--- title: Odell Beckham Jr.: The Whip, Michael Jackson Touchdown Dance description: Beckham raised the touchdown celebration bar after he made his second TD catch against the New Orleans Saints. canonical: https://time.com/4096398/odell-beckham-jr-the-whip-michael-jackson-touchdown-dance/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-02T15:22:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:31.266Z og:title: Watch Odell Beckham Jr. Mix 'The Whip' with Michael Jackson og:description: This may be the NFL dance of the year og:url: https://time.com/4096398/odell-beckham-jr-the-whip-michael-jackson-touchdown-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Odell Beckham Jr. Mix 'The Whip' with Michael Jackson twitter:description: This may be the NFL dance of the year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Odell Beckham Jr. Combine 'The Whip' and Michael Jackson for the Ultimate Touchdown Dance  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 2, 2015 3:22 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 2, 2015 3:22 PM UTC Every so often a touchdown celebration comes along that deserves recognition, and Odell Beckham Jr.’s routine after he scored in the New York Giants’ Sunday game is one of those. Known in the NFL for his [dancing prowess](http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/odell-beckham-jr-busts-out-victor-cruz-salsa-dance-to-celebrate-td-limps-off-field)—among [other things](http://time.com/3602318/odell-beckham-catch-memes/)—Beckham raised the bar after he made his second TD catch against the New Orleans Saints with moves that combined [Silentó’s](http://time.com/4081618/most-influential-teens-2015/) “[Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjW8wmF5VWc)” with some classic Michael Jackson steps. > [](https://twitter.com/BeforeFamePics/status/660892150582910977) OBJ’s touchdown and the extra point tied the game at 14 less than two minutes into the second quarter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4096398/odell-beckham-jr-the-whip-michael-jackson-touchdown-dance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4096398/odell-beckham-jr-the-whip-michael-jackson-touchdown-dance/"},"headline":"Watch Odell Beckham Jr. Combine 'The Whip' and Michael Jackson for the Ultimate Touchdown Dance","datePublished":"2015-11-02T15:22:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:31.266Z","description":"This may be the NFL dance of the year","url":"https://time.com/4096398/odell-beckham-jr-the-whip-michael-jackson-touchdown-dance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Athletes","Football","NFL","National Football League","michael jackson","dance"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4096398/odell-beckham-jr-the-whip-michael-jackson-touchdown-dance/","name":"Watch Odell Beckham Jr. Combine 'The Whip' and Michael Jackson for the Ultimate Touchdown Dance"}}]}] ```