Emeka Egbuka Week 18 Preview vs. the Panthers

Emeka Egbuka will be running routes against the 14th-ranked passing defense in the league when his Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Carolina Panthers in Week 18, on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Egbuka has posted a team-best 930-yard campaign thus far (58.1 yards receiving per game) with six TDs, hauling in 62 throws on 124 targets.

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Egbuka vs. the Panthers

• Egbuka vs the Panthers (since 2021): 1 GP / 40 REC YPG / 0 REC TD
• Five players have recorded 100 or more receiving yards in a game against Carolina in the 2025 season.
• The Panthers have surrendered a TD pass to 18 opposing players this year.
• Carolina has allowed two or more TD receptions to just one opposing player on the season.
• The 204.3 passing yards per game given up by the Panthers defense makes them the NFL's 14th-ranked pass defense.
• Opponents of the Panthers have scored 19 touchdowns through the air (1.2 per game). The Panthers' defense is eighth in the league in that category.

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Egbuka Receiving Insights

• Egbuka, in eight of 16 games, has hit the over on his receiving yards prop bet.
• Egbuka has been targeted on 124 of his team's 536 passing attempts this season (23.1% target share).
• He is averaging 7.5 yards per target (64th in NFL play), racking up 930 yards on 124 passes thrown his way.
• Egbuka has hauled in a touchdown pass in five of 16 games this season, including more than one TD reception in one contest.
• He has scored six of his team's 38 offensive touchdowns this season (15.8%).
• Egbuka has been targeted 10 times in the red zone (17.9% of his team's 56 red zone pass attempts).

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Egbuka's Recent Performance