Odell Beckham Jr.

CTL-E-5920 · Person · other · 1992–present

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Combined Graph record U-07165 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5920.

Odell Beckham Jr., born 5 November 1992 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an American football wide receiver whose one-handed touchdown catch against Dallas on 23 November 2014 became one of the most replayed plays in NFL history. He attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans and played at LSU before the New York Giants selected him 12th overall in the 2014 NFL Draft. Despite missing the first four games of his rookie season he caught 91 passes for 1,305 yards and 12 touchdowns and was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year; across five seasons in New York he totaled 390 receptions for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns. Traded to Cleveland in 2019, he later joined the Los Angeles Rams during the 2021 season, scored the opening touchdown of Super Bowl LVI, and tore his ACL in the same game as the Rams won the championship. After seasons with Baltimore in 2023 and Miami in 2024, a brief 2026 return to the Giants ended with his release on 29 September 2026, and the Minnesota Vikings then signed him to their practice squad.

The record

• Also known as: OBJ

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Relationships

• Cleveland Browns — played for
  Played for the Cleveland Browns (2019–2021) after his first five seasons with the New York Giants.
• Miami Dolphins — played for
  Played the 2024 season with the Miami Dolphins, after Baltimore in 2023.

Sources

• Reuters, "Reports: Giants releasing WR Odell Beckham Jr." (29 September 2026) — released after three games and zero catches in his second Giants tenure; drafted 12th overall from LSU in 2014; Offensive Rookie of the Year 2014; 390 receptions, 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns in five New York seasons; later Rams, Ravens and Dolphins; career 575 catches, 7,987 yards, 59 touchdowns in 122 games — https://www.reuters.com/sports/reports-giants-releasing-wr-odell-beckham-jr--flm-2026-09-29/ (primary source · build store)
• ESPN, "Beckham's 1-handed grab; Pats-Pack on tap" — the 43-yard one-handed touchdown catch against Dallas on 23 November 2014, made falling backward while fouled, ranked among the greatest catches in NFL history — https://www.espn.ph/nfl/story/_/id/11930247/new-york-giants-wide-receiver-odell-beckham-jr-inspires-john-clayton-rank-top-five-catches-nfl-history (build store)
• Saints Wire (USA Today), "Vikings sign Odell Beckham Jr., may face Saints on Sunday" (October 2026) — Minnesota signed Beckham to its practice squad after his 29 September 2026 Giants release; born in Baton Rouge, Isidore Newman School, LSU; career 575 receptions, 7,987 yards, 59 touchdowns — https://saintswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/saints/2026/10/07/vikings-sign-odell-beckham-jr-may-face-saints-on-sunday/92136555007/ (build store)

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