Odell Beckham Jr. holds steady as Twitter trend
Odell Beckham of the Giants rolls over in the end zone after his fourth-quarter touchdown reception against the Atlanta Falcons at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 in East Rutherford, N.J. Credit: Jim McIsaac
The Giants' Odell Beckham Jr. continues to attract extraordinary social media attention for a rookie receiver on an also-ran team.
Over the past four weekends Beckham (@OBJ_3) has ranked as the first-, third-, fourth- and third-most-mentioned NFL player on Twitter.
Not even Lawrence Taylor pulled off a four-week run in the top four as a rookie phenom in 1981. (It hurt that he debuted 25 years too early for Twitter.)
By the way, the second-highest trending sports-related Twitter hashtag of 2014 in the U.S. was #WorldCup.
First? #DALvsNYG.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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