Wide Receiver Emeka Egbuka was selected with the No. 19 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
• Emeka had a fabulous, four-year career at Ohio State that included his being named a team captain in 2024 and his helping the Buckeyes win the 2025 College Football Playoff national championship
• He led the team in receptions in 2024 with 81 plus had 1,011 receiving yards (and 10 touchdowns) and joined Marvin Harrison Jr. as the only Buckeyes to have two 1,000-yard receiving seasons
• He capped his career with six receptions vs. Notre Dame in the CFP championship game and fi nished as the school record-holder for career receptions with 205, breaking K.J. Hill's record of 201, set between 2016-19
• Also finished his career second all-time at Ohio State with 2,868 career receiving yards and he finished seventh with 24 touchdown receptions
• As a senior, he ranked fifth in the Big Ten in receptions, fourth in yards and third in TD receptions
• He played in 51 games as a Buckeye and started 40 consecutive games to finish his career
• Caught at least one pass in his final 40 games played
• Had career highs of 10 receptions vs. Oregon in 2024, nine vs. Notre Dame and Michigan in 2023 and eight vs. Georgia in 2022, and he had a high game of 143 receiving yards vs. Michigan State in 2023
• Made a spectacular one-handed grab with two defenders covering him and scored from 42 yards out in the CFP quarterfinal win over No. 1 Oregon at the Rose Bowl
• Scored a career-best three touchdowns in the 2024 win over Iowa and had two TD receptions vs. Western Kentucky in 2023 and Wisconsin in 2022
• Had seven 100-plus yard receiving games
• Battled through an injury in 2023 that kept him out of three games (Purdue, Penn State and Wisconsin), but still caught 41 passes for 515 yards and four touchdowns and was named third-team all-Big Ten by the conference coaches
• Had an outstanding 2022 campaign in which he finished ninth nationally in receiving yards with 1,151 and ninth nationally with 46 receptions of 10-or- more yards
• His 2022 campaign included 74 receptions and 10 touchdowns in addition to his impressive yardage total of 1,151 that ranks seventh at Ohio State for a single season
• Was 15th nationally in 2022 with 19 catches of 20-or-more yards
• Ranked third in the Big Ten in receptions, yards and touchdowns and was named second-team all-Big Ten
• A 2022 finalist for the Paul Hornung Award
• Had six 100-yard receiving games in 2022 to rank fi fth in Ohio State history
• His 100-yard receiving games featured 143 yards vs. Michigan State in addition to 125 yards vs. Michigan, 112 vs. Georgia, 118 vs. both Wisconsin and Arkansas State and 116 vs. Toledo
• Lettered as a true freshman in 2021 after getting off ensive snaps in eight games and playing in 11 games
• Was No. 1 in the Big Ten Conference and No. 12 nationally with a kickoff return average of 29.0 yards per return in 2021
• Averaged over 41 yards per kickoff return (4 ret.; 166 yards) in the win over Maryland with a season-long return of 67 yards
• Earned Freshman All-America status by Pro Football Focus
• Caught nine passes for 191 yards as a freshman with a team-high 21.2 yards- per-catch average
• Had an 85-yard catch-and-run reception from Kyle McCord vs. Akron that represents the third-longest pass play in school history and the sixth-longest play overall from scrimmage
• Had an outstanding Rose Bowl game with 163 kickoff return yards and three receptions for 46 yards with a long of 30 yards
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2024: Team captain, third-team all-Big Ten (coaches), Academic all-Big Ten Conference, One of three team reps at Big Ten Media Days
• 2023: Graduated in December with his degree in marketing, third-team all- Big Ten (coaches), OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• 2022: Finalist for the Paul Hornung Award, second-team all-Big Ten Conference (coaches & media), College Sports Communicators Academic All- American (second team), Academic all-Big Ten, OSU Scholar-Athlete
• 2021: Freshman All-American (Pro Football Focus), honorable mention all-Big Ten on special teams, OSU Scholar-Athlete
MORE ON EMEKA
• Emeka enrolled in classes at Ohio State in January 2021, one of 14 from the 2021 recruiting class to arrive early
• A consensus fi ve-star prospect who is the nation's top-ranked wide receiver and the No. 8 overall player according to 247Sports
• The 2019 Gatorade Player of the Year is the state of Washington
• Caught 83 passes for 1,607 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior
• Also returned three punts for scores and rushed for four TDs
• Totaled 2,240 all-purpose yards
• Recorded 28 tackles and eight interceptions from his defensive back position and returned two for touchdowns
• Helped Steilacoom reach the 2A state championship game where he set a title-game record with 18 receptions for 163 yards and three touchdowns to go along with eight tackles and an interceptions
• Caught 199 passes for nearly 4,000 yards and 61 TDs in his career
• Washington moved its 2020 high school football season to the spring of 2021 and thus Egbuka did not play a senior season
• Was also a standout baseball player
• Parents are Henry Egbuka and Rhonda Ogilvie; step father is Eric Ogilvie
