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Injuring his ACL during the 2022 Super Bowl took Odell Beckham Jr. out of commission for more than a year, forcing him to sit out the entire season while he recovered. If there was a silver lining, it was the arrival of Zydn, his son with partner Lauren Woods, who was born days after his injury. That August, he took to Instagram, posting a lengthy message to reveal that not only was he recovering from that injury, he had also been dealing with depression over where it had left him.
“I can’t lie to y’all n tell u that gettin’ here was easy,” he wrote. “After the bowl, havin’ Zydn, battling depression, and being at such highs n lows at the same point in time put me in a really bad spot.” However, Beckham also realized that he faced a clear choice: he could either remain in that state or do everything he could to lift himself out of it. “As an athlete, I hate seeing things about ‘mental illness,’ not to say it’s not real, but deep down inside, I believe the mind can overpower it all,” he added.
In 2023, he parted ways with the Los Angeles Rams, signing a one-year deal with the Baltimore Ravens. “It’s been a long time having to sit out and watch other people and not get to play,” Beckham said of finally returning to the field, via the Ravens website.
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