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Upper Deck Releases ‘Top 10 Touchdown Dance’
Video from this Year’s NFL Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot
Upper Deck Releases ‘Top 10 Touchdown Dance’
Video from this Year’s NFL Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot
New York Jets rookie QB makes unique special delivery with the help of new teammate Shonn Greene!
Carlsbad, CA (November 4, 2009) – Back by popular demand, Upper Deck proudly presents its latest “Top 10 Touchdown Dance Challenge” video compilation captured at this year’s NFL Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The cream of the league’s rookie crop proved that they not only possess great skills on the football field but can also hold their own with the best of them out on the dance floor or – in this case – the end zone.
Out of the 34 position players invited to the May 16th event, 10 of the more creative ones made the final cut as part of Upper Deck’s just-released “Top 10 Touchdown Dance Challenge” video. The competition was fierce as every player was vying for the overall grand prize: an autographed Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls red jersey, courtesy of Upper Deck Authenticated! Upper Deck officials spent countless hours compiling notes and reviewing the entries to see who would make the grade and ultimately be recognized as the overall TD Dance Challenge champion. And perhaps more importantly, which rookie for the Class of 2009 would earn bragging rights for having the best touchdown boogie!
As the players walked up to Upper Deck’s video crew at Station 6, they started to feel the excitement as they all seemed to be visualizing their first touchdown scores in the NFL. And once they crossed that chalked line and entered the L.A. Coliseum’s east end zone, it was do-or-die time as they strutted their best touchdown dance celebrations.
The day’s cameras captured the freshman players’ most interesting maneuvers, some more hair-raising than others. Classic moves were caught on tape where some players paid homage to past stars and current veterans who helped pave the way to the art of the touchdown dance. To view Upper Deck’s Top Ten TD Dance Challenge video, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtE476Hg8d4.
Featured in the video compilation are top up-and-comers like No. 1 overall draft pick Matthew Stafford (QB, Detroit Lions), who blows up the goal post with his entry entitled “Dynamite.” Another can’t-miss performance is one turned in by newly acquainted New York Jets teammates Mark Sanchez (QB) and Shonn Green (RB), who get familiar with one another in their routine christened “A Star is Born.” A Tiger Woods impersonation is turned in by Indianapolis Colts rookie Donald Brown (RB), while Tyson Jackson (DE, Kansas City Chiefs) and LeSean McCoy (RB, Philadelphia Eagles) do some dancing, and Derrick Williams (WR, Detroit Lions) provides an eye-opening interpretation of a one-armed worm. What’s more, Mike Wallace (WR, Pittsburgh Steelers) provides a unique way to make it back to the sidelines after scoring six points, while Deon Butler (WR, Seattle Seahawks) takes everybody back in time with his rendition of “duck, duck, goose.”
But when the dust had settled, and the votes were tabulated, it was Knowshon Moreno (RB, Denver Broncos) who took top billing. Although he performed two different entries that both landed in the final cut, it was his innovative lumberjack routine that scored top honors.
“I just want to thank Upper Deck,” he said after being named this year’s top rookie touchdown dance king. “It’s been great; it’s been a pleasure to be here. And I will be back next year to judge it. All day, baby.”
