The Buccaneers added to their big-name WR room by taking Ohio State WR Emeka Egbuka at No. 19 overall. Egbuka will join Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Jalen McMillan in catching passes from Baker Mayfield. Let’s break this selection down fantasy-wise.
EMEKA EGBUKA
- Egbuka contributed little as a freshman while competing with Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, and Marvin Harrison Jr. for playing time, but he posted 74 catches for 1,151 yards and 10 receiving TDs as a sophomore (and 11/87/2 on the ground). He suffered a midseason ankle injury that required tightrope surgery as a junior and clearly wasn’t the same player over the second half of the season. In his final season in Columbus last year, Egbuka regained form and totaled 1,011 yards, finishing second all-time behind Michael Jenkins in career receiving yards at Ohio State. He never had a true dominant season while competing for targets with the aforementioned WRs and future first-rounder Jeremiah Smith, but he was the epitome of consistency when healthy for the Buckeyes over his final three college seasons. Scouts say he is a strong, physical WR who can play inside and out, and he draws comparisons to his former teammate Smith-Njigba. Egbuka hasn’t flashed the ceiling of some of the other top wideouts in this class, but he amassed multiple years of respectable production despite high-end target competition.
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