Odell Beckham, fantasy star, doesn't care about your fantasy team

New York Giants rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. doesn't have time to live in fantasy land. 

Beckham has electrified the NFL this season with his playmaking ability and has shown crossover appeal by catching the attention of athletes in other sports, most notably scoring a dinner with NBA superstar LeBron James last month. He is the favorite to be named the NFL's offensive rookie of the year thanks to his 71 catches, 972 yards and nine touchdowns, and he has also become wildly popular among fantasy football owners. If you own Beckham, there's a good chance he helped you reach this week's championship round in your league.

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He admits that he gets asked about his fantasy football impact “all the time” by fans. And while most of those people are probably grateful at this point, he doesn't really care about fantasy stats.

“People talk to me about fantasy all the time. It is something that I really don’t pay much mind to it because I don’t like [it] ….I am on someone’s fantasy team, 'do good for me.' I don’t play football to play for someone’s fantasy team,” Beckham said. “I play because this is what I love to do, this is now my job. Like I said, I really don’t pay much mind to it. I know earlier when I was hurt and would see the little tweets, 'Oh, I dropped you from my fantasy team,' and that is on them. I am not the coach, people tweeting asking 'Should I start you in fantasy?' In the back of my mind, I’m like, 'I’m not your coach, I am not the team’s coach, so you do what you need to do.'"

Having played his college ball at LSU where his every move was scrutinized, nothing should shock this first-round pick. But Beckham admits to a fair amount of surprise at just how big fantasy football is.

Despite the allure to most fans he won't be attending a draft anytime soon.

“No, it is not my thing. I don’t have time to do substitutions and anything like that,” Beckham said. “It just too much time. I feel like it is too time consuming.”

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Kristian R. Dyer writes for Metro New York and is a contributor to Yahoo! Sports. Follow him on Twitter @KristianRDyer