B/R 5th Down: New Draftees Celebrate and the Top CFB Social Stories of the Week

Editor's Note: Bleacher Report's 5th Down captures the top social college football stories of the week. As the long, bitter offseason continues, we'll focus on moments from the schools, coaches and players that kept us entertained as we wait for actual college football to make its long-awaited return.

1. Draft reactions are the best reactions

There's nothing quite like a college player's instant reaction to getting drafted by an NFL franchise. The countless hours on the football field, the film room and the training table all pay off with that one moment when a player finds out he's going to be a pro.

And while these moments officially mark the end of these players' time playing college football, fans of the sport still have to love them.

Of course, each draftee celebrates his special moment differently. Here are the wide range of highlights from the weekend.

Darron Lee, one of what felt like hundreds of former Ohio State players who went off the board in the draft, stopped on the draft stage for a quick submission to the "Running Man Challenge" that is taking the sports world by storm.

Texas A&M offensive tackle Germain Ifedi celebrated with a booming "YES SIR!" that his former head coach would've been proud of before jumping around joyously with his agent.

"

Best thing that happened last night https://t.co/TKwN3AUgOB

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) April 29, 2016"

Ifedi's new teammate, Alabama defensive lineman Jarran Reed, won over many fans in Seattle by pulling out a bag of Skittles, Marshawn Lynch-style.

"

Jarran Reed bringing Skittles back to Seattle pic.twitter.com/DWQFkBEY2e

— The Cauldron (ICYMI) (@CauldronICYMI) April 30, 2016"

There were several tearjerkers, too. Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch broke down after hearing the Denver Broncos drafted him.

Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith had an emotional moment with his family after hearing the Dallas Cowboys took a chance on him in light of the devastating knee injury he suffered on New Year's Day.

Auburn offensive tackle Shon Coleman heard the news of his third-round selection by the Cincinnati Bengals at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, where he was treated for cancer several years earlier. 

And, late in the seventh round, the Cleveland Browns selected Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III, who was college football's most dominant defender in 2014 before injuries took away most of his 2015 campaign and his draft stock.

He put a great bow on the weekend's draft by crying with his proud family and then jumping into a pool fully clothed.

Enjoy the next level, guys. College football will miss you all.

2. The spectacular return of Ezekiel Elliott's signature crop top

Before he became one of the newest members of the Dallas Cowboys, Ezekiel Elliott gave everyone a blast from college football's recent past.

That's right—the crop top came back.

The former Ohio State running back turned plenty of heads in Chicago by arriving to the NFL draft while wearing a crop-top suit. 

Just in case you're new around here, Elliott broke out in a 2014 season that was capped by three straight 200-yard rushing performances and a national championship for the Buckeyes. His signature style was a crop-top jersey, which the NCAA promptly banned ahead of the 2015 season.

But the NCAA couldn't control what he wore to the NFL draft on Thursday night.

"I tried a bunch of combinations, and then I got the idea to wear the crop top," Elliott told ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. "I'm known as a hero in a half-shirt to Ohio State fans, so I thought I would give them a special treat on the red carpet."

The return of the crop top was a nice tip for all the Ohio State fans watching the former Buckeye's big night, but I'm not sure how they felt about seeing him do it while wearing blue. That'll take some getting used to for sure.

3. Keanu Neal is not Keanu Reeves...or Keanu the Cat

The selection of a certain first-round pick prompted one of the funniest—and timeliest—name mixups in recent memory.

As Jason Kirk of SB Nation pointed out this weekend, Florida defensive back Keanu Neal was named after actor Keanu Reeves. 

However, he's not necessarily a Keanu Reeves fan. He was nicknamed "The Matrix" growing up, but Neal told reporters he didn't like the famous action franchise that starred Reeves.

But, unfortunately for Neal, the last name that immediately comes to mind when anyone says "Keanu" is Reeves, and Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff fell victim to that when talking about his selection of the former Gator:

To make matters even more difficult for Neal, he wasn't the only Keanu in the spotlight this weekend. A few hours after he was drafted by the Falcons, the movie Keanu—from Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of Key and Peele fame—was released in theaters.

The titular character in Keanu is a cat, which inspired an incredible feline Photoshop of Neal's selection:

Never change, Internet.

4. Bill Snyder joins Twitter and immediately becomes the nicest guy on it

Twitter, meet your new grandpa. You're going to love him.

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder, who is 76 years old, joined Twitter last week @CoachBillSnyder. Since then, the entire social medium has become a brighter place, because the Wildcat legend is pumping nothing but positivity into the timeline.

His first tweet was about how proud he was of his players during offseason workouts and spring practices. He singled out a few more who were named to the National Football Foundation's Honor Society.

