Emeka Egbuka Makes A Assertion In NFL Debut

 

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a high-flying offense in 2024, and plenty of anticipated extra of the identical from them in 2025.

Baker Mayfield was coming off a season the place he was top-five within the league in passing yards, as he had nice connections along with his teammates all year long.

The Buccaneers didn’t begin as strongly as they’d have appreciated this yr, with Mayfield solely throwing for 167 yards within the debut.

He did have three landing passes and did sufficient to win the sport, however this workforce’s firepower was noticeably completely different from what it was final yr.

Considered one of their latest additions, Emeka Egbuka, had an excellent debut, which could cowl up for any misfortunes the Buccaneers encountered.

Because the “Rookie Watch” account identified on X, Egbuka’s first recreation was higher than anybody may have anticipated.

He completed the sport with 4 catches and 67 receiving yards, turning two of these receptions into touchdowns.

Emeka Egbuka simply made a STATEMENT in his NFL Debut.

Egbuka already appears to be like able to enter his title into the elite WR dialog.

• 4 receptions
• 67 receiving yards (led workforce)
• 9 dashing yards
• 2 receiving TD’s (led workforce)

And he did it in opposition to names like AJ Terrell,… pic.twitter.com/XEcM9D6Wew

— Rookie Watch (@RookieWatxh) September 7, 2025

The Buccaneers used a first-round choose on Egbuka for a motive,…