Javon Baker made sure Okl🔥ahoma remembered his highlight-reel touchdown.
The UCF receiver was wide open down the left sideline during the team’s 31-29 loss on Saturday before hauling in a pass from John Rhys Plumlee for an 86-yard touchdown catch-and-run in the second quarter.
There weren’t any Oklahoma defenders anywhere near Baker, who decided to rub it in as he sprinted toward the end zone.
Baker blew a kiss to the Oklahoma sideline around the 30-yard line as 𒅌he noticeably slowed down before celebrating in the end zone.
The play helped give UCF a 17-14 lead late in the first half, though Oklahꦍoma later came back to have the last laugh.
Baker was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for his act, which was enfor🥂ced on theꦏ ensuing kickoff.
Bake♓r is in his second season with UCF after transferring from💦 Alabama.
Entering Saturday’s matchup, Baker had recorded 21 receptions for 417 yards and two touchdowns on the season.
UCF entered at 17.5-point underdogs against the No. 6-ranked♔ Sooners, sitting second-to-last in the Big 12 at 3-3 overall and 0-3 in the conference.
This season is the program’s first in the Big 12 and head coach Gus Malzahn’s third year in charge.
“I still think we ha✱ve a good team,” Malzahn prior to the game. “We just need to play good football, and I t🐟hink we’re ready to do that.”
After playing his first two seasons at Aꦬlabama, Baker originally transferred to Ke🔥ntucky before later joining UCF.
Hꦉe indicated that decision was made by Kentucky, not himself, at the time.
“Guess they did decommit me,” Baker captioned an Instagram post at the time, . “…I wanted to play for Kentucky. Bigger and better plans the most high got me.”
A former four-star recruit, Baker struggled to carve out a🔥 significant rol🏅e while at Alabama.
With t👍he Crimson Tide, Baker recorded nine total receptions for 116 yardꦐs and one touchdown.
