Jayden Daniels Hit a Viral TikTok Dance in the End Zone After Touchdown vs. Cowboys

Daniels's TD put the Commanders in the lead against the Cowboys ... but not for long.

Brigid Kennedy

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels celebrates after a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 24, 2024. / Twitter / Screenshot

The fans may have been booing just moments before, but Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels seemed pretty unfazed after rushing for a 17-yard touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys... and immediately hitting a viral TikTok dance in celebration.

The rookie QB specifically mimicked a highly popular dance to the song "Maps" by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which Philadelphia 76ers guard (and TikToker) Jared McCain had also hit just days prior.

Check it out:

Commanders hit the "WAIT... they don't love you like I love you" dance after Jayden Daniels' TD 🤣🔥

(via @Commanders)pic.twitter.com/nAjfAUCmH3
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 24, 2024

Jayden Daniels taking a page out of Jared McCain’s book with a TikTok celly dance 🤣🤝🔥

(🎥: @Commanders) pic.twitter.com/3xVtYWa4Ko
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) November 24, 2024

The QB had reason to celebrate—his touchdown was the first of the game, putting Washington in the lead against the banged-up Cowboys.

Here's the full play:

QB TD!!!

📺 #DALvsWAS FOX pic.twitter.com/LBq5l105hz
— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) November 24, 2024

Alas, the edge didn't last too long. With roughly four minutes left in the fourth quarter, Dallas was up by 11, having answered Daniels's drive with two touchdowns and a field goal of their own.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy is a writer for the Features and Franchises team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.