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WATCH: Raiders running back Josh Jacobs performs epic celebration after touchdown run

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery•12/05/21
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The Alabama football fraternity is a very tight knit group and former Crimson Tide running back Josh Jacobs showed pro football fans that today when he scored a touchdown for the Las Vegas Raiders. Jacobs decided to perform the legendary Karate Kid celebration after he scored a touchdown today against the Washington Football Team.

Check it out below.

Jacobs bounces the rock outside and makes a few Washington defenders miss before finding paydirt in the fourth quarter. Then, the best part.

The one-yard touchdown run by Jacobs helped cut the Washington lead to 14-12 with 10:57 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Washington Football Team defeated the Raiders in a close one today, 17-15.

Josh Jacobs in 2021 for the Raiders

In today’s game against Washington, Jacobs had 13 carries for 52 rushing yards and one touchdown (above). He’s been plagued by a number of nagging injuries during the 2021 season. Jacobs was recently on the Raiders injury report on Thursday after dealing with an ankle injury.

Coming into today’s game, Jacobs had rushed for 420 yards and six rushing touchdowns on 111 carries for the 2021 season. As a receiver, he’d also hauled in 30 catches for 198 receiving yards and no receiving touchdowns.

The Karate Kid touchdown celebration

The Karate Kid celebration is a popular touchdown celebration amongst Alabama football players, particularly current Alabama receivers John Metchie III and Jameson Williams.

Williams has been known for his Karate Kid celebrations during the 2021 season. Earlier in the season he explained to fans how it came up with it and he didn’t really have anything specific. “It was kind of the week of – and like I said, I don’t know why it was karate – it was just something we came up with.” Williams said after Alabama’s 42-21 win over Ole Miss. “But it’s just been going since then.”

It’s a great celebration that isn’t anything complicated and brings back great memories of one of the all-time classic movies in American culture, The Karate Kid.

It’s definitely one of the cooler touchdown celebrations developed in recent memory and it’s a great touch by Williams and the Alabama football fraternity.

On3’s James Fletcher III also contributed to this report.