CHAPTER 1 THE BIG EASY odell odell Beckham Jr was running toward the end zone It was his first year in the National Football League NFL He was a rookie wide receiver for the 2014 New York Giants They were playing the rival Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football Quarterback Eli Manning threw his way The pass looked high Beckham stretched his right arm up Odell Beckham Jr right makes an incredible one handed catch on November 23 2014 The Big Easy
Beckham somehow came down with the ball It was a miracle touchdown That one play turned him into an immediate star for the Giants Video of the play became popular around the world It was named Play of the Year at the 4th Annual NFL Honors It was a play Beckham may have dreamed about as a child Beckham wasn't the only NFL star to attend Isidore Newman School His future Giants teammate and quarterback Eli Manning also went there So did Eli's brothers Cooper and Peyton He grew up in New Orleans The city is known in the Deep South as the Big Easy Both of Odell's parents played sports at Louisiana State University LSU His mother Heather ran track Odell Beckham Sr played football They both taught Odell what it would take to succeed as an athlete Odell tried lots of sports He played football baseball basketball and soccer From age nine through 12 he played on a traveling baseball team He played center field and was a Odell Beckham Jr
schur Beckham made the 2011 US Army All American Bowl as one of the country's best high school football players leadoff hitter He played forward for a traveling soccer team He was also a talented point guard in basketball Football soon took over Odell went to high school at the Isidore Newman School He played both football The Big Easy
