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- Philadelphia Eagles' Cooper DeJean weighs in on who he thinks Taylor Swift will root for this football season
- The longtime Eagles fan recently got engaged to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce
- DeJean tells PEOPLE about his Center City apartment and what makes the space feel like home for him when he's not on the road for NFL games
Cooper DeJean has thoughts about Taylor Swift's loyalty to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaking with PEOPLE Magazine from his Center City apartment, the 22-year-old cornerback weighs in on whether the former Eagles fan will ever go back to the Birds after her engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
"Yeah, I think it's done now," DeJean, 22, says. "I think wherever Travis is at, that's who she's going to be a fan of, which makes sense, I guess."
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Swift and Kelce, both 35, announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post on Tuesday, Aug. 26. "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨," they captioned the pictures of them posing in an enchanting garden.
Swift's song "So High School" from The Tortured Poets Department also played in the background, which fans believe she wrote for the football star.
While speaking with PEOPLE, DeJean talked about another Kelce — Travis' older brother Jason, a former Eagle that the current Eagle hosted on his and teammate Reed Blankenship's podcast, Exciting Mics, in August.
"It was cool to get to talk to him and hear what he had to say. I learned a lot from him. He won [a] Super Bowl, obviously, here."
"So learning about just his mentality going into that next season and what I can do to put last season behind us and move on to this season. So it was cool to get to talk to him and hear about his journey and his career."
DeJean also tells PEOPLE about his Center City apartment, where he spends his downtime, emphasizing the natural lighting he gets and views of the Delaware River, thanks to its location.
"It's got nice views. Just hang out. You can walk anywhere in the city from my place. It makes it easy to go get food or do whatever you want from living right there in Center City."
His in-apartment studio for Exciting Mics pays tribute to the City of Brotherly Love and his time with the Eagles. He has a kelly green jersey hanging up that reads "DeJawn," a play on his name and the Philly-area slang "jawn," and a painting depicting his historic Super Bowl LIX touchdown.
DeJean was the 40th pick in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft and made history that Super Bowl, completing his first interception and scoring the first touchdown of his career on what also happened to be his 22nd birthday.
DeJean and the Eagles will get another chance to take down the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Sept. 14, in a rematch of the Super Bowl at Arrowhead Stadium.
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