Patrick Mahomes' little brother has apologized for filming a dancing TikTok while stood on a memorial to murdered NFL star Sean Taylor

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Patrick Mahomes' little brother has apologized for filming a dancing TikTok while stood on a memorial to murdered NFL star Sean Taylor
Sean Taylor was murdered in his home by burglars in 2007. Getty/G Fiume; TikTok/jacksonmahomes
  • Patrick Mahomes' brother filmed a TikTok while standing on a memorial to murdered NFL star Sean Taylor.
  • Jackson Mahomes danced on a number 21 memorial, which had been painted on the side of the field.
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Patrick Mahomes' younger brother, Jackson, has found himself mired in controversy after he danced and filmed a TikTok while standing on a memorial to a former Washington player who was murdered 14 years ago.

The Washington Football team held a ceremony on Sunday ahead of its match against the Kansas City Chiefs to honor Sean Taylor, who was murdered in his own home during an attempted burglary in November 2007.

As part of the ceremony, the NFL outfit had Taylor's number retired and painted on the sideline on the visitor's side of the FedEx Field in a chained off area.

Jackson was on the field before kick-off when he filmed and released a TikTok of himself dancing on Taylor's number, during which he made a crude sexual gesture.

After coming under heavy backlash on social media for the since-deleted TikTok, Jackson apologized, saying: "I want to sincerely apologize for accidentally being on the Sean Taylor #21 at FedEx Field.

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"We were directed to stand in that area and I meant absolutely no disrespect to him or his family."

The 21-year-old later released another video of himself dancing in a box at the stadium, prompting further criticism.

"RIP Sean Taylor," wrote Colin Rea, who has over 2 million followers on the platform, under the video. Ben Houselog, another user with over 2 million followers, wrote: "Dancing on 21's memorial? Sad."

Insider reached out to both the Washington Football Team and the Kansas City Chiefs for comment on the incident, but neither had replied at the time of publication.

Selected by Washington as the fifth pick in the 2004 NFL draft, Taylor was a two-time Pro Bowler who was best known for his trademark ferocious hits.

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He was 24 years old when he was shot and killed during a break-in at his home in Miami. Four men were charged with felony first-degree murder in Taylor's death.

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