Jason Kelce ‘told his Eagles teammates he’s RETIRING in the locker room after playoff defeat by Tampa Bay’ with 36-year-old left in tears on the sideline

Jason Kelce reportedly told his Philadelphia Eagles teammates that he will retire from football following their shocking loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

That’s according to NFL insider Adam SchefterThe 36-year-old is set to retire from football after a remarkable 13-year career and told his teammates in the dressing room at Raymond James Stadium.

Kelce, a father of three, strongly considered retirement late last season and filmed his struggle with the decision, which later became a hit Amazon Prime documentary.

He ultimately decided to play this season and signed a one-year contract with the Eagles, but was set to become a free agent in March.

But this time he’s walking away for good, and Kelce seemed overcome with emotion in the final few seconds of his team’s awful 32-9 loss to the Bucs.

Kelce walked over to see his wife Kylie and father Ed in emotional scenes in Tampa Bay

Kelce politely declined to speak to the media afterward, a duty he normally performs after the game

Kelce pictured with wife Kylie and their three daughters Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett

Kelce was famously defeated by brother Travis when the Eagles met the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII

The center, a Super Bowl winner, six-time All-Pro and future Hall-of-Fame inductee, turned and hugged offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland as the clock ticked toward zero.

Jason, the older brother of Kansas City Chiefs star Travis, then had an emotional but brief reunion with his family on the field – with his father, Ed and wife Kylie cheering him on from the front row of the stands.

He waved to them both as he left the pitch and was filmed breaking down in tears during his long and lonely walk back to the dressing room.

But he won the Super Bowl in 2018 after an epic game against Tom Brady’s Patriots

Kelce politely declined to speak to the media in the locker room after the game — he usually speaks whether the Eagles win or lose — and left the stadium for what appears to be the last time in his career.

It appears to be a sad end to a career in which he will go down in history as one of the game’s greats.

The center won the Super Bowl in 2018 and was famously defeated by his brother last season as the Eagles met the Chiefs in the NFL’s showpiece.

Kelce was drafted by the Eagles in 2011 after playing college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats and has spent his entire career in Philadelphia.

In the lead-up to the Bucs game, he accepted that his future would become a topic of conversation as the NFL season approached its home stretch.

“I think it’s come naturally to me the last three seasons,” Kelce said Friday.

“As you get older in your career, you never know when that will be.

Jason and Travis’ “New Heights” podcast attracts many football fans all season long

“I try to remind the guys, and my dad has told me this from the time I started playing football, if you step off the sidewalk one day, it could be the end of your career.

“So you try to approach every game with that mentality, but the closer and older you get to that realization, the more it comes to the fore.

‘But that is of course not the most important thing. The most important thing is to go out there and compete with all the guys in this locker room.”

Eagles quarterback Jalen is hurting

Fellow offensive lineman Lane Johnson also said Kelce had “suggested” this would be his final season.

He said, ‘I love him. He is one of the best to ever play the game.

“The things he can do athletically on the football field, I don’t think we’ll see someone like him again.”

More to follow.