Penn State police are struggling to identify the young man who got into a confrontation with ESPN’s Jason Kelce before Saturday’s game against visiting Ohio State.
Kelce – who was on campus to appear on ESPN’s College GameDay – was walking through a crowd of people when one man called his brother Travis a ‘f*****’ for dating Taylor Swift.
Jason responded by grabbing the fan’s phone, smashing it on the ground, kicking it away from the fan and yelling back: ‘Who’s the f****t now?’
A University spokesperson told TMZ they have not identified the man. Furthermore, no one has come forward to give any tips. Penn State’s chief of police and public safety as well as the school’s police deputy did not immediately return DailyMail.com’s request for more information.
While Kelce went viral for breaking a fan’s phone immediately after that homophobic remark, campus police told Page Six on Saturday that no incident report has been filed on the matter.
As seen in footage of the incident, Kelce picked up the fan’s phone and walked away with it after smashing it, leading the fan to chase him down and say ‘give me my phone.’ It is unclear whether the phone belonged to the male who made the disparaging comment about Travis.
One Instagram user with the handle @DONNYWRLD1 recorded footage of the man following after Kelce outside Beaver Stadium. ‘You pussy-a** b****,’ the younger man is heard yelling. ‘Get that on camera.’
The former Eagles center, who is now an analyst for ESPN, was praised by many on social media, with one calling him ‘an icon’ for his reaction to the fan. Kelce has to realize that his profile is bigger than it ever was as a player,’ he wrote on X. ‘He’s making big $ across multiple platforms and his brother might marry the biggest pop star ever. He can’t be spiking people’s phones. He needs security to deal with this s***’.’
