Incident Involving Jason Kelce and College Football Fan Under Investigation by Penn State Police

Mar. 15, 2025

Jason Kelce on Monday Night Football.Photo:David Eulitt/Getty

David Eulitt/Getty

Penn State University Police are investigating the Nov. 2 incident involvingJason Kelceand an unidentified college football fan at the school, PEOPLE can confirm.

Penn State verified on Monday, Nov. 4 that University Police and Public Safety are looking into the moment when theformer NFL star, 36, smashed the phoneof a heckler who appeared to call Kelce’s brotherTravisa homophobic slur.

The university did not specify whether they were investigating Jason, the football fan or how the incident transpired.

PEOPLE has reached out to representatives for both Jason and ESPN.

In now-viral footage shared onX (formerly Twitter), the football fan is seen approaching Jason and asking, “Hey, Kelce. How does it feel your brother’s a f—– datingTaylor Swift?” the man asked, using the slur to refer to Travis, 35, who has been dating Swift, 34, since 2023.

Jason Kelce; Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.Getty(2)

Getty(2)

Seconds later, Jason turned around, grabbed the man’s phone out of his hands and smashed it on the ground. The NFL alum then stood in front of the man and said, “Who’s the f—– now?” as other people appeared to intervene.

The phone’s owner, who was wearing a Penn State hoodie at the time of the incident, could be seen walking closely behind and seemingly recording Jason before the altercation took place.

“Looked like a Penn State student was getting in Kelce’s face for no reason,” the initial X user who posted the clip wrote alongside it. “Wild scene in State College.”

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source: people.com