Selected by the New York Giants in the first round (12th overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft …Traded to the Cleveland Browns on March. 13, 2019.
Played in 59 regular season games with 56 starts and started the one postseason game in which he played…His career totals include 390 receptions for 5,476 yards (14.0 avg.) and 44 touchdowns…Caught at least two passes in all 59 games in which he’s played, and at least three in every game but one…Averaging 92.8 receiving yards in 59 career games, the second-highest average in history (minimum 10 games played) behind Atlanta’s Julio Jones (96.7-yard average in 111 games)…In Giants history, his 390 receptions and 44 touchdown catches each place him fourth, while his 5,476 receiving yards are second….Since 2014, is fourth in the league with an average of 6.6 catches a game and third with 92.8 receiving yards a game and 44 receiving touchdowns…Eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in four of his five seasons, missing only 2017, when ankle injuries limited him to four games…Along with teammate Jarvis Landry, his good friend and former LSU teammate, they share the NFL record for the most receptions in the first three seasons of a career with 288 each…Ranks tied for third in the NFL since 2014 with 12 games of 140-plus receiving yards, seventh with 150-plus receiving yards in five games, tied for seventh with three games of 160-plus receiving yards and fifth with a pair of games of 180-plus receiving yards…As a Giant, hosted a Make a Wish visit almost every home game weekend, 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.
Has appeared in three Pro Bowls from 2014-16… Earned second team All-Pro honors back-to-back seasons from 2015-16…Named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2014, as well as PFW/PFWA Offensive Rookie of the Year, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year, PFWA Rookie of the Year and was a member of the PFW/PFWA All-Rookie Team…Earned NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for November and December in 2014…Also awarded Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for his Week 12 efforts in 2014…Notched NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 6 in 2016…Posted the best three-season start (2014-16) by a WR in Giants history, and one of the best ever in the NFL, with 288 receptions, 4,122 yards and 35 touchdowns, all shattered the previous Giants records for a player in his first three seasons…Secured the Giants’ three-year touchdown receptions record with 25 in just his first two seasons (2014-15)…Total of 4,122 yards from 2014-16 were 41 yards short of tying Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss’ record for the highest yardage total in the first three seasons of a player’s career…Registered the NFL’s highest scoring total from 2014-16 with 35 touchdowns, eight short of Moss’ record in a player’s first three career 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 Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Hayes, John Jefferson, Moss, and New England tight end Rob Gronkowski…Became the first player in NFL history to record at least 80 catches and 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three years…The only player in history with at least 80 receptions and 10 touchdown catches in each of his first three seasons…One of just three players in league history with at least 1,000 receiving yards and 10 touchdown catches in each of his first three seasons, joining John Jefferson (1978-80) and Moss (1998-2000)…The only player ever to begin a career with three consecutive seasons of at least 85 receptions, 1,000 yards, and 10 touchdowns…The only player in the Super Bowl era with two seasons of 1,000-plus receiving yards in 12 games or less (2014 and 2018)…Recorded 13 games from 2014-16 with 125 or more receiving yards, the highest total by a player in his first three seasons in NFL history, passing Moss with 12…Was the first Giant in franchise history to reach the Pro Bowl each of his first three seasons since Pro Football Hall of Fame LB Lawrence Taylor from 1981-83 and the first to make it in three consecutive seasons since OL Shaun O’Hara and OL Chris Snee from 2008-10…Set an NFL record for fewest games needed to reach 300 receptions (45) in 2017, two fewer games than the previous record-holder, Anquan Boldin…Caught at least two touchdown passes in a game 11 times, a Giants record.
