The Minnesota Vikings made four roster moves on Tuesday, adding wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and wide receiver Jeshaun Jones to the practice squad while also opening the window for center Michael Jurgens and tight end Ben Yurosek to return from injured reserve.
Jurgens and Yurosek are now back in practice and have 21 days to practice before they can be activated.
For Beckham, the move sends him to Minnesota after another brief stop with the Giants. The 33-year-old was selected by New York with the No. 12 overall pick in 2014, then landed a five-year extension worth up to $95 million that included $65 million in total guarantees after being set to make a base salary of $8,459,000 for the 2018 season.
His path since then has bounced all over the league. The Giants traded Beckham to the Browns in 2019 for the No. 17 overall pick, their second third-round pick, and S Jabrill Peppers.
Cleveland reworked his deal before releasing him after the trade deadline in 2021, and he finished that season with the Rams on a one-year contract. Beckham tore his ACL in the Super Bowl win and missed all of 2022.
He later signed a one-year contract with the Ravens, then became a free agent again and joined the Dolphins on a one-year, $3 million deal. Miami released him in December 2024, and he returned to New York in June on a one-year, $1.3 million contract with a minimum salary benefit cap hit of $1.075 million.
The Giants cut Beckham last week, and he had appeared in three games for New York in 2026.
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