The Ohio State football program was led by a lot of upperclassmen during their run to the national championship. Those upperclassmen were a major reason why the Buckeyes emerged victorious in each of their four grueling College Football Playoff games.
Now, most of them head to Indianapolis to showcase their individual skills at the NFL Combine. They will try their best to increase their draft stock ahead of the NFL Draft in April. The Buckeyes don’t have the top-level talent in this year’s draft, but they have more Combine invites than anyone else in college football.
Of the whopping 15 invites that the Ohio State Buckeyes have for the Combine, there’s one specific player who has an opportunity to test well and increase their draft stock. This one player was overshadowed this year by his counterpart, but is still a very good receiver. That player is Emeka Egbuka.
Emeka Egbuka has a shot to increase his draft stock greatly at the Combine
Egbuka has had a strange last two years of his college career. Two years ago, he was hampered by an ankle injury that limited him to just ten games. Even when he was out there in those games, he clearly wasn’t moving around the same as he had in 2022 when he finished with 1,151 yards and 10 touchdowns.
He decided to come back in 2024 to show everyone that he is still a good player when he’s healthy. Egbuka played in every game and was back to being great, but he was still overshadowed by Jeremiah Smith, who might be the best player in all of college football.
Despite that, Egbuka was able to put up 81 catches for 1,011 yards and 10 touchdowns. He left Ohio State as the all-time leader in receptions and finished second all-time in yards. The Combine is a perfect opportunity for Egbuka to show how good of an athlete he is.
