| Emeka Egbuka | |
| School: | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| Currentnumber: | 2 |
| Currentposition: | Wide receiver |
| Class: | Senior |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Dupont, Washington, U.S. |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightin: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 205 |
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| Highschool: | Steilacoom (Steilacoom, Washington) |
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| Espn: | 4567750 |
Emeka Egbuka (born October 18, 2002) is an American football wide receiver for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Egbuka grew up in DuPont, Washington and attended Steilacoom High School.[1] He was named the Washington Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior after he caught 83 passes for 1,607 yards and 25 touchdowns and compiled 2,240 all-purpose yards with three punt return touchdowns and four rushing touchdowns.[2] [3] Egbuka was rated a five-star recruit and committed to play college football at Ohio State.[4]
Egbuka joined the Ohio State Buckeyes as an early enrollee in January 2021, forgoing his senior season at Steilacoom which had been moved to the spring due to COVID-19.[5] He played in 11 games as a freshman and caught nine passes for 191 yards.[6] He also returned 20 kickoffs for 580 yards and was named honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference.[7] [8] As a sophomore in 2022, Egbuka recorded over 1,000 receiving yards.
| Games | Receiving | Rushing | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Ret | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 191 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20 | 580 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 74 | 1,151 | 15.6 | 10 | 11 | 87 | 7.9 | 2 | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 515 | 12.6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Career[9] | 34 | 23 | 124 | 1,857 | 15.0 | 14 | 16 | 112 | 7.0 | 2 | 39 | 703 | 18.0 | 0 | |
Egbuka's grandfather Ronald Frederick is the current mayor of his hometown of Dupont, Washington.[10]