Jason Kelce could have a future as a band frontman following his retirement from football.
The former Philadelphia Eagles center has transitioned to media since calling curtains on his career and is now with ESPN, while he also runs a podcast with his brother Travis. But it appears the man is good at many other things.
Kelce got on stage with indie rock band Mt. Joy outside Lincoln Financial Field before the Eagles played the Commanders on Thursday night, debuting his new Christmas song, “Santa Drives an Astrovan.”
Kelce releases an annual Xmas album to help raise money for charities around Philadelphia, and he was pleased to see the number of people who showed up to support him before kickoff.
“What’s up everybody! Thank y’all for coming out,” he told fans.“This goes a long way to help me promote this album which is going to help a lot of families around this area around the holidays. So thank you so much for supporting.”
The Super Bowl winner did eventually get to singing, and he sounded great.
You can see his act in the video below:
Jason Kelce debuts “Santa Drives an Astro Van” at Lincoln Financial Field, a song off the A Philly Special Christmas album, with Philly’s own Mount Joy pic.twitter.com/j4i4AFRKFt
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Another clip showed him urging the crowd to give it up for “the real musicians on the stage” before predicting that the Eagles would “kick some Commie a**.”
Jason Kelce Called It
Jason Kelce’s album, “A Philly Special Christmas Party,” has already started catching on following the release of “Maybe This Christmas” featuring Stevie Nicks.
He discussed Thursday’s event with Travis on their ‘New Heights’ podcast earlier this week.
“We initially were like, ‘We’re just gonna do something in the parking lot. It’ll be fun. Just to get it on video to help promote it,’” he said during the show. “And somehow it’s turned into we full-on have a stage in the Linc … and we’re just gonna be performing this song right before the most important game of the Eagles’ season to date takes place.”
Turns out the Eagles indeed kicked some “Commie a**” on the night, with Saquon Barkley inspiring them to a 24-18 win, making 26 carries for 146 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