Pro Bowl Selections (3): 2014-16
NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year: 2014
2018: Played in the season’s first 12 games (12 starts) and missed the final four with a quad injury…Led the team’s WRs with 77 catches and led the club with 1,052 receiving yards and six touchdown catches…Ended the season ranked fourth in club history in receptions (390), second in receiving yards (5,476) and fourth in receiving scores (44)…Posted his fourth 1,000-yard season, the second-highest total in team history…Totaled five 100-yard receiving games on the year, setting a new franchise record for a career with 24…Continued his active streak of 59 consecutive games played with at least two receptions, ranked as the fifth-longest streak in team history...Became the first player in 94 years to record multiple games with a touchdown pass and a receiving touchdown in a single season…Marked the first time in NFL history a player notched at least 1,000 receiving yards and multiple touchdown passes in a single season…Was the first Giants player other than a QB to throw multiple touchdown passes in a season since 1993 and was the first to do so in the same category since 2010…Has the highest totals among the 92 different players who have caught passes from Eli Manning with 380 catches, 5,476 receiving yards and 44 touchdown catches…(9/23) at Hou.: Played in his 50th career, catching nine passes for 109 yards…Ended the game ranked first in NFL history in receptions through the first 50 games of a career (337), second in receiving yards (4,695) and sixth in receiving touchdowns (38)…(10/7) at Car.: Caught eight passes for 131 yards and touchdown…Threw a 57-yard touchdown pass…Became the first Giants player, other than a QB, to complete a pass of at least 57 yards since 1967, the first Giants WR to complete a pass since the 1970 merger and the first non-QB Giant to throw a touchdown pass since 1996…Was the first Giants player with a touchdown reception and a touchdown pass in the same game since 1959, when Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford had a 33-yard touchdown reception threw a 37-yard scoring pass…Became the fourth player in NFL history with at least 100 receiving yards and a 50-plus-yard touchdown pass in the same game and is one of only two players in league history to accomplish the feat with a scoring grab…Also became the first Giant with a reception, pass attempt, punt return and kickoff return in the same game since 1998…(10/22) at Atl.: Gained a season-high 143 yards on eight catches for his 23rd 100-yard game, breaking the team record set by Amani Toomer (22)…Set the record in his 54th regular season game, while Toomer played in 190 games…Posted a season-long catch of 51 yards…Teammate Sterling Shepard also had a 100-yard receiving game (167), the first time since 2014 the team had two players with at least 100 yards in the same game…(12/2) vs. Chi.: In overtime win, grabbed three passes for 35 yards and a score…Tossed 49-yard touchdown pass…Became the first player in 94 years to throw and catch a touchdown in multiple games in a season and third ever.
2017: Played in four games with two starts…Placed on injured reserve after fracturing his ankle in Week 5…Finished the season with 25 receptions for 302 yards and three touchdowns…(9/24) at Phi.: Had a season-high nine receptions for 79 yards and two touchdowns…Scored both touchdowns in the fourth quarter on 10 and four-yard passes…(10/1) at TB: Registered seven receptions for 90 yards…(10/8) vs. LAC: Caught five passes for a season-high 97 yards and scored a touchdown on a season-long 48-yard catch…Fractured his left ankle, underwent surgery, and was placed on injured reserve.
2016: Earned second team All-Pro honors for the second consecutive season…Selected to the Pro Bowl for the third consecutive season…Notched NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 6…Started every game for the first time in his career, catching a career-high 101 passes, his first 100-reception season…Added 1,367 receiving yards and 10 scoring grabs…His 10 touchdown receptions placed him fifth in the NFL…His nine career touchdown catches of at least 60 yards were the second most by a player in his first three NFL seasons….For the third time in as many seasons, led the Giants in total yards with 1,442, including nine rushing and 66 punt return yards…Accrued 60 points, leading the team by 10 points over K Robbie Gould….Became the first non-K to lead the Giants in scoring since 1992…Became the first WR to lead the Giants in scoring since 1967…(10/16) vs. Bal.: Earned his first NFC Offensive Player of the Week award by catching eight passes for a career-high 222 yards, including second-half scores of 74 and 66 yards…The 222 yards were the second-highest total in Giants history…Marked the first time a Giants WR caught two touchdown passes of 66 or more yards in a game since 1966…The 200-yard receiving game was the first by a Giants player since 2005, while his 222 yards from scrimmage were the eighth-highest total in franchise history…(11/6) vs. Phi.: Collected another two-touchdown game, while catching four passes for 46 yards…(11/27) at Cle.: Led the team with six receptions for 96 yards, including two touchdown catches…(12/4) at Pit.: Tied his season high with 10 catches for 100 yards…Became the only player in team history to begin his career with three consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons and was the fifth player in NFL history to do so…(1/8) at GB.: In his postseason debut, caught four passes for 28 yards in the NFC Wild Card Game.
