_(cropped).jpg) Beckham with the Baltimore Ravens in 2023 | |||||||||
| No. 3 – Miami Dolphins | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | November 5, 1992 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Isidore Newman (New Orleans, Louisiana) | ||||||||
| College: | LSU (2011–2013) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2014 / round: 1 / pick: 12 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2024 | |||||||||
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Odell Cornelious Beckham Jr. (born November 5, 1992), commonly known by his initials OBJ,[1] is an American professional football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Beckham played college football for the LSU Tigers, earning first-team All-American honors in 2013. He was selected by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft.
Beckham started the 2012 BCS National Championship Game in his first year playing at LSU, and won the Paul Hornung Award following his junior season in 2013. In his first season with the New York Giants, Beckham broke numerous NFL rookie receiving records, despite missing the first four games of the season due to injury. Beckham became the first player to record more than 75 receptions, 1,100 yards, and ten touchdowns in a rookie season, and broke the rookie record for the most average receiving yards per game.[2] During Week 12 of his first season, Beckham came to national attention when he made a one-handed touchdown catch while falling backwards in a Sunday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys,[3] which numerous pundits and athletes called the greatest catch ever made.[4] Beckham won the 2014 Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
In 2016, he became the fastest player in NFL history to reach both 200 career receptions and 4,000 career receiving yards. In 2016, he recorded his first 100-reception season and reached the NFL playoffs for the first time in his career, after helping the Giants to an 11–5 season record. Beckham was named to the Pro Bowl in each of his first three seasons and has been named a second-team All-Pro twice. After a stint with the Cleveland Browns, Beckham was signed by the Los Angeles Rams midway through the 2021 season. Beckham and the Rams went on to win Super Bowl LVI. He spent the 2022 season out of football while rehabbing an ACL injury he sustained in the Super Bowl before signing with the Baltimore Ravens in 2023.
- ^ "Odell Beckham Jr. Stats". Pro Football Reference. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- ^ Gribble, Andrew (May 12, 2014). "Alabama-LSU 2012 BCS National Championship lives on through NFL Draft". The Birmingham News. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ "Odell Beckham Jr. Makes Catch of the Year!". NFL.com. January 24, 2015. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ Boudwin, Julie (November 24, 2014). "Social media reactions about Odell Beckham's ridiculous TD catch". NOLA.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2022.