TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie first-round draft pick Emeka Egbuka isn't flinching at the notion that he'll be called upon an awful lot heading into his first NFL game on Sept. 7.
"I mean they drafted me for a specific reason, a specific purpose," Egbuka, the 19th pick in the 2025 NFL draft, told ESPN.
The Bucs open at the Atlanta Falcons, with Mercedes Benz Stadium being the place where Egbuka won his last college game, the College Football Playoff National Championship.