By Kevin Patra
Odell Beckham is back on the radar after participating in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic over the weekend. The former star wideout hasn’t played in an NFL game since Dec. 8, 2024, but hopes the flag experience gets him back on the radar.
“Looking forward to hopefully getting an opportunity to play this year, and hopefully, this is kinda just a starting point,” Beckham told Kay Adams at the Fanatics event.
Beckham was specifically asked what it’d be like to re-join the Giants, his first NFL squad, as Jaxson Dart could use some receiver aid.
“Weird, you said that. That sounds great,” Beckham responded when asked about Dart. “If that opportunity presents itself, I would love to do that. Be excited about that. He’s a good dude. He’s young, and he likes to dance. I like all that. So he looks like he likes to have fun. If I get that opportunity.”
Playing with a smaller-than-regulation ball during the flag tournament, Beckham showed he can still snare the pigskin, making several nice grabs, including a one-handed touchdown over a defender.
The No. 12 overall pick in 2014, Beckham played five years in New York, two-plus in Cleveland, half a campaign in L.A. en route to a Super Bowl win, one year in Baltimore after sitting out all of 2022, and nine games in Miami in 2024. Beckham put up five 1,000-plus-yard seasons in his first five campaigns, but saw his play fall off due to age and injury.
After he was used sparingly in Miami before his December 2024 release, he has received no reported interest in his services. However, never say never. It only takes one club to give the former highlight reel a shot.