Christian Hackenberg scored his first touchdown in the Alliance of American Football...and paid a huge price for it. Hackenberg scrambled for a four-yard touchdown run on a 3rd-and-3 to give the Memphis Express a 18-6 lead over the Arizona Hotshots with 13:49 remaining in the fourth quarter.

After Hackenberg scored, Hotshots linebacker Steven Johnson drilled him on the play to draw a 15-yard penalty. Johnson was called for unsportsmanlike conduct for the late hit.

Christian Hackenberg ran in for a TD, looked like he was about to celebrate and got CRACKED.



He wasn't happy. lol pic.twitter.com/WFfmdnVUtn — #NobodyDied (@ftbeard_17) February 17, 2019

The Hotshots would score 14 unanswered points to earn the 20-18 win and improve to 2-0. Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Josh Huff fueled the comeback with a 64-yard catch that set up John Wolford's game-winning touchdown pass to Tim Cook two plays later that gave the Hotshots the lead for good.

Huff led the Hotshots with two catches for 84 yards in the win. He also had a fumble.

Hackenberg has another subpar performance in finishing 14-for-25 for 102 yards with zero touchdowns and zero interceptions. He did have seven carries for 39 yards and touchdowns while taking a few hits in the contest.

Even when christian hackenberg starts to do something cool it ends in disaster #aaf pic.twitter.com/c2JjLSBtf4 — Trophy Kids (@Trophykidspod) February 17, 2019

The Express fell to 0-2 while the Hotshots improve to 2-0. Wolford finished 14-for-22 for 194 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions as the Hotshots finished with 383 total yards (208 of which came on the ground).