{"id":207606,"date":"2025-10-07T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/207606\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:52:09","slug":"nfl-suspends-odell-beckham-jr-free-agent-wr-accepts-6-game-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/207606\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Suspends Odell Beckham Jr., Free-Agent WR Accepts 6-Game Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a64fe1be=\"\">Free agent WR Odell Beckham Jr. accepted a six-game suspension from the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> after he reportedly failed a performance-enhancing drug test last year, he said on the Pivot podcast Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a64fe1be=\"\">Beckham will not be eligible to play until Week 12, the NFL told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a64fe1be=\"\">Beckham, 32, said on the podcast he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs. He played nine games with the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> last season, catching nine passes for 55 yards, both of which were career-lows by a wide margin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a64fe1be=\"\">Despite the news, the 10-year NFL veteran said he hopes to continue his career this season. Beckham, a first-round pick in the 2014 draft, posted 1,000-yard seasons four of his first five years in the league with the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/new-york-giants-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a64fe1be=\"\">He was traded to the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/cleveland-browns-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> ahead of the 2019 season, and then dealt to the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> during the 2021 season. Beckham won a <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/super-bowl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl<\/a> with the Rams in 2021, but tore his ACL in the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a64fe1be=\"\">Over his career, Beckham has 575 catches for 7,987 yards, the latter of which ranks 119th all-time in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a64fe1be=\"\">Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a64fe1be=\"\">Want great stories delivered right to your inbox?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Create or log in to your FOX Sports account<\/a>, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily!<\/p>\n<p>\n        What did you think of this story?\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        recommended\n      <\/p>\n<p> Arrow pointing to the leftArrow pointing to the right <\/p>\n<p>Item 1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NFL.vresize.160.160.medium.0.png\" alt=\"National Football League\" class=\"team-logo\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"\/> Get more from the National Football League Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free agent WR Odell Beckham Jr. accepted a six-game suspension from the NFL after he reportedly failed a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-207606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}