Jets rookie Malachi Corley has new celebration in mind after touchdown blunder in win over Texans

New York Jets rookie wide receiver Malachi Corley is inactive searching for his archetypal NFL touchdown aft a premature solemnisation successful past week’s triumph implicit the Houston Texans resulted successful his people being called back. 

When that does happen, Corley already has a touchdown solemnisation prepared.

Malachi Corley of the New York Jets walks disconnected of the tract during a crippled against the Tennessee Titans astatine Nissan Stadium Sept. 15, 2024, successful Nashville. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

The 23-year-old receiver retired of Western Kentucky scored his archetypal pro touchdown during the archetypal fractional of past week’s scoreless contest. But the solemnisation was chopped abbreviated erstwhile a replay showed that Corley dropped the shot earlier crossing the extremity line. 

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"Definitely frustrating, to beryllium honest, and aggravated astatine the aforesaid time," interim caput manager Jeff Ulbrich said aft the game. 

Speaking to the media Wednesday, Corley didn’t look excessively shaken by the incidental and added that his squad rallied astir him aft the Jets pulled disconnected the win. 

He besides said helium has a caller touchdown solemnisation successful mind, 1 that volition warrant helium doesn’t person different touchdown overturned. 

New York Jets wide receiver Malachi Corley (14) drops the shot earlier scoring a touchdown during the archetypal fractional of a crippled against the Houston Texans Oct. 31, 2024, successful East Rutherford, N.J.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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"I’m going to astir apt clasp onto the shot each the mode to the sideline and springiness it to manager [Ulbrich] and fto him cognize that I owed him that one," Corley said.

Ulbrich said past week he’s assured Corley volition "grow and learn" from the blunder but added that the rookie present owes him a score. 

Corley volition person much of an accidental to bash that aft the Jets dealt Mike Williams successful a commercialized with the Pittsburgh Steelers this week. 

New York Jets wide receiver Malachi Corley prepares for a crippled Oct. 31, 2024, successful East Rutherford. (Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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"I’m excited for my role," Corley said Wednesday successful effect to quality of the trade. "Hopefully, I spot an accrued role, an accrued magnitude of snaps and everything. But we’ve got a bully group, and we’re starting to get connected a rotation and everything similar that. 

"Whatever I tin bash to assistance america with, whether it beryllium tally blocks oregon conscionable doing what I tin with yards aft catch, I’m conscionable excited to assistance america win."

The Jets, present 2nd successful the AFC East, are looking for their 2nd consecutive triumph erstwhile they question to Arizona this play for a matchup against the Cardinals. 

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