Odell Beckham Jr.’s Super Bowl knee injury could impact his next season.
The Rams’ star wide receiver is believed to have torn his ACL again, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Beckham hurt his surgically repaired left knee with 3:54 left in the first half of the Rams’ 23-20 win over the Bengals in Super Bowl LVI.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford threw behind Beckham, forcing him to slow down and turn back. Beckham then yelped in pain and lost control of the football before dropping to the floor and clutching his knee.
Beckham tore the ACL in that knee during the 2020-21 season, when he was still with the Browns.
The average time to return from ACL surgery for most athletes is around eight months to a year, per the Mayo Clinic.
Beckham, who becomes a free agent, should still be riding the high of his first Super Bowl championship.
If he did, in fact, tear his ACL again, that means he likely won’t play his next year of football, whether with the Rams or another team, until the 2023-24 season.
