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Justin Coleman avoids fine for leap into red kettle

Frank Clark, Justin Coleman

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark watches as cornerback Justin Coleman (28) jumps out of The Salvation Army kettle as he celebrated returning a Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott interception for a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman)

AP

Seahawks cornerback Justin Coleman avoided a fine for his jump into one of the giant Salvation Army kettles behind the end zones at AT&T Stadium.

Coleman copied Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s touchdown celebration of a year ago against the Buccaneers when he leaped into the kettle and played hide and seek with a teammate. Coleman scored on a 30-yard interception return of a Dak Prescott pass in the third quarter.

“I already pre-planned it,” Coleman said after the game. “I was telling the guys that if I catch a pick-six in that end zone, I’m going to jump in the kettle and throw the ball out. I was just telling them, that’s what’s going to happen. Everybody was telling me that I was going to catch a pick, and it came to me.”

Coleman, like Elliott a year ago, drew a flag for using a prop. The league did not fine Elliott last year.