Jason Kelce has reportedly lost his Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl ring in the most Jason Kelce way possible.
The recently retired Eagles center announced on his “New Heights” podcast with his brother Travis that he no longer owns his ring from the Eagles’ only championship from Super Bowl LII. The culprit: a large inflatable tub of Skyline chili.
The pool was part of the Kelce brothers’ Great Lombaby Games at their alma mater of Cincinnati, where teams of students faced off in a series of bizarre challenges. As Kelce explained it, one of those challenges for two students involves digging through the Skyline chili — specifically a three-way consisting of chili, spaghetti, and cheese — looking for socks with Super Bowl rings tied to them
One of those rings was Kelce’s real Super Bowl LII ring. Unfortunately, when the proverbial dust cleared, no one could find a white gold ring composed of 219 diamonds and 17 rare green sapphires.
Kelce now believes the ring is in a landfill:
“It was an unfortunate situation. As you know, this game existed because I keep losing my Super Bowl ring. I don’t even know if Travis remembers this, but I legitimately lost my Super Bowl ring during this event. She couldn’t find it.
“We have yet to find it. All of this stuff has been thrown away, so I think it’s safe to assume that my Super Bowl ring is in a landfill somewhere in the Cincinnati tri-state area. I didn’t think that would happen.”
That ring was the only one Kelce earned in his 13-year career, and was the culmination of one of the greatest careers for a center the NFL has ever seen. That career came to an end last month when Kelce announced his retirement.
Strangely enough, this isn’t the first time a sports legend has lost a championship ring in a container of meat. Baseball fans may remember legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully losing his 1988 World Series ring in a bag of Costco ribs.
Unlike Kelce, Scully proceeded to find the ring.
Kelce at least has a theory about what caused his ring to disappear, though he has apparently accepted the loss and filed an insurance claim:
“The only thing I can think of is that at some point the sock got kicked out of the three way and came out of the pool and was thrown away in some form. The Super Bowl ring is officially gone. We have already filed the insurance claim, and I think the insurance company might have some say in whether they’re going to cover that.
To get an idea of the kind of money we’re talking about here, a ring auctioned off last year by former Eagles starting linebacker Nigel Bradham was auctioned last year for more than $80,000.
Kelce shook off the loss, but confident he can pay to have the ring replaced:
“I knew where it was. Someone tampered with my Super Bowl ring at some point, and I’m fine with that. It’s just a piece of metal. I’ll just have another one made, I guess. They can do that, Okay? I guess we’ll find out.”
We wish him the best of luck. There’s a good chance he can afford to get a new one made, given the way the podcast world is going, not to mention the $90 million he’s made in his career or his significant sponsorships .
