Egbuka is the all-time leading pass-catcher for Ohio State, a program that annually cranks out some of the best pass-catchers in the NFL. He thrives in the slot but can play all three receiver positions and is the type of football-obsessed prospect who fits perfectly into the Buccaneers’ culture. Tampa Bay didn’t have him in for a “Top 30” visit prior to the draft, but Licht said that was because the team had absolutely “no questions” it needed to answer about him.<\/p>\n
“He’s a true pro, mature beyond his years,” said Licht. “He’s a perfectionist. He’s been in a great program, with a great wide receivers coach, in a great room. Lot of lineage there that he takes a lot of pride in. A lot to love about him, and on top of that he’s a really good player. We’re really excited to have him; he’s our type of guy.<\/p>\n
“You can’t find anybody to say anything bad about this guy, in terms of his leadership, his commitment, his passion, his accountability. It’s all top notch. In fact, we have a football character grade and he’s the highest of the high. That on top of being a great player is something that we’re very proud of.”<\/p>\n
The selection of Egbuka is very easy to understand from a long-term perspective. As dominant a duo as Evans and Godwin are, it’s only prudent to begin planning for the future at what has become an increasingly important position. But Licht is also excited to see how first-year Offensive Coordinator Josh Grizzard can employ all of these targets at the same time, presuming all four are healthy.<\/p>\n
“There is a rotation as well, too,” said Licht. “We can play with four wide receivers, as well. There’s a lot of things that Grizz is licking his chops about right now. You can’t have too many good ones.<\/p>\n
“[Egbuka] is a very versatile guy. He can play all three positions, and we like that about him. He’s very smart, so he’s going to be a quick study. Added to J-Mac, who we love, and then Mike and Chris, who are elite, it’s going to be fun to watch. It’s going to be fun to see how it works out.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Egbuka is the all-time leading pass-catcher for Ohio State, a program that annually cranks out some of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2077],"tags":[80,6373,211,508,702,198,7,6,704,250,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-10387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","9":"tag-2025pick19","10":"tag-buccaneers","11":"tag-draft-tracker-card","12":"tag-emeka-egbuka","13":"tag-featured","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-tampa-bay","17":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","18":"tag-tampabay","19":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114422647688586417","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}