ESPN has announced that 13-year NFL veteran and Super Bowl champion Jason Kelce has agreed to a multi-year deal with the company and will appear on Monday Night Countdown beginning with the 2024 season. Kelce will be a part of the network’s slate of 23 regular-season NFL games in addition to two postseason contests – a Super Wild Card weekend game and divisional round playoff game. Kelce was joined on stage by new colleagues Scott Van Pelt, Marcus Spears and Ryan Clark at The Walt Disney Company Upfront on Tuesday afternoon from the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
“Jason is a highly respected, Super Bowl Champion with a strong connection to fans,” Burke Magnus, president of content at ESPN, said in a statement. “Walking off the field and immediately to ESPN, viewers will benefit from his perspective which has been shaped through his years as an established locker room leader and a future Hall of Fame center. Jason’s addition to Monday Night Countdown will greatly strengthen our NFL coverage.”
Kelce, a six-time Pro Bowl selection, will also become a member of studio coverage for ESPN’s presentation of Super Bowl LXI in Los Angeles, Calif., taking place in February 2027 airing on ESPN and ABC. Kelce will also engage in additional postseason studio appearances each year, which includes programming during the NFL Conference Championship weekend.
“Turns out it was a short retirement!,” Kelce said in a statement. “I’m excited to join ESPN, and particularly the Monday Night Countdown team. ESPN was a consistent presence in our household growing up and the network helped shape who I am and my love of all sports. To now appear on that same screen is a full circle moment. And, I mean it’s freaking Monday Night Football! and I’m ready for some football.”
