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Emeka Egbuka

WR · Ohio State · Sr · #2

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

NOW IN NFLTampa Bay — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 19, #19 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 2nd NFL season

#19Rd 1 · Pick 19
Tampa BayEntering 2nd NFL season

WR · OHIO STATE · BIG TEN

Emeka Egbuka

  • 4
  • #2
  • 6-1 | 205 lb
  • Steilacoom, WA

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#1511

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2022

2021

Ohio State · WR

2022

Ohio State · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2023

Ohio State · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

NFL Draft 2025 · Rd 1, Pick 19 · #19 overall · Tampa Bay

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2023
1912021
1,1512022
5142023

+169%

Up 169% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★★
#10 national
CFB
College
Ohio State
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R1 &middot; #19
Tampa Bay &middot; 2025

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey2
Measurements6-1 | 205 lb
HometownSteilacoom, WA
Primary teamOhio State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 5-star No. 10 recruit
Composite rating 0.9945 HighSchool
Signed with Ohio State 2021
Origin Steilacoom Steilacoom, WA, USA
Class Profile Context
2021 5-star | 0.9945 No. 10 recruit | HighSchool | Ohio State

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1511Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1140Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★★

to Ohio State

Composite

0.9945

#10 national

NFL Draft

2025 · Rd 1, Pick 19

#19 overall · Tampa Bay

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Emeka Egbuka

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Emeka Egbuka

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Emeka Egbuka already has 3 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #1511 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 3.7% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 10 recruit

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 41 4 rec TD | #178/1110 (84th pct)
Receiving yards 514 12.5 per catch | #210/1107 (81st pct)
Scrimmage yards 539 Total offensive yardage | #210/1107 (81st pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Balanced profile

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
41 84th
YDS
514 81st
YPR
12.5 55th
TD
4 86th

Rushing

CAR
5 78th
YDS
25 72nd
YPC
5.0 57th
TD
0 81st

Returns

PR YDS
23 34th
PR AVG
3.3 18th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Ohio State10-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2023Ohio State4151412.54--
2022Ohio State741,15115.610--
2021Ohio State919121.20--
Career3 loaded seasons1241,85615.014--
SeasonTeam
2023Ohio State525--23--
2022Ohio State11872575--
2021Ohio State----580----
Career3 loaded seasons1611260598--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 3.7% 6.6% pass-game share | #727/1137 (36th pct)
Return yards 23 0 return TD
Touchdowns 4 Across offense and returns | #152/1111 (86th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 41 #178/1110 84th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 514 #210/1107 81st pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 4 #152/1111 86th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 12.5 #494/1106 55th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 23 #149/224 34th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 6.6% #727/1137 36th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 25 #113/397 72nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 9 #182/346 48th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 5 #90/407 78th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 5.0 #170/393 57th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 28 #624/1105 44th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 7 #103/237 57th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 3.3 #182/222 18th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 4.9% #719/1137 37th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 4.3% #509/1137 55th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 3.7% #659/1137 42nd pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 3.6% #717/1137 37th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 3.4% #618/1137 46th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 2.5% #858/1137 25th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.0% #391/1137 66th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Pass share

47.0%

408 pass / 461 run

Plays / game

62.1

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.9%

267 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2022
Ryan Day
Ohio State
2023
Ryan Day
Ohio State

Played his entire career under Ryan Day.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownSteilacoom, WA
Height6'1"
Weight205 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey2

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-Big Ten

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

3 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2024 All-Big Ten all_conference Ohio State | Big Ten WR
2023 All-Big Ten all_conference Ohio State | Big Ten WR
2022 All-Big Ten all_conference Ohio State | Big Ten WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Ohio State WR4 #1511 #1140 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 Ohio State WR4 #201 #161 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Big Ten
2022 Ohio State WR4 #44 #44 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten
2021 Ohio State WR4 #872 #652 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Ohio State Big Ten WR 4 No. 2 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Steilacoom, WA
2023 Ohio State Big Ten WR 4 No. 2 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Steilacoom, WA
2022 Ohio State Big Ten WR 4 No. 2 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Steilacoom, WA
2021 Ohio State Big Ten WR 4 No. 2 | 6-1 | 205 lb | Steilacoom, WA