The next stop for Jason Kelce is the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The next stop for the Eagles is uncertainty.

Kelce reportedly is retiring after 13 seasons and leaving a leadership void when the Eagles need it most — after an unparalleled collapse from a Super Bowl favorite with 10 wins in 11 games to a one-and-done playoff exit that completed a 1-6 finish to the season.

He was seen crying on the sideline and hugging offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland as the final seconds ticked away Monday in a 32-9 Wild Card loss to the Buccaneers.

The seven-time Pro Bowler and five-time First-Team All-Pro eventually will join 13 other centers in the Hall of Fame.

But only one of those 13 – former Jets anchor Kevin Mawae (1994-2009) – played in the 21^st Century, so Kelce, who was a sixth-round draft pick in 2011 knocked for being too small, truly is the greatest of his generation.

Kelce’s retirement is the beginning of breaking up the Eagles’ Core Four – two offensive linemen and two defensive linemen who have been together since 2013 and went to two Super Bowls together, winning in 2018.

Brandon Graham (195) is the only player who has played more regular-season games in Eagles history than Kelce (193). Fletcher Cox (188) is third, and Lane Johnson (143) is No. 20 only because his career has been interrupted by multiple injuries.

The Eagles could have a very different look next season beyond just Kelce: Head coach Nick Sirianni is thought to be on the hot seat after issues permeated the locker room while he was busy yelling at opposing fan bases and coaches.

Quarterback Jalen Hurts seemed to be at odds on the sidelines with many of his top weapons as the offense struggled over the last two months.

Whether it is through co-hosting the No. 1-ranked “New Heights” podcast with his brother and Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce or through the Prime Video documentary “Kelce” that pulled back the curtain on his life during the 2022 season, Jason Kelce did something few offensive linemen have done: He reached off-field stardom in a league where the limelight generally is reserved for quarterbacks and touchdown-scorers.

Perhaps it all can be traced back to his rousing speech at the Eagles’ parade to celebrate winning Super Bowl LII.

Dressed in a Mummer’s costume – a fixture of a New Year’s Day parade in Philadelphia dating to 1901 – Kelce captured the spirit of a team and a city, leading a chant of “no one likes us, we don’t care, we’re from Philly, f—ing Philly.”

“This entire organization, with a bunch of driven men who accomplished something, we were a bunch of underdogs,” Kelce said. “And you know what an underdog is? It’s a hungry dog. … Any of you know who the biggest underdog is? It’s y’all, Philadelphia. For 52 years, y’all have been waiting for this. You want to talk about an underdog? You want to talk about a hungry dog? For 52 years you’ve been starved of this championship.”

It was a Hall of Fame-worthy speech.