Odell Beckham has officially produced the most productive 16-game start for a receiver in NFL history.
Sunday’s win over the Buffalo Bills marked the 16th game for the New York Giants second-year receiver. He’s now played a full season’s worth of games, and the numbers speak for themselves.
Combining his 24 catches and 307 receiving yards through the first four games of 2015 with the 91 for 1,312 over his 12-game rookie season, Beckham now has 115 receptions for 1,612 yards to start his NFL career.
Odell Beckham Jr. now has the most receiving yards by any player in his first 16 games in NFL history #NYGvsBUF 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/1zNJNZIQRO
— NFL (@NFL) October 4, 2015
His 115 catches over his first 16 games shattered the previous record of 101, set by Anquan Boldin back in 2003. Beckham’s 1,612 yards eclipsed Bill Groman’s 1,593 over his first 16 games in 1960-61.
He didn’t break all of the receiving records, however. Beckham’s 14 touchdowns fell three short of Randy Moss, who caught 17 over a 16-game rookie season in 1998.
The former LSU star is currently on pace to catch 96 passes for 1,228 yards and eight touchdowns in 2015. If he hits those numbers, Beckham’s two-year stat line would read 187 catches for 2,540 yards and 20 touchdowns. The current record holders over a player’s first two seasons are Marques Colston with 168 receptions and Moss with 2,726 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Since the Giants drafted him with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2014 draft, Beckham has produced eight games with 100 or more yards and nine with at least one touchdown catch. Only three times has Beckham been held to under 90 yards and zero scores.
Here’s a highlight package of one of the NFL’s truly special receivers: