Marshall player shotguns football like a beer in TD celebration (Video)

Marshall tight end Ryan Yurachek was very excited to score in the New Mexico Bowl.

Yurachek, a senior, was on the receiving end of a 15-yard Chase Litton touchdown pass in the second quarter to give the Thundering Herd a 14-7 lead over Colorado State. He celebrated accordingly.

At first I thought Yurachek was hitting himself in the helmet with the football, but he was definitely pretending to chug a beer, with the football in place of the beer. Of course, he had to break it over his head first.

Kind of like this:

And don’t worry, friends. Yurachek, Marshall’s second-leading receiver, is 21. This blog does not promote underage drinking.

Yurachek isn’t the first player to do a beer-related celebration this season. These UCF specialists did it first back in November:

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