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Emeka Egbuka Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #2

Wide Receiver · 6' 1", 205 lbs · Steilacoom, WA · Age 24

Emeka Egbuka is a Wide Receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drafted 19th overall, 2025. In 2026 he caught 15 passes for 154 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 19th overall2-yr veteran
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Emeka Egbuka
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #2 · Wide Receiver
Emeka Egbuka
Season avg15 rec · 154 yds · 1 td
Career avg78 rec · 1,092 yds · 7 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
15rec
154yds
1td
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Scouting report

Emeka Egbuka — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Emeka Egbuka is a Wide Receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drafted 19th overall, 2025. In 2026 he caught 15 passes for 154 yards and 1 touchdowns.
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Receiving
C
Big-play
B+
Scoring
B
Receiving yards
Excellent · offense
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Volume
Excellent · offense
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C
Big-play
Solid · offense
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Scoring
Excellent · offense
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A-
Target share
Excellent · offense
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Act II

Where Emeka Egbuka stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #203 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
165Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Emeka Egbuka — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
154 YDS
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Volume
15 REC
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Big-play
10.3 Y/R
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Scoring
1 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Emeka Egbuka

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
32
rec
12–51
424
rec yds
110–737
3
td
1–5
60
targets
18–101
8
games
3–14
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 15 → projected 32 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season+16.6 rec
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 24 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 17 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Emeka Egbuka career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
20251763938612714.9
2026 in progress · 4 games41515412410.3
Career21781,0927151
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

10–7proj record
75off index
76def index
+17net
64%playoff odds
59roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B- (75), defense B- (76) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 59, pass rush 53, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 10–7 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Emeka Egbuka

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2002-10-14

The beginning

Emeka Egbuka is a Wide Receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in his 2nd NFL season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Turning pro

Drafted 19th overall, 2025 as a Wide Receiver.

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Emeka Egbuka is a Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver, drafted 19th overall, 2025.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 78 passes for 1,092 yards and 7 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 15 passes for 154 yards and 1 touchdown in 2026.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 1"
Weight
205 lbs
Draft
19th overall, 2025
Born
Steilacoom, WA
Age
24
Jersey
#2
Background

Emeka Egbuka is from Steilacoom, WA and is 24 years old. He was drafted 19th overall, 2025 and plays wide receiver at 6' 1", 205 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2025–2026) he has caught 78 passes for 1,092 yards and 7 touchdowns. Egbuka is currently on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster.

The person

Emeka Egbuka is a rotational receiver who has caught 78 passes for 1,092 yards and 7 touchdowns across 2 seasons (2025–2026).

Receiving78 career catches, 1,092 yards, 7 touchdowns.
Best season63 catches for 938 yards in 2025.
Yards per catch14.0 yards per reception over his career.
First-round pedigree19th overall, 2025.
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FAQ

Emeka Egbuka — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Emeka Egbuka, answered.

What position does Emeka Egbuka play?
Emeka Egbuka is a Wide Receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
When was Emeka Egbuka drafted?
Emeka Egbuka was drafted 19th overall, 2025.
How many seasons has Emeka Egbuka played?
2 (2025–2026).
What are Emeka Egbuka's career stats?
He has caught 78 passes for 1,092 yards and 7 touchdowns.
Emeka Egbuka career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR1
listed starter
Snap share
85%
of offensive snaps
Target share
20%
WOPR 0.47
Listed as the starter (WR1) on the current depth chartEvery-down role (85% of snaps)

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ CIN
Week 1 · Tough
Season outlook
53
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 7
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
57
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ CINW2 vs CLEW3 vs MINW4 vs GBW5 @ DALW6 vs PITW7 @ CARW8 vs ATLW9 @ CHIW10 · BYEW11 @ DETW12 vs CARW13 vs LACW14 @ BALW15 vs NOW16 @ ATLW17 vs LAW18 @ NO

Each week grades Emeka Egbuka's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
4
since 2025
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
3
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk1 · Toe2025 Wk12 · Illness2025 Wk8 · Hamstring2025 Wk7 · Hamstring (Questionable)2025 Wk3 · Hip (Questionable)

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 2 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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