Odell, we hardly knew ya. Can’t wait to forget you.
The New York Giants wasted no time in passing on Odell Beckham Jr.’s No. 13 jersey to another player … and one could say just any other player.
At the team’s mini-camp, undrafted free agent Reggie White Jr., not the son of the former Eagles, Packers and Panthers great, donned the jersey with Beckham’s former number.
I know who wore it, like, I knew I was gonna get the backlash of the Odell. He’s a hell of player. All the credit goes to him,” White said Saturday.
“… Thirteen’s just the number they gave me. I didn’t ask anybody for the number. I was just happy to have a jersey. Doesn’t matter if it was 13, 00, it didn’t matter. Just as long as I’m a New York Giant and I’m able to go out there and compete on the field. The rest doesn’t matter.”
White was voted a third-team All-American by the Associated Press as a fifth-year senior in 2018. He is the all-time leader in receptions (249) and receiving yardage (3,471) for both Monmouth and the Big South Conference.
Beckham, meanwhile, plays for the Cleveland Browns. After a roller-coaster time in New York, Big Blue dealt him to the AFC North team in the off-season.
