Emeka Egbuka Injury Update: How His Week 1 Availability Unlocks Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers Offense

SportsLine expert Alex Selesnick (aka PropStarz) enters the 2026 NFL season on a 68-55 run. Now, he has revealed his top prop picks for NFL Week 1

Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles told reporters last week that receivers Emeka Egbuka and Jalen McMillan were “headed in the right direction” as they deal with their respective injuries.

Pro Football Network's Kyle Soppe believes Buccaneers WR Emeka Egbuka's toe injury could create major value for fantasy managers in 2026.

Emeka Egbuka opened his rookie season looking like the single best pick in fantasy football. He closed it as a player that most managers could not justify starting.

Egbuka’s 37 percent air yards conversion rate was among the lowest in the NFL among wideouts who had at least 40 targets. Egbuka was 104th out of 110 qualifying wideouts in ESPN’s open score, which measures how much separation a pass catcher gets. Xavier Legette and Adam Thielen were among the receivers with a higher open score than Egbuka.

Emeka Egbuka enters 2026 without Mike Evans lining up beside him, but he is taking into his second season something that Evans gave him: confidence. Speaking