The postgame celebration took a weird turn after Gophers kicker Ryan Santoso hit the 18-yard field goal in overtime to seal a 23-20 overtime win over Colorado State on Sept. 12.

The 6-foot-6, 245-pound Santoso lifted his much smaller holder, Peter Mortell, into the thin air in Fort Collins, Colo.

“That moment when … you realize some celebration roles need to be reversed,” Mortell tweeted from his accounts, @PMortell37 and @MinnSpecialists.

It was a small example of the humor the Gophers punter/holder brings to social media. In July, Mortell was ranked as the top college football player to follow on social media, according to nfl.com.

His Twitter bio reads, “I tell people I play Quarterback.”

Mortell doesn’t need 140 characters to be funny. In person, he and Santoso laughed about their awkward celebration to give the Gophers their first win this season.

“I tried tackling him, but that’s just really hard to do,” said Mortell, who’s listed at 6 feet 2, 190 pounds.

Mortell’s light-hearted side aids Santoso when he’s preparing for big kicks.

“He always comes up to me and gets me relaxed,” Santoso said. “He will talk about something elsewhere, off topic, nothing about the game, just pick out funny people in the stands or something like that.”

And Mortell doesn’t want all the credit to go to Santoso for those crucial kicks.

In July, Mortell was named to the watch list for the Ray Guy Award for best punter in the country and the Wuerffel Trophy to the player who displays outstanding community service. He joked about wanting more.

“Patiently waiting for the most prestigious ‘watch list’ to be released #TopFGholder,” he tweeted.

Because kickers and punters have a lot of idle time in practice and games, Mortell said keeping things light can help.

“You can see it with specialists around the country; they take themselves so seriously that once they mess up, it’s hard for them to bounce back,” Mortell said. “Being on an even keel and having a healthy balance there is largely responsible for the success that I’ve had here.”

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