally, your body retires, too, physically. Because I’m trying to lift weights. I keep straining muscles.”
The now-ESPN analyst spoke on the additional struggles in retirement, adding that his ankle is now inflamed after playing golf which hinders him from doing other workouts.
Kelce was listed at 295 pounds in 2023, which was his final season in the NFL. He officially retired in March 2024.
During a ‘New Heights’ episode on March 26, Kelce said former Eagles defensive lineman Beau Allen challenged him to a weight loss competition. The goal was to see who could lose the most fat while gaining muscle in three months. At the time, Kelce was 276.6 pounds.
He noted that 21% of his body was fat after getting his scan results.
“Dude, this is what you do,’ Kelce said of the competition. ‘When you retire, you have to do stupid competitions like this to keep your sanity.’
‘I don’t want to get too small,’ Kelce said. ‘I think a lot of guys, especially offensive linemen, they lose too much weight, and then they look like bobbleheads because their neck gets so small, but their head stays the same size. So for me, I feel like for some reason, 250 to 260 feels like I’ll be still big and be happy with the way I look without having a six-pack.’
There is still plenty of time left in the competition for Kelce and Allen, with the loser having to wear a Speedo to the Eagles’ Ocean Drive event for their autism foundation.
In other words, there will be two losers in this race. It remains to be seen if Kelce loses weight or his dignity.