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Jason Kelce, the ‘belly bucking champion,’ on Nov. 28, 2025Kimberlee SpeakmanSat, November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM UTC·3 min readNEED TO KNOW
Jason Kelce earned the title of “belly bucking champion” during a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate party on Nov. 28
A video shared by New Heights, his and brother Travis Kelce's podcast, shows the retired NFL player competing shirtless
“Let’s go!” Jason, 38, yells in the video after winning a match
Jason Kelce can add another title to his name: belly bucking champion.
The retired NFL player, 38, earned the achievement during a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate party in the parking lot of the Lincoln Financial Field ahead of his former team’s game against the Chicago Bears on Friday, Nov. 28.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDuring the tailgate — which was hosted by Jason and the New Heights podcast, which he co-hosts with brother Travis Kelce — a belly bucking competition was held. In the competition, two opponents have to put their hands behind their backs and try to push the other person outside of a designated area only using their bellies.
In a video shared by New Heights on X, a shirtless Jason could be seen wearing an Eagles football helmet, black trousers and brown boots while taking on an opponent. As the competitors took their opening stance, a referee could be heard saying, “On your marks, get set, go.”
Jason and his opponent immediately began using their stomachs to push each other off of the edge of the ring. The former football player pushed his opponent out of the circle within five seconds as the audience cheered.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAt the end of the video, Jason could be seen celebrating with several bystanders who joined him in the ring as he shouted, “Let’s go!” Another man could be heard echoing, “Let’s go!”
“JASON KELCE. BELLY BUCKING CHAMPION,” New Heights captioned the video on X.
In another New Heights post on X, Jason could be seen refereeing another belly bucking competition between two Philadelphia Eagles fans. In the clip, Jason, who put on a beige Eagles T-shirt could be seen asking the competitors if they were ready before yelling, “Three, two, one, go!”
The two competitors then collided into one another as Jason cheered them on from the sidelines. Once the winner successfully pushed his opponent out of the ring, the crowd of Eagles fans erupted in excitement, and Jason picked up the winner and carried him around.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“The Belly Bucking competition was a MASSIVE success,” New Heights wrote.
The competition was something Jason had mentioned in a previous New Heights podcast episode that he was considering adding as part of the tailgate party to help hype up the Eagles fans before the game. Unfortunately, this time, the team lost to the Bears 24-15.
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It wasn’t only Philadelphia Eagles fans that Jason had to wrangle over the holiday weekend. He previously shared on the Nov. 26 episode of New Heights, that he was going to be “wrestling” his daughters Wyatt, 6, Elliotte, 4, Bennett, 2, and Finnley, 8 months.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“We got Kylie’s family, we have four kids. So I'm going to have to be wrestling these kids. I don't know,” Jason shared of his Thanksgiving plans.
“There we go. That's what I'm talking about,” said Travis, 36. “All fours. Get on all fours. Just start wrestling.”
“Dude, it's gonna be a long day,” Jason replied, before Travis advised, “Just start wearing them down.”
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