Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is feared to have torn his ACL in the team’s victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Beckham left the game in the second quarter on a non-contact play with 3:50 remaining in the half. He dropped a pass thrown by Matthew Stafford and clutched his leg as he fell to the turf.
Beckham was looked at by trainers on the field before being helped off. He was looked at briefly in the medical tent on the Rams’ sideline before heading to the locker room.
Beckham had two receptions for 52 yards. He scored Los Angeles’ first touchdown when he beat Mike Hilton in the right corner of the end zone for a 17-yard score to put the Rams on top 7-0 in the first quarter.
It is the same knee Beckham injured midway through the 2020 season with the Cleveland Browns, which caused him to miss the rest of the season.
Beckham caught 27 passes for 305 yards and five touchdowns in eight regular-season games with the Rams after being released by Cleveland midseason. The 29-year-old is a pending free agent and likely wouldn’t be ready for the start of the 2022 season.
–With files from the Associated Press.
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