Maryland basketball players do ‘running man’ on ‘Ellen’

WASHINGTON — If you haven’t heard, the hottest dance making the rounds of Instagram these days is the #RunningManChallenge. Started by a couple high school kids from New Jersey, it was popularized by Maryland basketball players Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens.

And now, it landed all four of them on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

The video posted by Nickens and Brantley has over 12,000 likes on Instagram, but has inspired more than 30,000 posts with the #RunningManChallenge hashtag. This is their video that sparked the craze.

Oh yeahh!!! wassup wit it ? @jaybriddle_1 add my snap: jnickkk

A video posted by Jared Nickens (@jnickens_) on

The episode aired Tuesday afternoon. Watch a clip from their appearance:

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