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New Giants receivers coach Tyke Tolbert has deep ties with Odell Beckham Jr., per report

If the Giants want a position coach who can coddle Odell Beckham Jr., they’ve turned to the right man. Tyke Tolbert has done that before.

“I played college ball with Odell’s dad [Odell Beckham Sr.] at LSU, and I went to school with his mom, Heather [Van Norman], at LSU,” Tolbert told The Courier of Montgomery County (Texas) this week, confirming that he’s agreed to be the new wide receivers coach on Pat Shurmur’s staff with the Giants. “I told Odell when he was born, I held him as a baby outside of our dorm at LSU.