Riley Odoms

Riley Odoms
No. 88
Position:	Tight End
Personal information
Born:	March 1, 1950 (age 71); Luling, Texas
Career information
High school:	Corpus Christi (TX) West Oso
College:	Houston
NFL Draft:	1972 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Career history
	Denver Broncos (1972–1983);
Career highlights and awards
	4× Pro Bowl (1973–1975, 1978); 2× First-Team All-Pro (1974, 1975); Second-Team All-Pro (1977);
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
Receptions:	396
Receiving yards:	5,755
Touchdowns:	41
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Riley Mackey Odoms (born March 1, 1950) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at the University of Houston. In 1971, he had 45 catches for 730 yards and 8 TD after playing sparingly the two seasons prior.^[1]

Played his entire professional career with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Odoms was drafted fifth overall in the 1972 NFL Draft, which tied him with 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 Kyle Pitts was selected fourth overall.

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.

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