Nepotism is a helluva drug. Just ask Odell Beckham Jr.'s cousin and Instagram fitness model Terron Beckham. According to interviews with WCBS-TV last week, nepotism currently has Beckham thinking that, without having played anything past high school football, that he can just waltz his way into the NFL as a running back. Psh! That's ridiculous… Oh wait. Wait, just look at that vertical. Oh, good lord.While it's preposterous to say that being incredibly fit and sharing genes with one of the most awe-inspiring wide receivers in the NFL can suddenly gift you the talent to play in one of the most sought-after leagues in the world, there are enough signs that the 23-year-old can at least match—or perhaps best—some NFL players' workouts."They're going to get a workhorse," Beckham told WCBS-TV last week. "Marshawn Lynch and [Adrian Peterson] transformed into one person."Beckham, at 5'11" and 230 pounds, claims via social media that he can bench press 225 pounds 42 times (which beats out previous combine record of 32 reps for running backs), and has a 45-inch vertical jump. And that's… damn.So all of these things look good on paper, but how do they look to coaches? The New York Post talked to an anonymous NFL personnel executive about his chances, which, given Beckham's lack of a college career, seem a bit slim."An extreme long shot," the executive said. "You look under every rock, though, so he'll get a look."Beckham is slated to try out in a "shadow combine" on February 25 in Indianapolis—a combine typical for players who hope to make the draft, but weren't invited to the national scouting combine or regional combines. It's basically a shot at a shot. Hot tip for Beckham, though: maybe he should start posting fewer images of him as a gym rat, or in cosplay costumes, and start showing some videos of him actually playing ball. That's what will impress them.
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