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Emeka Egbuka

Tampa Bay Buccaneers#21 yrs expOhio State73 · 205 lb
66Form
60Established
Situation-dependent#81 of 145 wide receivers
Games17last 17
Targets1257.4 a game
Catches6350% caught
Yards92154 a game
TDs4
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 145 wide receivers

Best at volume, weak efficiency

Each axis is a percentile against every qualified wide receiver over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).

Volume: 84th percentileDepth: 73th percentileSeparation: 31th percentileAfter the catch: 82th percentileHands: 20th percentileEfficiency: 19th percentileVolume84thDepth73rdSeparation31stAfter the catch82ndHands20thEfficiency19th
EgbukaPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeAbove avgshare of team targets
23.4%84th pct
DepthAbove avgavg depth of target
12.6 yd73rd pct
SeparationBelow avgyards of separation at the catch
2.53 yd31st pct
After the catchAbove avgYAC over expected per catch
+1.2 yd82nd pct
HandsBelow avgdrop rate
6.4% drops20th pct
EfficiencyBelow avgEPA per target
+0.0219th pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

66: situation-dependent

One number for how well Egbuka has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified wide receiver; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 60 (#80 of 121).

Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
49
Consistencyhow steady game to game
4
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
86
Trend, last 6 gamesSteady
Schedule facedTough

Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.

Top wide receivers · F&D form now
The matchup · week 3 · MIN at TB

Where Egbuka can hurt the Vikings

How he gets his production, set against how the Vikings have held up in their last 17 games. Ranks are of 32.

Emeka Egbuka · against MIN

The shot plays are there

Profile

Where his targets come from

Share of his targets. The white tick is the league average.

Short (under 10)
44%
Intermediate
35%
Deep (20+)
21%
Left side
41%
Middle
23%
Right side
36%

How MIN defend it

Ranked of 32, last 17 games. Green is a weakness to attack.

Short (under 10)
9th
Intermediate
1st
Deep (20+)
32nd
Left side
12th
Middle
23rd
Right side
1st
Yards after catch allowed
29th
Sack rate forced
1st
The read
  1. Minnesota rank 32nd against deep balls, and 21% of Egbuka's targets travel 20+ yards (the average WR is at 17%).
  2. Don't force short throws: they've been Egbuka's worst return (-0.13 EPA a target), and Minnesota are 9th there.
  3. Work the middle: 23% of his targets go that way and Minnesota rank 23rd defending throws there.
  4. Contested catches aren't his edge this week: he's 31st percentile for separation and 20th for hands, and Byron Murphy and Fabian Moreau both allow fewer yards per target than the average corner (7.4).
  5. Free data doesn't show who covers whom on each snap, so this is the defence's profile, not a confirmed one-on-one.

MIN's corners, last 17 games

Who is likely to see him. Free data doesn't say who covers whom on each snap, so this is the group, not a confirmed matchup.

CornerTargetsYds / targetCatch %Depth facedRating
Isaiah Rodgers838.363%8.789
Byron Murphy816.360%7.478
Fabian Moreau193.747%5.661

The average corner allows 7.4 yards per target. Red is tighter than average, green is looser.

Full game preview
Floor and ceiling

How his games are spread

0–24 yds: 5 games025–49 yds: 5 games2550–74 yds: 3 games5075–99 yds: 1 games75100–124 yds: 2 games100125–149 yds: 0 games125150–174 yds: 1 games150
10/17games with 40+ yds
6/17games with 60+ yds
4/17games with 80+ yds
3/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 7.4 targets25 wk 3: 825 wk 4: 1025 wk 5: 725 wk 6: 425 wk 7: 1225 wk 8: 925 wk 10: 1325 wk 11: 925 wk 12: 825 wk 13: 825 wk 14: 925 wk 15: 725 wk 16: 225 wk 17: 525 wk 18: 326 wk 1: 626 wk 2: 525 wk 326 wk 2
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPA
26 wk 2CLE5316175-1.7
26 wk 1CIN6563084+4.8
25 wk 18CAR318028-4.8
25 wk 17MIA5320061-4.7
25 wk 16CAR2140040+3.0
25 wk 15ATL74640111+3.5
25 wk 14NO92150132-2.8
25 wk 13ARI8442084-2.0
25 wk 12LA8332087-1.9
25 wk 11BUF9540042-4.4
25 wk 10NE1361151144+2.5
25 wk 8NO9335099-2.3
25 wk 7DET124580175-8.3
25 wk 6SF4224046-0.3
25 wk 5SEA771631131+17.1
25 wk 4PHI1041011148+0.4
25 wk 3NYJ8685092+4.3