Odell Beckham Jr. looks on during a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat at FTX Arena on December 28, 2022, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
*Free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has signed a one-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens.
Beckham’s agreement is reportedly worth up to $18 million, with $15 million in guarantees, per Ravens Wire.
ESPN writes, “The Ravens had been in contact with Beckham since last year and met with him at the annual league meeting two weeks ago. Baltimore then struck a deal a day before Beckham was scheduled to visit the New York Jets.”
Beckham told CBS NFL Insider Josina Anderson that he was “feeling more love from the Ravens.”
He even posted an Instagram photo of his toddler wearing a Baltimore jersey.
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More details on Odell Beckham Jr.‘s one-year deal with the #Ravens:
$13.835 million signing bonus
$1.165 million base salary
$3M in reachable incentives
So OBJ will make at least $15 million and as much as $18M on the deal negotiated by agent Zeke Sandhu. https://t.co/z6S8tkjvP1
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 9, 2023
“He’s a phenomenal locker room presence,” said Nelson Stewart, Beckham’s high school coach from Isidore Newman in New Orleans, The Baltimore Sun reports. “He makes your team better. He leads by example. His football IQ is off the charts.”
Stewart added, “He wasn’t a spotlight seeker [growing up]. In high school, he didn’t like doing interviews. He was so young [when he became a star in the NFL]; he was in his early 20s and didn’t know how to navigate it. Every moment, the cameras were on him. Passion can get viewed one way, but he’s a guy who wants to win and he’s passionate about it. It matters so much to him.”
Now that Beckham is a 30-year-old father and star athlete, Stewart sees a different side of him.
“When he came into the league, everything went right, then he got hurt and battled adversity,” Stewart said. “It hardened him, having that much success and then going to Cleveland and being hurt [and that not working out]and then tasting [success]again with the Rams. He’s shown an ability to get off the mat. He’s more mature now, has life perspective.”
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