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Emeka Egbuka

Emeka Egbuka is a wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Emeka Egbuka: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Emeka Egbuka at a glance

Emeka Egbuka is a 24-year-old wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, listed at 6'1" and 205 pounds. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Egbuka 19th overall in the first round in 2025, out of Ohio State; this is year two in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Egbuka at 227.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR12 at the position and works out to 14.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Egbuka has scored 71.1 PPR points, or 11.8 per game. That is 31.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Egbuka would finish with about 201 points, behind the 227.9 projected. The best week so far is 17.8 points in Week 6 against PIT, the WR12 finish that week. Egbuka has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 2 of 6 games, a 33% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Egbuka ranks in the 83rd percentile in target share, the 79th percentile in receptions and the 71st percentile in average separation. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 6th percentile in yards per target.

Career track record

2025 is the only completed season on record: Egbuka finished as WR23 with 195.7 PPR points in 17 games. The totals so far read 91 receptions, 1,178 receiving yards and 8 receiving touchdowns.

Emeka Egbuka by the numbers

Egbuka has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 3 times and finished in the top twelve 5 times. The career high is 31.3 PPR points, set in Week 5 of 2025 against SEA, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 3 100-yard receiving games. In all, Egbuka has reached 20 points in 4 games, 17% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Egbuka drew 6.6 targets per game at an average depth of 10.3 air yards. 21% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 5 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Egbuka is playing on a four-year, $18.2 million contract signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2025, an average of $4.5 million per year with $18.2 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Egbuka carries a GV stock price of 4,917, which ranks 145th overall and WR54 among wide receivers out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Egbuka 163rd overall. Value has moved up 0.6 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Drake London, DJ Moore and Ladd McConkey. See where Egbuka sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
227.9
PPR / game
14.6

Week 3 projection

Emeka Egbuka is projected for 11.2 PPR points at home against MIN in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 27.2.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.6 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
49.2
Dynasty
47.7
Superflex redraft
60.2
Superflex dynasty
60.8
TE premium dynasty
28.7

Compare Emeka Egbuka on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026TB64928240221171.1
2025TB1712763938629195.7

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