UMD’s Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens to appear on The Ellen Show tomorrow

The Maryland duo started the #runningmanchallenge

The latest Internet trend includes our very own Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens of the University of Maryland Basketball team.

They even just released a sneak peek of what viewers get to see on the show tomorrow.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7IGBZuD3m/

Photo: Maryland Basketball

Jaylen Brantley and Jared Nickens left the east coast early Sunday to show off their “Running Man Challenge” moves on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on NBC in Burbank California.

Brantley and Nickens have been all over social media since the end of March with their infamous dance moves. It’s the newest dance craze, that has now become a viral dance trend just like the Harlem Shake.

A series of clips of the two dancing to “My Boo” by Ghost Town DJs have been posted on both Brantley and Nickens Instagram accounts. The song may be from the ’90s, but it’s the jam right now thanks to these guys.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDoKklPyyKH/?taken-by=jnickens_

They got more and more creative as more videos came out

Who wanna battle?????? @jnickens_

A video posted by Jaylen Brantley (@jaybriddle_1) on Apr 13, 2016 at 2:57pm PDT

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEuDhOySyLK/?taken-by=jnickens_

Quickly people began to catch on. Other college basketball teams began to join in on the challenge and soon players from the NFL,NBA, and MLB all joined in on the fun. “We always dance, but this just went viral,” Brantley said.

Just search the hashtag #runningmanchallenge on Instagram and you’ll see how far it’s gone.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEWm0XMkMtT/?taken-by=mikerobinson05

running after wins ☁️

A video posted by Joc Pederson (@yungjoc650) on May 1, 2016 at 3:31pm PDT

It’s safe to say the running man is back.

Brantley and Nickens segment on Ellen will air at 4 p.m. EST, Tuesday, May 3rd on NBC.

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