Jason Kelce makes shocking CTE admission with Antonio Brown mocking the Eagles legend’s claim: ‘Can virtually guarantee I have it’

Jason Kelce admitted he believes he has CTE after his stellar 13-year career in the NFL following his recent allegations about Racehorse Secretariat.

The retired Philadelphia Eagles center bizarrely accused Secretariat, the horse that won the 1973 Triple Crown, of cheating during the latest episode of his New Heights podcast with brother Travis Kelce.

“Secretariat was squeezed to the gills,” Kelce claimed on the podcast. “The Secretariat happens to be in the heart of the steroid era.

“(In) 1973, every NFL player, every baseball player was squeezed to the gills. Don’t you think Secretariat was a goddamn king? It is of course the fastest horse of all time.’

His comments sparked a backlash on social media, eventually forcing Kelce to apologize, with one user claiming the legendary center must have had CTE – the brain disease diagnosed post-mortem by many NFL stars, especially veterans late in their careers to play.

The Philadelphia Eagles legend claimed he could almost guarantee he is suffering from the disease

Kelce’s bold claims came after he suggested the Racehorse Secretariat was cheating

‘[Y]You know who else is making unsubstantiated claims that are not supported by facts. People suffering from CTE. “I admit I don’t know if @JasonKelce is suffering from CTE or not, it’s impossible to know,” they posted.

Kelce surprisingly responded to the dig by suggesting that he most likely suffers from the brain disease.

“I mean, I can pretty much guarantee that I have CTE, all the research would indicate that I have some degree of it,” he replied. “I think it’s perfectly reasonable to assume that I have some degree of that pathology.”

The social media user later insisted he didn’t mean to offend anyone, but an unbothered Kelce brushed it off, saying it was just the reality he faces.

‘I understand, I don’t take offense at all. what I’m saying is that it’s completely reasonable to think I have CTE,” he added.

‘Although there is no test to see if I currently have CTE, the evidence suggests that I probably do. As is the reality that many, if not most, of the high level horses of the 70s and 80s were doped because adequate testing was not available.

‘But there’s really no point in bringing this up. I don’t know why I started, Secretariat was still a fantastic horse and a legendary specimen.’

An unbothered Kelce waved it away, saying it was just the reality he faces

Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown responded unsurprisingly to Kelce’s admission.

Brown, who has become an Internet provocateur attacking the likes of Tom Brady and Caitlin Clark online, has repeatedly joked about having CTE on X.

The controversial former NFL star even created a social media page known as CTESPN to mock the original ESPN network

Quoting a post reporting Kelce’s claim, Brown wrote, “The first step is admitting it. #CTESPN.”

Kelce also worried about the impact of CTE toward the end of his career, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Marcus Hayes reported after the end of the Eagles’ 2023 season and just weeks before the veteran announced his retirement.

He reportedly had trouble remembering the date of a teammate’s injury and joked that it was “the CTE creeping in.”

Not surprisingly, Antonio Brown had a less sensitive reaction to Kelce’s confession

The former NFL wide receiver has repeatedly joked about having CTE on social media

Kelce previously expressed his concerns about the effects of CTE during his Amazon Prime documentary last year.

“There have been little things that aren’t big things yet, but will turn into big things the longer I play,” he said.

“I don’t want to dress like an elephant in the NFL room, but I’m afraid of the long-term consequences of playing football. I have two girls and…some people end up getting CTE and some boys live long, healthy lives.

“I have no idea what’s going to happen with that because I’ve been thinking about this,” he said, thinking about the amount of physical impact in the game and whether “it might come back to bite me.”