Jason Kelce has definitely been keeping busy since retiring from the Philadelphia Eagles, between his gig as an analyst for ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown, his podcast with brother Travis, and his Campbell’s soup ads.
But a photo shared to social media recently by a fan proved the former NFL star is getting plenty of downtime, too—and the change seems to be doing him good.
In a photo shared to Instagram earlier this month, Kelce, 36, posed shirtless on a New Jersey beach with two smiling fans, and it’s clear the athlete has slimmed down since his days on the field.
Commenters couldn’t get over the unintentionally revealing pic.
“So jealous!!! I have the biggest crush on Jason!” wrote one person.
“Casual kelce photo. Nbd,” joked someone else.
“What you are one degree away from Taylor swift 😂 this is sick,” declared a third Instagram user, while another commenter couldn’t help but point out the obvious.
“Was that a sausage in his pocket or was he just glad to meet you?! Yowza Jason put that thing away!😂.”
In an interview with GQ in June, Kelce opened up about his weight loss journey and how his kids inspire him to be as healthy as possible.
“As far as the weight is concerned, I weighed 295 for the majority of my NFL career, and I look forward to losing some of those pounds,” he said.
“I don’t want to get too small. I think a lot of guys, especially offensive linemen, they lose too much weight, and then they look like bobbleheads because their neck gets so small, but their head stays the same size,” Kelce continued.
“So for me, I feel like for some reason, 250 to 260 feels like I’ll be still big and be happy with the way I look without having a six-pack. But I’ll still be able to have that stature a little bit.”
At the time, the elder Kelce brother noted he weighed 277 pounds, nearly 20 pounds down from his NFL days.
“But my back already feels better. My knees already feel better,” he added. “So another 20 pounds hopefully will make that much more adept at playing with my children.”