Odell Beckham Jr.’s Net Worth is More Impressive Than His Catches

Before Michael Thomas’ $100 million deal, Odell Beckham Jr. was the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL. By that alone, it should be no surprise that OBJ has a net worth that we all would dream of having. The Cleveland Browns wide receiver and master of the one-handed catch is one of the top targets in the league and will have his net worth only climb each season he plays on his current contract. Beckham is still early in his career and should play for quite a while longer as one of the more talented receivers in league history. In 2018, he signed a historic extension while playing for the New York Giants, which was worth $95 million over five years with $65 million guaranteed. His $19 million salary per season and the guaranteed money was tops in the league among receivers before New Orleans broke the bank for Michael Thomas. Antonio Brown was the previous leader for salary at $17 million per year while Mike Evans had the most guaranteed money at $55 million before his deal. There aren’t many NFL players ahead of Beckham, and most of those being quarterbacks. Despite his competition for the money, Beckham has earned every dollar with one of the greatest starts to a career of all time. As the nation’s 20th-ranked high school recruit at his position out of Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Beckham stayed close to home in Louisiana. He moved to Baton Rouge, signing with the LSU Tigers in the 2011 recruiting class along with Jarvis Landry, who was the second-ranked receiver in the class. The receiver proved exactly why he was a first-round pick from the moment he debuted for the Giants in Week Five of 2014. In his first NFL season, playing in just 12 games, Beckham caught 91 passes for 1,305 yards and 12 touchdowns, earning a trip to the Pro Bowl and was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. His most memorable moment during his time in New York came on a Sunday Night Football game against the Dallas Cowboys when he made a one-hand c