But Snyder is not one of those coaches who is only going to tweet about football. The man is too proud of his family's accomplishments to keep things solely focused on the gridiron.

Snyder's tweets over the past week have been nothing but glowing pride and appreciation for his former players headed to the NFL draft, Kansas State student-athletes who volunteer, his current players, Manhattan residents doing good in the community and various others.

He's also proud of some people he watched race remote-control cars.

Snyder is known for handwriting heartfelt notes to hundreds and hundreds of people, young and old, during his time as Kansas State's head coach.

He's probably trying to figure out a way to handwrite some Twitter direct messages. How awesome would it be to get one of those?

5. And speaking of Bill Snyder...

As the Kansas State head coach continued to build his #brand on Twitter this weekend, 80 students in Manhattan got up close and personal with his statue on campus.

Kansas State held a contest over the weekend for an all-expense-paid trip to the football team's opener in September at defending Pac-12 champion Stanford.

The 80 students had to keep one hand either on the base of Snyder's statue or the gate to the stadium that bears his name for 31 hours or until everyone else dropped out of the contest.

And after those 31 hours, the challenge came down to a rock-paper-scissors contest to the students who remained, with Kansas State sophomore Isaac Schultejans coming out on top.

Afterward, Kansas State fed the final 10 in the contest, so at least there was some payoff for nine others after such a grueling endurance test. But Schultejans is the only one going to The Farm later this year on the dime of the Wildcats.

Maybe Bill Snyder will tweet at him.

6. 'Views' from the college football world

Between his appearances at Toronto Raptors playoff games, rapper Drake released his new album Views this past weekend. 

Before it officially dropped, the album's artwork—Drake sitting on top of Toronto's CN Tower—became a viral sensation on social media. 

Some college football teams looked to capitalize on the popularity of the Views cover by creating their own artwork with their own stadiums.

Michigan had perhaps the best one with head coach/Twitter icon Jim Harbaugh sitting on top of the scoreboard at "The Big House."

Boise State's official recruiting account tweeted out its own cover with Bryan Harsin looming over Albertsons Stadium on the Stueckle Sky Center boxes.

Arizona State's recruiting account did a rather impressive version of the album with a rendering of Sun Devil Stadium, which is undergoing renovations this offseason.

And because we can't have enough of them in this column, Kansas State showcased its own "views" with Bill Snyder.

As far as college football memes go, this one was "Too Good" last week.

7. Your definitive Lane Kiffin Bitmoji Power Rankings

Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin's Twitter game is getting strong this offseason.

This past week, he developed a skill for Bitmoji, which are custom, personalized emoji. The results were incredible.

Here is the definitive top-five list of Lane Kiffin Bitmoji tweets from the past week:

1. #blessed: It's the wheel route of hashtags. It has no equal. The praying hands just put it over the top.
2. Hump Day: This was Kiffin's first Bitmoji tweet of the week, and he led off with a phenomenal one. Some people hate the dab, but seeing a cartoon version of a Nick Saban assistant doing one is just hilarious.
3. What a Day: You can see the real emotion behind Bitmoji Kiffin's eyes after a hard day of tweeting.
4. Killin' It!: While I'm not sure what the hand gestures mean here, this is still a strong one.
5. The Superman + Batman Status Update Combo: These seem like they would be better served for DMs, but maybe Kiffin's just trying to tell us he's on his way—somewhere. And when he gets there. He just wants us to know he's doing well.

Kiffin continued his Bitmoji use into the weekend, mixing in a message from his son and even some birthday wishes.

Hopefully the Alabama offensive coordinator will continue to keep all of us on Twitter #blessed this offseason with some more Bitmoji.

8. The Marathon Men of the SEC West

LSU head coach Les Miles won the college football side of #TBT—or Throwback Thursday—last week by posting an old picture of him and former LSU head coach Gerry DiNardo running a marathon back when they were on the same staff at Colorado in the 1980s.

One of Miles' SEC West rivals, Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen, saw the picture and tweeted a challenge back to the "Mad Hatter."

Mullen recently completed the Boston Marathon, and now he's apparently looking for new running buddies inside the conference. Miles was gracious in his response back to Mullen.

Running wasn't the only endurance event Miles was talking about last week. Thanks to the NCAA's new rules on communication between coaches and recruits, Miles is building up his stamina for some heavy-duty texting, as LSU showed in this video: 

Every high school recruit in Miles' neck of the woods might want to make sure they have unlimited texting in their cellphone plans. The LSU head coach looks ready to put them to the test.

9. Mike Gundy is building a Walmart...of satellite camps 

The college football quote of the week goes to Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy, who has an interesting plan for the future of satellite camps. (Yes, we made it this far in the column without mentioning satellite camps. You're welcome!)

