30 best NFL touchdown celebrations of all-time
By John Buhler
24. Watch J.J. Watt Nae Nae
Little kids love J.J. Watt. He loves to have fun when he’s playing on the defensive line for the Houston Texans. Despite rampant injuries, Watt is all fun, all the time. From his days of starring in the Big Ten for the Wisconsin Badgers to becoming the most recognizable player in Texans history, Watt’s one of the few players in the league that just can’t go anywhere.
If there is a cool dance that all the kids are doing on the playground, Watt will do it for the kids pretty much because he’s just a giant adult kid that just loves playing football. Though a defensive lineman by trade, Watt has on multiple occasions found his way into the end zone on fumble recoveries, interception returns and in some goal-line packages as a tight end.
To date, Watt’s by touchdown celebration was his Watch J.J. Nae Nae. Yes, Watt channeled his inner eight-year old and did the Nae Nae after returning 45-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown against the division rival Indianapolis Colts. The Colts may have gone to the AFC Championship that year, but Watt made the world watch him Nae Nae. Therefore, he wins.
It was trendy, super Middle America, and probably something you’d random weirdos at the mall try to do just to be cool because fads are awesome. However, they aren’t football behemoths like Watt. So he can do pretty much whatever he wants. People all over the world did the Nae Nae for about six months, but nobody owned it quite like Watt did on that fall Sunday in 2014.