Free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. will serve a six-game suspension for a PED violation stemming from last season when he was on the Dolphins.
During an appearance Tuesday on “The Pivot” podcast, Beckham explained that bloodwork tests at the beginning of last season came back with low levels of testosterone. The former first-round pick denied purposely or knowingly taking any PEDs.
“Last year I was dealing with this, and for me this was tough because we talk about those dark times,” Beckham said. “I cheated myself as a man, father brother, son… in ways that were hard to forgive myself for… But I’ve never cheated the system.
“To come back and play football — I have to come out and deal with while I was in Miami, hearing that you get charged and someone says, ‘You failed for PEDs.’
“You know how this sh–t goes. We’re grown men. I’m in the program because I didn’t tell them I was in Arizona and I was going to Vegas for one night, and now I’m in Vegas and you want to come take a drug test.”
Beckham explained that he felt, “as a grown man,” that he didn’t need to tell the team he was going to Las Vegas for one night.
“I’ve been in the program for 10-plus years,” Beckham said. “They come test anywhere in the world. I have never ran from no tests. Never failed a test not once in my life.”
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Beckham, who turns 33 in November, also made it clear he isn’t retiring yet.
He named a few teams he’d like to play for, including the Rams, Steelers, Chiefs and his former Giants.
“I don’t know if this is even a pitch, I’m just like I look at the L.A. Rams. Oh, look at the Steelers… The Chiefs. And you definitely gotta see me back in that blue thing right there before I get outta here. It’s my creed to those fans.”
In 2024, Beckham had nine receptions for 55 yards on 18 targets across nine games with the Dolphins.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