2015: Earned second team All-Pro honors…Selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl in as many years, the first Giant to accomplish the feat since Jeremy Shockey in 2002-03 and was the first Giants WR selected in consecutive seasons since Homer Jones in 1967-68…Started all 15 games in which he played….Finished the season with 96 receptions for a career-high 1,450 yards, then both the second-highest totals in Giants history…Caught a career-high 13 touchdown passes, tying the franchise single-season record set by Jones in 1967…Totaled at least 100 receiving yards in a team-record six consecutive games...Concluded the previous season with four consecutive 100-yard receiving games, becoming the first Giants WR with four-game streaks of at least 100 receiving yards in back-to-back seasons and the first NFL WR since Detroit’s Calvin Johnson in 2011-12…Averaged 96.7 yards per game, the second-highest figure in Giants history…Had 13 touchdown catches in 2015 after finishing with 12 as a rookie and was the seventh player in NFL history with double-digit touchdown receptions in each of his first two seasons…Also the first since New England TE Rob Gronkowski did it his first three years from 2010-12…Second player in franchise history with double-digit touchdown catches in back-to-back seasons…Had touchdown receptions of 87 and 84 yards, becoming the first player with two 80-plus-yard scoring catches in a season since Pittsburgh’s Martavis Bryant in 2014…Also registered a 72-yard score the week before his 84-yard touchdown, becoming one of just two players in team history with a touchdown reception of at least 72 yards in back-to-back games…(9/20) vs. Atl.: Recorded seven catches for 146 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown…Caught his 100th career pass in his 14th career game, an NFL record…(11/1) at NO: Scored a career-high three touchdowns, catching eight passes for 130 yards…(11/8) at TB: Finished with a season-high nine receptions for 105 yards…(11/15) vs. NE: Had four receptions for 104 yards, including a career-long 87-yard touchdown catch…(11/29) at Was.: Tied his season high with nine catches for 142 yards, including a diving 21-yard touchdown reception…(12/6) vs. NYJ: Followed with six catches for 149 yards, including a 72-yard touchdown…(12/14) at Mia.: Caught six passes for a season-high 166 yards, including touchdowns of six and 84 yards.
2014: Named the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, the first Giants player to win the award…Became the franchise’s first Rookie of the Year since Pro Football Hall of Fame LB Lawrence Taylor won the defensive award in 1981…First WR to be named Offensive Rookie of the Year since 2009, when Minnesota’s Percy Harvin won the award…Named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month in both November and December….Posted one of the most prolific season by a rookie WR in NFL history, despite playing in only 12 games (11 starts) after missing the first four with a hamstring injury…Totaled 91 catches for 1,305 yards and 12 touchdowns, all franchise rookie records…Set NFL records for most catches and yards in the first 12 games to start a career…First WR in NFL history to reach 1,000 yards after missing at least the first three games of a season…Led the team with 21 punt returns for 171 yards (8.1 avg.), with a long return of 25 yards, and 11 fair catches…Was the Giants’ lone representative in the Pro Bowl and the first Giants rookie to play in the game since TE Jeremy Shockey in 2002…First Giants WR in the game since Victor Cruz in 2012…First Giants rookie wide receiver ever selected to the Pro Bowl…Provided one of the most spectacular moments in the NFL’s 2014 season with his leaping one-handed, 43-yard touchdown catch against Dallas (11/23)…The catch was selected as the Bridgestone Performance Play of the Year from 20 moments voted on by NFL fans…The 91 receptions tied with Denver’s Eddie Royal (2008) for the second-highest total in NFL history for a rookie…His 1,305 receiving yards were then the third-highest total in Giants history, surpassed only by Victor Cruz’s 1,536 yards in 2011 and Amani Toomer’s 1,343 yards in 2002…The 1,305 yards topped all NFL rookies in 2014 and were 254 yards more than runner-up Mike Evans of Tampa Bay, even though he played in three fewer games than Evans…His receiving yards total surpassed Billy Howton (1,231 with Green Bay in 1952) for the most receiving yards in a player’s first 12 career games in NFL history…Joined Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin (1995) as the only players in NFL history with at least 90 receiving yards in nine consecutive games…Led all players in receiving yards in each of his last six games, the longest streak ever by an NFL rookie…Totaled 130, 143, 148 and 185 yards in the final four games to become the first player in franchise history with four consecutive 100-yard games…First NFL rookie to accomplish the feat since Pittsburgh’s Jimmy Orr in 1958…Totaled seven 100-yard games, the most by a rookie since Houston’s Bill Groman had nine in 1960 and shattered the franchise record in the same category by four games…His 108.8-yard average was an NFL rookie record, topping the old mark of 105.2 set by Groman in 1960…Had the league’s highest receiving yardage totals in Week 15 (143 vs. Washington 12/14/14) and Week 16 (148 at St. Louis 12/21/17)…Only other NFL rookie to lead the league in consecutive weeks was Philadelphia’s Joe Don Looney, who had a streak of three consecutive weeks in September 1940…Ranked second in receiving yards in Week 17 with a Giants rookie-record 185…Had least 10 catches in a game four times, the first rookie in NFL history to do so…Only six rookies have had 10 or more receptions in at least two games, and two of them are Giants…Had four games in which he caught at least 10 passes and gained at least 130 yards, with only one other rookie in NFL history having even two such games…Registered 1,043 receiving yards over the final eight games, the fourth-most ever in the second half of a season…First Giants player to win a Rookie of the Month award twice and just the second WR to be so honored…First WR to be honored in consecutive months…(12/28) vs. Phi.: Concluded his rookie season with 12 catches for 185 yards and a touchdown, his second 12-catch game of the season…First rookie in NFL history and the first Giants player with two 12-catch games in a season…First NFL rookie with four consecutive games with at least 130 receiving yards and a touchdown and was also the first rookie with three…Established a Giants rookie record with 185 receiving yards, one that was set at 176 in 1985.
