Odell Beckham Jr.
Beckham Jr. at training camp in January 2015
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| No. 13 New York Giants | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 5, 1992 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | New Orleans (LA) Newman | ||||||||
| College: | LSU | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2016 | |||||||||
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| Receptions: | 252 |
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| Receiving yards: | 3,670 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 33 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Odell Cornelious Beckham Jr. (born November 5, 1992) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisiana State University (LSU), and was drafted by the Giants in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft with the 12th pick.
Beckham was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was a in football, basketball and track. In football, he played wide receiver, quarterback, running back, and cornerback. As a junior, he caught 45 passes for 743 yards and 10 touchdowns, while also adding three more scores on the ground. As a senior, he hauled in 50 catches for 1,010 yards and 19 touchdowns, joining Cooper Manning as the only two players in school history to record 1,000 receiving yards in a season. In addition, he rushed for 331 yards and six touchdowns, passed for 90 yards and a score and also averaged 30.0 yards per punt return. He was named to the Times Picayune 2011 Blue-Chip list and to the Louisiana 2A All-State first team as a wide receiver, while he also earned District 9-2A Offensive MVP honors and a spot on The Advocate’s Super Dozen.
In addition to football, Beckham participated in basketball, track and soccer. In basketball, Beckham lettered all four years and was an all-district selection his junior and senior years. Also a standout track & field athlete, Beckham followed in his mother's footsteps to excel in the sprinting and jumping events while at Newman High. He took silver in the long jump event at the 2010 Newman Invitational, with a career-best leap of 6.83 meters. At the 2010 LA 2A State Meet, he earned sixth-place finishes in both the 200-meter dash, with a PR time of 22.31 seconds, and in the long jump, with a leap of 6.71 meters (21 ft 11 in). He was also a member of the Newman 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relay teams. Beckham played soccer and considers English soccer player David Beckham his childhood idol. His youth coach wanted him to try out for a national junior team, but Beckham did not want to spend the required time overseas considering his talents in other sports at home.
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