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Odom played only a year - in 1964 - in the American Football League for the Oilers; one of his teammates was another player from Minden, Charles Taylor "Charlie" Hennigan (1935-2017).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bing.com/search?q=Houston%20Oilers%201964%20roster&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=houston%20oilers%201964%20roster&sc=3-26&sk=&cvid=EC7E1EF0B519497CA5C81A69CE5EC4D6|title=Houston Oilers 1964 Roster|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|accessdate=July 5, 2020}}</ref>
After his sports career endedtime with the Oilers, Odom lived in Shreveport, where he founded the flag football program at the Agnew Town and Country School. In 1971,he relocated to Mansfield in DeSoto Parish, south of Shreveport. There, he operated the Dunn-Odom Insurance Agency for fourteen years. At the time of his death, Odom was the administrator for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury, the governing agency of the parish, akin to the county judge in other states. He was a member too for fifteen years of the DeSoto Regional Hospital Board. Odom's brother, Charles D. Odom (born 1951) of Minden, served on the Webster Parish Police Jury; Odom's nephew, "Chad" Odom (born 1975), ran unsuccessfully for [[mayor]] of Minden in 2014 but was defeated by [[Tommy Davis]].
Odom died of a sudden illness two months after his fiftieth birthday. In addition to his younger brother, Charles Odom, he was survived by his wife, the former Cheryl Yarborough; a son, Samuel Joseph "Bo" Odom, Jr. of Mansfield; two daughters, Joel Caral Odom Salley and husband, Thomas Addison Salley,
