Emeka Egbuka with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2025
With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2025. Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Ohio State, 2021–⁠24

Emeka Egbuka

Number
No. 2
Height
6′1″
Weight
205 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Steilacoom, WA
Born
Oct 14, 2002, in Tacoma, Washington

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Emeka Egbuka played receiver at Ohio State (2021–⁠24). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Egbuka in the first round, No. 19 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,151
Receiving yards, 2022 (Ohio State, 11–⁠2)
National rank
No. 9
In FBS in receiving yards, 2022
Drafted
No. 19
Overall, 2025 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Career highs

10catches, career highat Oregon, 2024143receiving yards, career highat Michigan State, 20223receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Iowa, 2024

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021Ohio State919121.2085
2022Ohio State741,15115.61069
2023Ohio State4151412.5428
2024Ohio State811,01112.51068
Career2052,86714.02485

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2021Ohio State205800–––
2022Ohio State125011750
2023Ohio State–––7230
2024Ohio State–––1−10
Career21605019970

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Ohio State11877.9227
2023Ohio State5255.009
2024Ohio State8334.1013
Career241456.0227

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Ohio State2WRFr.
2022Ohio State2WRSo.
2023Ohio State2WRJr.
2024Ohio State2WRSr.6′1″205

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021Ohio State101.38––13.8–
2022Ohio State1130.8367th (n=683)0.7193.713%
2023Ohio State630.6834th (n=681)0.8042.710%
2024Ohio State1000.8337th (n=581)0.9283.310%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Ohio State 16 games, 81 catches, 1,011 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.AkronW 52–⁠64510–––
Sep 7vs.Western MichiganW 56–⁠05980–––
Sep 21vs.MarshallW 49–⁠1451171–––
Sep 28atMichigan StateW 38–⁠77961–––
Oct 5vs.IowaW 35–⁠79713–––
Oct 12atOregonL 31–⁠3210931–––
Oct 26vs.NebraskaW 21–⁠173200–––
Nov 2atPenn StateW 20–⁠133311–––
Nov 9vs.PurdueW 45–⁠01101–––
Nov 16vs.NorthwesternW 31–⁠72250–––
Nov 23vs.IndianaW 38–⁠157801–––
Nov 30vs.MichiganL 10–⁠134510–––
Dec 21 ✦vs.TennesseeW 42–⁠175810–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.OregonW 41–⁠215721–––
Jan 10 ✦vs.TexasW 28–⁠145510––1
Jan 20 ✦vs.Notre DameW 34–⁠236640–––
2023 Ohio State 10 games, 41 catches, 514 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2atIndianaW 23–⁠33160––2
Sep 9vs.Youngstown StateW 35–⁠75941––2
Sep 16vs.Western KentuckyW 63–⁠104572–––
Sep 23atNotre DameW 17–⁠147960––1
Oct 7vs.MarylandW 37–⁠173400––2
Nov 4atRutgersW 35–⁠164290–––
Nov 11vs.Michigan StateW 38–⁠31120–––
Nov 18vs.MinnesotaW 37–⁠35830–––
Nov 25atMichiganL 24–⁠303241–––
Dec 29 ✦vs.MissouriL 3–⁠146630–––
2022 Ohio State 13 games, 74 catches, 1,151 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.Notre DameW 21–⁠1099011251
Sep 10vs.Arkansas StateW 45–⁠1241181––1
Sep 17vs.ToledoW 77–⁠2171161––1
Sep 24vs.WisconsinW 52–⁠2161182––1
Oct 1vs.RutgersW 49–⁠104700––1
Oct 8atMichigan StateW 49–⁠2051431––1
Oct 22vs.IowaW 54–⁠106801––1
Oct 29atPenn StateW 44–⁠316530––1
Nov 5atNorthwesternW 21–⁠7260––1
Nov 12vs.IndianaW 56–⁠142381––2
Nov 19atMarylandW 43–⁠306820–––
Nov 26vs.MichiganL 23–⁠4591251–––
Dec 31 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 41–⁠4281121–––
2021 Ohio State 8 games, 20 returns, 580 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 11vs.OregonL 28–⁠35–––256–
Sep 18vs.TulsaW 41–⁠20–––253–
Sep 25vs.AkronW 59–⁠71850–––
Oct 9vs.MarylandW 66–⁠1733104166–
Oct 23atIndianaW 54–⁠72290142–
Nov 6atNebraskaW 26–⁠17–––124–
Nov 13vs.PurdueW 59–⁠31–––376–
Jan 1 ✦vs.UtahW 48–⁠4534607163–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025Combine or pro day 2025
Height6′0⅞″
Weight202 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan76⅝″
40-yard dash4.48 s
10-yard split1.50 sW
Vertical jump38″W
20-yard shuttle4.12 sW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 22 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2025Tampa Bay Buccaneers17639386
2026 (so far)Tampa Bay Buccaneers5211921
NFL career22841,1307

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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