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Odell Beckham Jr. reunites with Giants after eight years on new deal

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Odell Beckham Jr., who helped the Los Angeles Rams win the 2022 Super Bowl, signed a one-year deal with the New York Giants on Monday, returning to the NFL club where he became a star.

[p]The 33-year-old wide receiver was taken 12th overall by the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-giants/lIrBvlxF/"]Giants[/a] in the 2014 NFL Draft and spent five seasons with New York before being traded to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cleveland-browns/KfzTWqa1/"]Cleveland Browns[/a] in 2019.[/p][embed guid="f5276469-9b20-41f9-ac9d-f51b085691d8" url="https://x.com/Giants/status/2061484701504708823?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beckham-jr-odell/WMltz2aR/"]Beckham[/a] made 390 catches for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns over 59 games for the Giants.[/p][p]The Browns released Beckham in November 2021, and he signed with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-rams/z7hZioyR/"]Rams[/a] three days later. Beckham scored five touchdowns in eight regular-season games and two more in the playoffs, including a 17-yard touchdown catch in the Super Bowl as the Rams beat the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cincinnati-bengals/bwahmpRr/"]Cincinnati Bengals[/a] for the title.[/p][p]Beckham missed the 2022 season with a torn knee ligament suffered in the Super Bowl, then returned with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/baltimore-ravens/pUern3T0/"]Baltimore Ravens[/a] in 2023 and played for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/miami-dolphins/WQivmqEf/"]Miami Dolphins[/a] in 2024.[/p][p]Beckham sat out last season, during which he was issued a six-game ban for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy.[/p][p]He worked out for the Giants in April and again on Monday before signing with the club.[/p][p]Overall, Beckham has 575 catches for 7,987 yards and 59 touchdowns, plus 23 rushes for 170 yards and a touchdown.[/p]

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