Jason Kelce and Rudolph’s Sam the Snowman? More Like Yukon Cornelius

Jason and Travis Kelce in Rankin and Bass puppet form promoting their Christmas duet, "Fairytale of Philadelphia."


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Jason Kelce is being compared to Sam the Snowman in Rankin and Bass’ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer but he thinks he looks more like Yukon Cornelius.

Jason Kelce fans are comparing the Philadelphia Eagles center to Sam the Snowman in the Rankin and Bass “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but Kelce doesn’t see it, writes Bailey Richards for People Magazine.

Jason Kelce reacts to 'Rudolph' Sam the Snowman comparisons

The 36-year NFL star said a comparison to Yukon Cornelius is more accurate.

He talked about the fan observations on a recent episode of the podcast New Heights, headed up by Kelce and his brother, Travis.

“There’s a tweet about me that a bunch of you might have seen,” Jason said, pointing out his likeness to the Burl Ives-voiced snowman.  The Tweet received 60,000 likes and 3 million views.

“Not buying into it,” Travis, 34, said.

Jason said more people compare him to the bearded Arctic prospector Yukon Cornelius.

“That’s the one that everyone’s always… and it’s from the exact same movie, so I was shocked when this picked up so much steam because I’ve always gotten that one,” Kelce said.

The two brothers said the snowman actually looks more like their father, Ed.

“I think we’re both getting major Ed Kelce vibes with the snowman,” Jason said. “That’s an Ed Kelce.”

“One thousand percent,” Travis added.

Read more about comparisons to “Rudolph” characters and about the Christmas gifts the Eagles teammates received in People Magazine.