An AP source reports that the Miami Dolphins are agreeing to sign Odell Beckham Jr. to a one-year contract

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – The Miami Dolphins have agreed to a one-year contract with wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized.

NFL Network was the first to report the deal, which is value up to $8.25 million.

BeckhamThe 31-year-old will join his fifth team after previously playing for the Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore, Cleveland and New York Giants, who drafted him twelfth overall in 2014. He won a Super Bowl with the Rams in the 2021-22 season.

Beckham joins the Dolphins group together with last yr’s yards leader Tyreek Hill and his rushing counterpart Jaylen Waddle. Hill and Waddle combined for more receiving yards (2,813) than another wide receiver duo in the NFL in 2023, but Miami had concerns about its wide receiver depth beyond those two.

Beckham, who had 35 receptions for 565 yards and three touchdowns last season in Baltimore, was cut by the Ravens in March. He visited the Dolphins earlier in the offseason and received a proposal, but the two sides have yet to reach an agreement.

“Everything was going great with him,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said in March. “We made him a proposal and business takes time, especially with a player like Odell, who has had a phenomenal profession and still has some really good football ahead of him and has a lot of options. I’m definitely willing to coach him if we are able to come to an agreement, and I believe each side are trying to work on that. We’ll see what happens.”

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Beckham established himself as considered one of the most talented receivers in the league in his first three seasons with the Giants. He had three straight seasons of over 1,300 yards after New York drafted him out of LSU and caught considered one of the most memorable touchdowns in NFL history when he straightened his body, jumped back and reached so far as he could with one hand to haul the ball in. A 43-yard pass from Eli Manning in his rookie season.

Beckham was traded to the Browns in 2019 and spent two seasons there before joining the Rams, where he caught a touchdown pass in Super Bowl LVI before suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury that sidelined him through the 2022 season.