Odell Beckham Jr. return to Giants chances revealed by NFL insider

Billy Heyen

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Odell Beckham Jr. return to Giants chances revealed by NFL insider image

Odell Beckham Jr. hinted in June that he may return to the New York Giants.

Turns out, there might be nothing to that.

ESPN's Jordan Ranaan cleared things up on Tuesday morning in his latest podcast episode.

"Odell Beckham Jr. made comments at Fanatics Fest about maybe coming back to the Giants. I've talked to people (and) there's nothing brewing. It's unlikely to happen," Raanan said on the Breaking Big Blue podcast. "I would not expect Odell Beckham Jr. to be a Giant again.

"Maybe somewhere along the line, he signs a one-day contract and retires as a Giant, if that's a thing. Some players have done that. Fine, that could happen. I don't see, based on talking to people, that Odell Beckham coming back to the Giants this year is something that's realistic and makes a ton of sense."

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Beckham is currently a free agent.

OBJ began his career with the Giants after they picked him No. 12 overall out of LSU in 2014. He earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors.

That magical first season, Beckham had 91 grabs for 1,305 yards and 12 TDs.

The next two seasons, he went 96-1450-13 and 101-1367-10.

An injury-plagued 2017 followed, but Beckham then topped 1,000 yards again for the Giants in 2018. In 2019, he left for the rowns, where he had 1,035 more yards.

After that, OBJ never even reached 600 yards again.

He played for the Ravens in 2023 (565 yards) and the Dolphins in 2024 (55 yards).

Beckham will turn 33 in November, and it's not clear if any team is interested in signing him.

Giants fans may have welcomed him back with open arms, but it seems the Giants' front office doesn't have the same sentimentality.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle