Jason Kelce subtly references his brother’s girlfriend Taylor Swift while announcing retirement from the NFL

Travis Kelce‘s brother Jason Kelce has tearfully announced his retirement from the NFL, with some subtle help from Taylor Swift it seems.

The Philadelphia Eagles star, 36, confirmed he is retiring during a press conference on Monday, which is brother Travis, wife Kylie, and parents Donna and Ed all attended.

During his retirement speech, Kelce appeared to give a nod to his brother’s superstar girlfriend by quoting some well-known Swift songs to sign off 13 seasons in the NFL.

Watch the video above.

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“It’s only too poetic I found my career being fulfilled in the city of brotherly love, I knew that relationship all too well,” he emotionally said while looking to his brother.

Fans were quick to pick up on the reference to Swift’s iconic Red (Taylor’s Version) track, All Too Well, which famously has a 10 minute version that was released in 2021.

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But the Swift nods didn’t stop there. Later on in his speech, Jason made a reference to another of Swift’s hits, this time Wildest Dreams from her 2014 album, 1989.

“If you go above and beyond in this city, you will be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams,” he said, delighting Swifties with the not one but two references.

“Jason just referenced All Too Well and I am in fact NOT OKAY,” one fan gushed on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“Jason Kelce retiring from the NFL after 13 seasons and dropping “All Too Well” and “Wildest Dreams” in his retirement speech is so swiftie coded,” another said.

“He’s the King of the Swifties. Forever,” a third claimed.

But Jason’s speech wasn’t the only nod to the Cruel Summer singer that fans picked up on from the press conference.

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While Travis Kelce was spotted wiping away tears during Jason’s speech, eagle-eyed Swifties quickly pointed out the friendship bracelets on his wrist. 

The Kansas City Chiefs star, who was in Sydney last month to support his girlfriend for her Eras Tour, was pictured with two black and gold bracelets.

One of the bracelets adorably appeared to have two letter T’s for Taylor and Travis’ first name initials.

“Omg!! The bracelet has a heart in the middle and says T and then the other T. And the other bracelet looks like it says Travis kelce,” one person gushed.

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The other bracelet seemed to be a bit trickier to decode, only showing the first part of the message “Travis Kelce is a…”.

The adorable nod to the friendship bracelet trend at Swift’s concerts is extra special to the pair’s romance after Kelce first tried to give her a bracelet with his number on it

The couple have also previously been spotted wearing matching custom TNT bracelet.

   

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