Answer: Unlike most athletes who do elaborate, self-celebratory touchdown celebrations, Alfred Morris celebrates with a tribute to members of the York and Lee County All-Star baseball team.
Seriously.
For Morris, who had no planned touchdown celebration as rookie, it came as a revelation after watching the team play baseball during OTAs last year.
The kids asked him to do a celebration for them, which Morris congenially agreed to.
Little did anyone know that the obscure sixth-round pick would do it 13 times his rookie season: dropping the ball, swinging for the fences and watching the baseball fly out of sight.
He closes out every swing by flashing the universal "OK" sign with both hands, which represent owl eyes, a tribute to his Florida Atlantic alma mater.
While most Redskins fans appreciate the celebration when the team is winning, Morris took criticism for his touchdown celebration in Week 1, after he had already fumbled twice to open the game.
But it's not about personal performance or anything related to Morris. It's an appreciation of the school that got him to the NFL and making good on a promise to a bunch of kids from the York and Lee County All-Star team.
Source: Washingtonredskins.com
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