Odell Beckham Jr.

Odell Beckham Jr.                  

• Eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in five of his six seasons, missing only 2017, when ankle injuries limited him to four games.
• Paired with WR Jarvis Landry (1,174) in 2019 to become first WR duo in Browns history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in a season. Six years earlier, Beckham (1,152 yards) and Landry (1,193 yards) became the first pair of LSU WRs with 1,000 receiving yards in the same season.
• Recorded career-long 89-yard TD reception on Sept. 16, 2019, the fourth-longest passing play in Browns history.
• Reached 6,000 career receiving yards in his 67th game in Week 9, 2019, the third-fastest ever to accomplish feat (HOFer Lance Alworth, 62; Julio Jones, 64).
• The first player in NFL history to record at least 80 catches and 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three years.
• Recorded 4,122 yards from 2014-16, the second-highest total in any player's first three NFL seasons.
• Recorded 12 touchdown catches as a rookie in 2014, 13 in 2015 and 10 in 2016, becoming the fifth player in history with double-digit scoring receptions in each of his first three seasons, joining HOFers Bob Hayes, John Jefferson, Randy Moss and New England TE Rob Gronkowski.
• Recorded at least two receptions in 75 consecutive games, the second-longest active streak in the NFL (Landry, 95).
• Was the first Giant to reach the Pro Bowl each of his first three seasons since Pro Football Hall of Fame LB Lawrence Taylor from 1981-83.
• In 2018, became the first player in 94 years to record multiple games with a touchdown pass and a receiving touchdown in a single season.
• In 2016, became the first WR to lead the Giants in scoring since 1967.
• His leaping, one-handed 43-yard touchdown catch against Dallas on Nov. 23, 2014, was selected as the Bridgestone Performance Play of the Year from 20 moments voted on by NFL fans.
• His 108.8-yard average in 2014 was an NFL rookie record, topping the old mark of 105.2 set by Bill Groman in 1960.

                  

Personal

                  

• Attended Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans, La.
• Father, Odell Beckham Sr., played RB at LSU from 1989-92.
• Mother, Heather Van Norman, was an All-American track runner at LSU from 1991-93, during which time she helped lead the Lady Tigers to five national championships. She was a member of two NCAA Indoor titles in 1991 and 1993 and three straight NCAA Outdoor titles from 1991-93. She left LSU as a six-time All-American and captured three individual NCAA titles as a member of LSU's relay teams during her senior season in 1993.
• Majored in human movement fitness at LSU.
• Earned a try-out for the US National soccer team when 13 years old.

                  

Beyond Football

                  

• Part of a viral video with other NFL stars to underscore the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement.
• Started a fundraiser for the movement by selling "I Still Can't Breathe" shirts with 100 percent of the proceeds going directly to the Black Lives Matter movement.
• Serves as an ambassador for NFL Academy in London for high school student athletes. The academy opened in September 2019 and gives student athletes aged 16-18 in the UK a chance to play American football and work in the sport in various capacities.
• Hosted a Make A Wish visit almost every home weekend during the season, inviting a child and their family to join him for Saturday walk through, along with a catch after practice, followed by the opportunity to be honored on the field during the game on Sunday, a tradition he started during his time with the Giants.
• After their football program was dissolved in 2010, Chaney High School (Youngstown, Ohio) brought back football in 2019. To help celebrate their return, Beckham surprised the whole team after a practice and donated cleats for the entire program.
• In December 2019, donated a supply of 100 fleece blankets to Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, Ohio's largest homeless shelter.
• Hosted the Citi Odell Beckham, Jr. Football ProCamp in Strongville, Ohio.
• Wore cleats in support of Berea Animal Rescue Friends (ARF) for My Cause, My Cleats. ARF is a no-time-limit animal shelter that rescues stray and homeless animals.