Iowa’s Tevaun Smith didn’t just one-up New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. a day after he set a world record. The junior from Toronto, Canada easily surpassed Beckham’s mark and caught nearly as many one-handed passes in a minute than he did all season.
Beckham originally set the record Thursday by making 33 catches without a drop in 60 seconds. Smith, who caught 43 passes for 596 yards last season, decided he was up to the task with 41 one-handed snags.
The Iowa Hawkeyes athletic department recorded the record-breaking event, via ESPN:.@OBJ_3 you might want to try the one-handed catch thing again because @TheIowaHawkeyes WR Tevaun Smith has you beat. http://t.co/uv2Cb8TKx7
— ESPN Highlights (@HighlightsESPN) January 30, 2015
After being challenged, Beckham will surely attempt to break the new record.
“The type of person I am, I love breaking records, no matter what it is,” Beckham said Thursday in an interview with CBS New York. “I look forward to breaking and going above and beyond what somebody else has done.”