With the NCAA reversing a short-lived ban on satellite recruiting camps last week, Gundy could show off his plans for a "mega camp" at Mary Hardin-Baylor in central Texas. Interested Power Five schools included Arizona State, Kansas State, Missouri, Northwestern and Ole Miss, plus plenty more Group of Five and lower-division programs.

"I'm shooting for the Walmart of football camps," Gundy said, per George Schroeder of USA Today. "It makes sense. If you have a son and you can send him to a camp for $30 and he can be seen by all those different schools, it's a pretty good deal, right?"

While Walmart is more of an Arkansas thing than an Oklahoma thing, Gundy can definitely make it work for satellite camps. The only things that are missing from the low-price, high-school count camp are those smiley-face stickers you used to get at the door when you were a kid.

10. Derwin James runs through defensive drills like a machine

Florida State defensive back Derwin James proved last year he was a college-ready monster, even as a true freshman. James' mix of athleticism, smarts and hard hits proved to be huge for the Seminoles. James has at least two more years at the college level, but he already has his sights set on his NFL future.

In a week in which his former defensive back teammate Jalen Ramsey became a top-five pick for the Jacksonville Jaguars, James posted a video of himself training with the caption "getting paid in the offseason."

During the 26-second video, James flies through defensive drills that would take normal humans minutes to complete. He seamlessly transitions from footwork drills to catching footballs to backpedaling on a dime—without ever slowing down.

The bar has been set extremely high for the most ridiculous offseason workout video.

11. Oregon throws it waaay back with spring game uniforms

Oregon seems to have a new football uniform every game week during the season, and the Ducks' annual spring scrimmage at Autzen Stadium is no exception.

In the last several spring games, Oregon has gone with different "Salute the Day" Nike sets to honor the armed forces.

For last Saturday's spring game, the Ducks went in a different direction with a uniform inspired by the 100th anniversary of their 1913 team that won the Rose Bowl over Penn.

The uniforms, which separated the spring game teams into "Mighty Oregon" and the "Webfoots," were blue, yellow and white—the colors of the Oregon state flag. The Ducks also weaved the 100th anniversary of their "Mighty Oregon" fight song by putting lyrics onto the jerseys' sleeves. 

The amount of Nike and Oregon centennial creativity was quite impressive in this sharp throwback uniform. (For those wondering, Mighty Oregon defeated the Webfoots, 21-20.)

12. And, finally, Troy pipes it up with a phenomenal dance video

Former Sun Belt powerhouse Troy hasn't gotten much national attention in recent years, but a fun video from a recent award show might change all that.

There's so much going on in this video, which opens with "Pipe It Up" by Migos and an explosion of random dancing.

Let's try to break down the highlights, quick hits-style:

• 0:08: Why are y'all sleeping on the goal post? That looks so uncomfortable. And can't you hear Migos playing?
• 0:11: That is the most intimidating game of Hangman I've ever seen.
• 0:24: "That boy right there, he's piped up," is followed by a heck of a dab from the man in sunglasses. Great start to the action.
• 0:29: Miss Judy ain't out here to follow your dance moves, Migos. She's a trendsetter. She dabs again a little later on, and it's more of a Heisman pose. Miss Judy has big dreams for you, Troy football.
• 0:50: That's head coach Neal Brown with the visor. As Rodger Sherman of SB Nation wrote in his excellent breakdown of Troy's various dabs in this video, Brown "decided to wear a sideways visor and track suit like he's Nelly." He then picks up a basketball. Sure!
• 1:00: We're transitioning to another song quite aggressively.
• 1:10-1:40: Everybody out here knows how to properly whip and nae nae. Great work, everyone. That's two more dance moves than I can do right now.
• 1:47: There's an older guy doing the stanky leg, and he looks like a pro! Look at the determination on his face. I'd run through a wall for this guy.
• 2:07: After some objections, it appears that no one is sitting out the next play. Troy runs an uptempo Air Raid offense, so everybody needs to be in shape well past the two-minute drill and into "Apache" by the Sugar Hill Gang. It's the Four Verticals of dance songs—a tried and true classic that always works.
• 2:14: And there's the Worm. Troy is throwing it way back right now.
• 2:30: The Stanky Leg gentleman is like Miss Judy. He's here to create his own moves. Let's disco dance to "Apache," he says. No one is going to tell him no.
• 2:50: A solid round of dabs closes the video. The Trojans improved as the game went on, which is what every coach wants from his team.

I don't know how many games Troy is going to win this year, but they'll be well-prepared to celebrate any victory with those moves.

Justin Ferguson is a National College Football Analyst at Bleacher Report, and he desperately wants Bill Snyder to send him a heartfelt DM. You can follow him on Twitter @JFergusonBR.