Riley Odoms

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Riley Odoms
No. 88
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1950-03-01) March 1, 1950 (age 75)
Luling, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school: West Oso
(Corpus Christi, Texas)
College: Houston
NFL draft: 1972: 1st round, 5th pick
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:396
Receiving yards:5,755
Total TDs:44
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Riley Mackey Odoms (born March 1, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Houston, where he had a highlight year in 1971 with 45 catches for 730 yards and eight touchdowns after playing sparingly the two seasons prior. [1]

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Odoms played his entire NFL career with Denver. He was drafted fifth overall in the 1972 NFL draft, which tied him with Hall of Famer Mike Ditka for the highest drafted tight end ever in the NFL Draft. That record stood for 49 years until the 2021 NFL draft, where University of Florida TE Kyle Pitts was selected fourth overall by the Atlanta Falcons.

Odoms was a four-time Pro Bowl selection and was a two-time All-Pro. He finished his career with 396 receptions for 5,755 yards and 41 touchdowns.

Odoms is the grandson of Baseball Hall of Famer Biz Mackey.

Odoms was inducted into the Broncos' Ring of Fame in 2024.

NFL career statistics

Legend
BoldCareer high

Regular season

YearTeamGamesReceiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1972 DEN 1402132015.2481
1973 DEN 14144362914.6477
1974 DEN 14144263915.2416
1975 DEN 14144054413.6433
1976 DEN 14143047715.9473
1977 DEN 14143742911.6333
1978 DEN 16165482915.4426
1979 DEN 13124063816.0451
1980 DEN 15153959015.1306
1981 DEN 15153851613.6285
1982 DEN 8688210.3180
1983 DEN 2046215.5210
1531343965,75514.54841

Playoffs

YearTeamGamesReceiving
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1977 DEN 338658.1301
1978 DEN 1112424.0240
1979 DEN 11231.530
1983 DEN 10000.000
6511928.4301

References

  1. "Riley Odoms College Stats".