After spending the first four seasons of his career with the Colts, George Odum is off to the NFC. The safety and special teams ace is signing with the 49ers, reports NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport (on Twitter). It’s a three-year deal worth $10.95MM.
“I wanted to start out by saying how grateful I am to the city of Indianapolis and the Colts organization,” Odum said in a statement on Twitter. “I wanted to thank Mr. Irsay and Ballard for giving a kid from Central Arkansas an opportunity to play in the NFL! I also wanted to thank Dodds, Reich, Flus, Allen, Bubba and many more for always believing in me and helping me grow both on and off the field! I wanted to thank each and every teammate that helped push me and help me grow over the past 4 years!”
Odum was an undrafted free agent out of Central Arkansas in 2018, and he ended up transforming into one of the best gunners in the NFL. Odum earned a first-team All-Pro nod for special teams in 2020 after leading the NFL with 21 special teams tackles.
The 28-year-old played a larger role on defense in 2021, appearing in a career-high 43 percent of his team’s defensive snaps. He saw time in 17 games (seven starts), collecting a career-high 55 tackles, one forced fumble, and one interception.
Packers really need a guy like Odum… they need any special teams help they can get lol
He’s a solid sub safety too. Colts messed up not keeping him.
If the firing of Hightower didn’t do it, the signings of LB/ST Ace Burks, S/ST Ace Odum, and KR/PR/WR RayRay should tell everyone what Lynch and Kyle’s primary focus was this offseason!! lol
I think Kyle especially had about enough of his coverage and return units last year being a complete negative for the team.
Their weaknesses last year were ST coverage and return units, CB depth, OL depth, deep speed threat WR to compliment Deebo, Aiyuk, and Jennings, and a 2nd Pass Catching TE…
So far, they’ve addressed the first two, but they’ve also lost some depth at the Edge position as well losing Key and J.Willis..
Draft and a few more depth signings should do the trick
we have not lost Key or Willis yet as they both mentioned they would like to return to Niners