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Emeka Egbuka

WR·Tampa Bay Buccaneers·#2·6'1"·205 lb·Rookie·Ohio State
Tier 2Round 1, pick 19 in 2025
Updated November 10, 2026
76.9
Model Score
Down from 79.0 last year
Trade value ·an early 2nd

Recruited

Class of 2021 · Receiver · High school: Steilacoom, WA

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 10 in the nation. Composite 0.9945, the recruiting sites' average
Offers
Partial list
None on record beyond his commitment
Committed to
Ohio State

Partial offer list. Offer lists for the 2021 class are partial everywhere we can read them: we hold 3 or more offers for 43 of 3,366 recruits, and we grade only those boards.

College: Ohio State 2021-24

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Our College Grade

85.0 MODEL
2022
96.0
2023
66.8
2024
73.0
Ranked #30 among WRBroke out at 19.0

How good he was in college at what his position is supposed to do, out of 100. Scored against everyone else at his position, adjusted for the level he played at. This is not his NFL grade.

College Production

Ohio State · Big Ten

SeasonGTgtRecYdsTDPos Rk
202141091910
202213102741,1661010
20231057415294118
20241693811,0111054

The seasons in our college data. It does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Scouting Report

Ohio State · 2025 draft class

Egbuka is a polished receiver with excellent route-running precision and reliable hands. He creates separation with detailed footwork and subtle body manipulation at the top of routes. Egbuka displays outstanding body control and adjustment to the ball in the air, making difficult catches look routine. His hands are exceptional, rarely dropping catchable passes and plucking the ball away from his frame. After the catch, Egbuka shows good vision and enough elusiveness to create additional yardage. His football intelligence is evident in how he finds soft spots against zone coverage.

Strengths

  • Route-running precision
  • reliable hands
  • body control
  • football intelligence
  • release package
  • zone coverage awareness
  • positional versatility
  • competitive toughness

Concerns

  • Lacks elite top-end speed
  • occasionally struggles against physical press coverage
  • could improve play strength
  • yards after catch ability is good not great

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