Philip Rivers' 1st TD Celebrated by High School Team Coached by Colts QB on Video

Philip Rivers made his shocking return to the NFL on Sunday and even threw a touchdown pass in the first half for the Indianapolis Colts as they looked to remain in the playoff picture.

The high school team he was previously coaching, St. Michael Catholic in Fairhope, Alabama, was loving the moment:

Rivers led the school to the state semifinals this season, and when rumors began emerging that he might return to the Colts in the wake of Daniel Jones' season-ending injury, his players were keeping regular tabs on the situation.

"We were checking updates all day in school, going on Google, just typing in his name about every 10 minutes," senior receiver Tucker Tomlinson told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. "That was the worst part. Having to refresh all the news pages to see what we can find."

"When we finally saw it, we're like, 'Oh my God, this is real,'" he added. "That's something I would never expect. ... Reports like that come out all the time, you know, it's just crap. You see it, you're just like, that's funny. Let me joke with (his son) Gunner about it. This time seemed different, and it really came into fruition."

And now he's throwing touchdown passes, too.