Odom accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was an
offensive lineman for coach
Steve Spurrier's
Florida Gators football team from
1992 to
1995. Odom was a four-year starter, a senior team captain in 1995, a first-team
All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in
1994 and 1995, and a unanimous first-team All-American in 1995. In his four years as a Gator, the team won three consecutive SEC championships (
1993,
1994,
1995), and played for a
Bowl Alliance national championship in the
1996 Fiesta Bowl. He was inducted into the
University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2010. == Professional career ==