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Jason Kelce Offered Incredible Gesture To Longtime Trainer Who Missed Final Game Due To Cancer Battle

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Jason Kelce announces his retirement.

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Newly retired center Jason Kelce continues to make positive waves around the NFL. One of the best humans in the game, his thoughtfulness and passion poured out in his retirement press conference as he thanked teammates, coaches, and staff for his time in Philadelphia.

It was an emotional day that saw both Jason and brother, Travis, break down in tears. The big man made sure to thank his wife, Kylie, too.

There wasn’t a dry eye in attendance, and the congratulations on a fantastic career kept rolling in as he took his final stroll around the Eagles’ facility.

Kelce received a standing ovation from Philadelphia staff members immediately following that retirement speech.

But now, it’s onto the next phase.

Still, as he begins life after football, stories from his time on the field continue to surface. The most recent involves a longtime trainer who’s battling cancer.

Jason Kelce offered a kind gesture to his friend.

That trainer actually missed the center’s final game due to his cancer. He detailed an incredible moment the two shared prior to Kelce taking to the podium.

From @trainerjoeo on Instagram:

I remember back in Jason’s 2nd year, when he tore his knee, I went tot he head trainer and told him that I needed to do his rehab because he needed to be treated like an athlete, not a conventional offensive lineman. What would occur over the next 12+ years would certainly impact my life in a way I never imagined.

You all know about the on-field accomplishments, and many of the off-field ones, too, but what this man has meant to me and now my family over the past decade plus is nearly indescribable… In what would be his final season, when I was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo radiation and chemo, he offered his shore house if I needed to get away, and offered to pay for meal services to help my wife and me out, and he called me randomly when I had been home, too sick to come in because of chemo, just to check on me and chat about random things.

That’s who he is as a person.

I taped this guy’s ankles and thumbs everyday for 13 seasons, and when he played his last game in Tampa, again I couldn’t be there due to cancer. And when he told me he would be retiring and I expressed my regret of not being the last person to ever tape him, he offered to have me tape him for his retirement press conference. That’s who he is. And I hope theses stories can add to an already unbelievable legacy.

Incredible.

We can only hope to hear more of these stories in the coming weeks.