Emeka Egbuka is one of the top wide receivers in the 2025 NFL Draft class. He’s widely projected to go late in the first or early in the second round. The Ohio State star is also the oldest of three siblings, and his younger brother and sister look up to him.
Meet Emeka Egbuka’s Siblings
Egbuka was born to Henry Egbuka and Rhonda Ogilvie and is the oldest child in the family. He has a younger brother, Keenan, who is 14, and a younger sister, Eva, who is 11, as of 2025. Emeka is 22 years old.
In a 2021 interview with The Columbus Dispatch, Egbuka called his brother a “problem child” and joked that it made him look better. But he also said Keenan had a good heart and a love for sports.
“He looks up to me a lot, and just being able to be someone he can model after,” Egbuka said. “And he plays sports like me. He plays every sport growing up, kind of like I did. So being able to coach him, and stuff like that.
“I actually had the opportunity to coach him on his flag football team. I was an assistant coach. So that was really fun growing up. But he’s, at his core, he’s a really sweet kid. Really nice kid with a really big heart, and that’s the thing I love about him.”
Egbuka also spoke about his younger sister, Eva, who he described as the most competitive person he knows.
“My sister, her name is Eva. She turned eight in August — August 31. And she is the most competitive person I know. She’s way more competitive than I am, and I think of myself as one of the most competitive people ever. My sister, she’s a gymnast, and her practices are like four hours long. And whenever she doesn’t do a stunt right, she comes home, she’s visibly upset.
“Like, you can tell. And she’ll practice it for hours in our living room just trying to perfect it. You know, she’s a big perfectionist. That kind of runs in the family a little bit, but she definitely got the most out of that.”
Egbuka takes pride in being the oldest sibling and says being a good role model is what matters most to him.
“The most important thing that I have to model for them is, I would say, just living Christlike. Just setting that example. You can just be a light in other people’s life, and they see that, and they can take after that.”
So far, he’s set a big example to follow. Egbuka had a strong college career with the Buckeyes. He recorded 2,868 receiving yards and 24 touchdowns on a school-record 205 catches. He also added 145 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.
Egbuka earned All-Big Ten honors three times and helped Ohio State win the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2024.
