Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy penalized for gun-themed touchdown celebration

Xavier Worthy will likely be having to make a Christmas donation to the NFL league office.

The Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Worthy opened the scoring in his team’s Christmas Day game against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a seven-yard touchdown catch from Patrick Mahomes in the first quarter. Worthy celebrated by doing a Christmas gifts-themed celebration but closed it out by pulling up his jersey to simulate the act of showing off an imaginary gun tucked into his waistband.

More from the celebration. Missed this part, the broadcast just showed this video. pic.twitter.com/rELHLqe4rr

— Arye Pulli (@AryePulliNFL) December 25, 2024

For his antics, Worthy drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, which was enforced between downs.

The NFL is pretty consistent about penalizing players for doing gun-themed celebrations, which means that Worthy will probably be getting a fine within a few days for that one. Not even Worthy’s star teammate Mahomes has been able to get away with doing a celebratory gun gesture this season.