Gen Z is bringing goats to prom — thanks to Michael Jordan

These kids are real party animals.

The graduating seniors of 2023 may go down in history as the Greatest-Of-All-Time thanks to a few ferociously creative high schoolers who’ve rented live goats to serve as their prom dates — and NBA legend Michael Jordan is at the center of it all.

“I brought a goat to prom because I’m known in my city for being the greatest when it comes to fashion and photography,” JerMarcus Askew, 18, from West Palm Beach, Florida, told The Post. “And I wanted to show everyone that I really am the greatest of all time.” 

Trending footage of the 12th grader at Palm Beach Lakes Community high school and his horned arm candy — a female goat named Naija, who Askew rented for an hour from a local farmer for $100 — went viral on TikTok, earning him a whopping 344,000 views. 

And he’s not alone in his flashy affinity for the barnyard animal. 

Online, dozens of teens planning to graduate in 2023 are virally posing with goats ahead of prom.

The critter craze amongst the Gen Z’ers is partly an ode to Jordan, 60 — who famously donned the No. 23 jersey during his storied tenure as a basketballer for the Chicago Bulls. Owing to his championship-winning talents, the now-retired athlete has been long revered as the “GOAT,” or the “greatest of all time,” in the world of sports.

And in honor of the hall-of-fame icon, who sported “23,” young scholars of the class of ’23 wanted to end their high school careers in MJ-like style.

On April 15, senior Jaylyn Robertson, 17, and her prom date, Quamie Cole, commemorated their big day by taking flicks with a lady-goat named Jill on train tracks near her home. 

“We’re the class of 2023, and people have been referring to our class as the ‘Jordan year,’ because that was his number,” Robertson, the cheer captain and National Honors Society president at William Raines high school in Jacksonville, Florida, explained to The Post. She and Cole were able to borrow the animal from a family friend, who owns a farm, free of charge.

“He’s the greatest of all time,” Robertson said of Jordan, “so, like, why wouldn’t we use a goat?”

A separate prom-goer named Mi’Kera secured a staggering 2.2 million TikTok views on a clip of her @HunterJoFarm, also shared buzzy images of glitzy prom girls snuggling his critters before dancing the night away with their classmates. 

However, not everyone is a fan of the four-legged fun. 

In the comments section of Robertson’s post, cynics rebuked the stunt, saying, “My question is why this goat?” and “The class of [2023] is going to jail.”

But Robertson tells The Post that the virtual chides don’t get her goat because “I absolutely loved the idea. It was original.”

And although Askew received a bit of the same negativity from online haters, he says the stunt was well worth it. 

“Overall, having a goat as my prom was really nice,” he said, noting that he didn’t bring Naija into the venue. “The prom was fun, but everyone kept asking me, ‘Where’s the goat? Where’s the goat?’ all night long.”