Notre Dame receiver commit celebrates touchdown Disney Channel style

Would you have recognized this?

Notre Dame 2025 receiver commit [autotag]Elijah Burress[/autotag] has a famous father. Plaxico Burress played 11 NFL seasons, mostly during the 2000s. While the younger Burress only was alive for the last few years of that decade, he clearly has a great appreciation for at least one aspect of it.

During the aforementioned decade, Disney Channel was at the height of its popularity. Many of the young people who starred in its shows and movies became household names. And Disney wanted viewers to know exactly who they were.

Between shows, one of the channel’s stars would let viewers know what channel they were watching before tracing the channel’s logo with a wand. The logo would appear on screen. Here’s an example:

After scoring a touchdown in a recent game, Burress decided to pay tribute to this bumper that’s become something of a meme, and the announcer made sure everyone watching the game knew what it was.

Hey, you gotta love pop culture references in touchdown celebrations.

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