I don't fault him for bringing the ball out. He couldn't be sure he didn't back into the end zone with the ball. He started in the field of play and his eyes were on the ball. Unlike a normal KO, he had no help back there to tell him where he was, and he likely wasn't sure where he caught the ball, so taking a knee in the end zone could easily be a safety (we have perfect knowledge, he did not).
The mistake is not bringing the ball out a reasonable distance and then going to ground where the moment he's touched, the play is over. Part of that is his nature as a baller KO return guy, part of that has to be on the coaching staff for not telling him precisely what his job was prior to the play.
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