Odell Beckham Jr was such a prodigy in high school that Peyton Manning rigged a drill just to be able to work with him

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• Odell Beckham Jr. was once summoned by his high school coach to run routes for Peyton and Eli Manning while he was a teenager.
• Peyton quickly realized how good Beckham was, even at a young age, and rigged the drill so he got to throw to Beckham each time.
• Ironically, it's Eli who gets to throw to Beckham now, who became the highest-paid receiver in the NFL on Monday.

Odell Beckham Jr. burst onto the NFL scene as a rookie and hasn't looked back, signing a contract with the New York Giants on Monday that made him the highest-paid receiver in the league.

This was apparently always in the cards for Beckham, who was such a high school prodigy that even Peyton Manning wanted to throw to him.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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