In three years at LSU, played in 40 games with 34 starts and recorded 143 receptions for 2,340 yards (16.4 avg.) and 12 touchdowns…Returned 42 kickoffs for 1,044 yards (24.9 avg.) and 62 punts for 557 yards (9.0 avg.) with two scores…Added 77 yards on seven carries…Attempted one pass, assisted on a tackle and recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown…Ranked seventh in school history with 2,340 yards receiving and his 143 catches placed him ninth…His 1,044 kickoff return yards were the sixth-highest total in school history, while his 557 punt return yards ranked 10th…Finished fifth on the all-time chart with 4,118 all-purpose yards…Never missed game action due to an injury…In 2013, started all 13 games and compiled career-high totals of 59 receptions for 1,152 yards and eight touchdowns…Won the Paul Hornung Award, given annually to the nation’s most versatile player by the Louisville Sports Commission…First team All-Southeastern Conference selection by the league’s coaches and the Associated Press…Named the SEC’s Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Alabama-Birmingham and named to the Hornung Award Honor Roll vs. UAB, Texas Christian and Mississippi State…Beckham (1,152 yards) and Jarvis Landry (1,193 yards) became the first pair of Tigers WRs with 1,000 receiving yards in the same season…It was just the third time in Southeastern Conference history that two teammates had 1,000 receiving yards in the same season…LSU was the first team in SEC history to feature a 3,000-yard passer (Zach Mettenberger, 3,082 yards), two 1,000-yard receivers (Beckham and Landry) and a 1,000-yard running back (Jeremy Hill, 1,401 yards) in the same season…Beckham’s 1,152 yards was the fourth-best total in school history and his average of 19.5 yards per catch was the third-highest recorded by a Tiger in a season…Added 58 yards on five carries and ranked third in the SEC while placing 20th in the nation with a school record-tying 32 kickoff returns for 845 yards (second on the school season-record chart)…In 2012, started 12 games and led the team with 713 receiving yards and placed second with 43 receptions (16.6 avg.) and two touchdowns…In 2011, Beckham earned freshman All-Southeastern Conference honors after catching 41 passes for 475 yards and two touchdowns…Ranked second on the team in both receptions and receiving yards and 20 of his 41 catches resulted in a first down…Played in all 14 games with nine starts…Majored in human movement fitness.
Personal: Native of New Orleans, La…Father, Odell Beckham Sr., played RB at LSU from 1989-92…Played in 28 games with nine starts and rushed for 757 yards and seven touchdowns in his career…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…Van Norman 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-America and captured three individual NCAA titles as a member of LSU’s relay teams during her senior season in 1993.
High School: Attended Isidore Newman High School (New Orleans, La.), the alma mater of Giants QB Eli Manning and former NFL QB Peyton Manning…The oldest Manning brother, Cooper, and he are the only players in Newman history to break the 1,000-yard receiving mark in a season, as he had 50 receptions for 1,010 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior…Demonstrated his versatility in 2010 when he rushed for 331 yards and six scores, passed for 90 yards and another touchdown and returned two punts for scores…On defense, he intercepted four passes…As a junior, caught 45 passes for 743 yards and 10 touchdowns…Posted 123 rushing yards and three scores on 14 carries…The U.S. Army All-American Bowl participant (West Roster) was also named to the Press-Register Super Southeast 120 and Times Picayune 2011 Blue-Chip lists, along with earning a spot on The Advocate’s Super Dozen…A Prep Star All America, Beckham was named to the Louisiana 2A All-State first team as a WR and also earned District 9-2A Offensive MVP honors.
Community Involvement: As a Giant, hosted a Make a Wish visit almost every home game 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…Attended Brandon Marshall’s Paddle Battle hosted by his foundation, Project 375, and 100% of the ticket proceeds went towards PROJECT PREVENT to provide onsite behavioral and mental health support to children…Hosts the Citi Odell Beckham, Jr. Football ProCamp…Wore custom cleats in memory of Jayro Ponce as part of the league-wide initiative, “My Cause My Cleats.”
