Is Emeka Egbuka Destined For Stardom? | Rookies Experts Love To Draft (Ep. 1660)

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Is Emeka Egbuka Destined For Stardom? | Rookies Experts Love To Draft (Ep. 1660)
August 21, 2025 – iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

In this episode, host Chris Welsh is joined by two prominent fantasy football experts, Pat Fitzmorris (FantasyPros) and Jake Seeley (The Athletic), to break down the rookies that fantasy football experts are prioritizing in their drafts for the 2025 season. The trio discusses their must-draft rookies across all formats (redraft, best ball, dynasty), offers actionable advice on late-round sleepers, and debates players with potential for immediate stardom—including whether Emeka Egbuka is on the path to NFL greatness.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Top Rookie Receivers to Target

Tetteroa McMillan (Carolina Panthers)

• Pat Fitzmorris’s pick:
  • “I've got him ranked wide receiver 16 right now. ... He averaged 108.8 yards per game over his final two college seasons despite some pretty mediocre quarterback play, McMillan is going to be Bryce Young's top receiver from the jump.” (01:03)
  • Pat is extremely bullish due to McMillan’s combination of size (6’5”), draft capital (top 10 pick), and NFL-readiness as a route runner.
  • Projects McMillan as a potential top-10 target earner in Carolina.
• Jake Seeley’s perspective:
  • More skeptical about McMillan’s situation than the player:
    • “I love Teteroa McMillan, the player. I don't love Teteroa McMillan, the Carolina Panther... My concern is still that Bryce Young isn't going to be the biggest aDOT thrower.” (01:53)
    • Predicts McMillan finishing as a top-25 receiver but not quite fulfilling WR1 upside due to quarterback and offense limitations.

Matthew Golden (Green Bay Packers)

• Jake Seeley’s under-the-radar rookie pick:
  • “Matthew Golden... is stepping in to be the one for his team. ... There's just so many questions where the answer sitting here has been who can finally be the one for the Packers last year.” (03:57)
  • Points to injuries decimating the Packers receiving corps, giving Golden a shot at immediate, significant target volume.
  • Seeley ranks him inside his top 35, seeing upside for much more if Jordan Love rebounds.
• Pat’s analysis:
  • Expresses mild skepticism but acknowledges opportunity:
    • “Golden is reportedly at a really good camp. He's fast, like he's just what the doctor ordered for the Packers...” (05:58)
  • Notes Golden’s production surge at Texas last year and the urgent need for receiving talent in Green Bay.

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2. Best Rookies by Format

A. Redraft Leagues

• Tyler Warren (TE, Indianapolis Colts) – Pat Fitzmorris
  • “If I do not get one of the top tight ends, I am likely to wait it out at the position and then draft two guys at tight end and I want Tyler Warren to be one of those two guys. ... He is a three down tight end ... This guy's going to play tight end all the time for the Colts and he's going to be a big part of their offense.” (07:53)
  • Highlights Warren’s usage, athletic profile, and multidimensional game (receiving, running, and even passing skills from his QB background).
  • “Draft Tyler Warren not only because he's going to be really good, but because it's going to be a heck of a lot of fun to have him on your team.” (08:53)

B. Best Ball Leagues

• Isaac Tesla (WR, Detroit Lions) – Jake Seeley
  • “The Lions... threw a lot of draft capital to move up and get [him]... He's already the number three. ... Even if everybody stays healthy, there'll be weeks where Tesla ends up in your starting lineup because he found his way to the end zone or had one of those random big games.” (09:04)
  • Emphasizes his weekly spike potential behind Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams, and his massive upside if injuries strike.
  • “He’s taking Tim Patrick’s job... you get that with Tesla. Plus the bonus if something were to happen injury wise.” (09:31)

C. Dynasty Leagues

• Emeka Egbuka (WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) – Pat Fitzmorris
  • “Emeka Egbuka... teams were conducting interviews with the players, Egbuka was reportedly one of the small handful of players who every team just loved...The Buccaneers drafted Egbuka 19th overall... now he has reportedly been having a phenomenal training camp.” (13:27)
  • Praises his versatility (slot and outside) and his ability to produce in crowded receiver rooms at Ohio State.
  • Confident Egbuka can break out early, downplaying concerns about too many targets to go around in Tampa:
    • “He is a mouth that Baker Mayfield will want to feed.” (14:20)

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3. Late-Round Rookie Sleepers

• Mason Taylor (TE, New York Jets) – Jake Seeley
  • “And as Pat says about these other players, not only were the training camp reports glowing, his first game action, everybody's like, ooh look what's happening... if you miss on tight end maybe you take a flyer but you didn’t take a second one. I think Mason Taylor could end up.” (14:41)
  • With the Jets’ wide receiver group unsettled, Taylor could emerge as a surprise TE with weekly upside, particularly with red-zone usage.

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4. Two Must-Have Rookies – Quick Hitters

• Pat Fitzmorris:

  • Travion Henderson (RB, Detroit Lions) – “He’s going to be a timeshare back. ... Jameer Gibbs is a timeshare back and that's not a comparison that should be made lightly. ... Henderson is really, really good and just electric with the ball in his hands.” (16:35)
  • Luther Burden (WR, Chicago Bears) – “That guy was just a human joystick at Missouri... It's going to be Luther Burden in the slot for the Bears and he could quickly become one of the better slot guys in the league regardless of their ADP.” (16:35)

• Jake Seeley:

  • Jaden Higgins (WR, Houston Texans) – “I want to get Jaden Higgins at a discount and I want to get Jaden Higgins in the double digit rounds because it was just 10 days ago where it’s like Jaden Higgins has locked up the number two. It’s not even a question.” (17:33)
  • Marvin Jones (as a WR4 with upside): Jones is a “smash” pick in the double-digit rounds due to talent and potential volume.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Pat Fitzmorris (on Teteroa McMillan):
  “Teteron McMillan could be a top 10 target earner in the NFL as a rookie.” (01:03)

• Jake Seeley (skepticism on McMillan):
  “I love Teteroa McMillan, the player. I don't love Teteroa McMillan, the Carolina Panther.” (01:53)

• Jake Seeley (on best ball value):
  “He’s taking Tim Patrick’s job and Tim Patrick has two or three usable games a year. So you get that with Tesla, plus the bonus if something were to happen injury wise.” (09:31)

• Pat Fitzmorris (on Emeka Egbuka’s NFL potential):
  “Egbuka was always able to produce at Ohio State... he is going to be a star himself and he could get there as early as this year.” (13:27)

• Pat Fitzmorris (on Luther Burden):
  “That guy was just a human joystick at Missouri... It’s going to be Luther Burden in the slot for the Bears and he could quickly become one of the better slot guys in the league regardless of their ADP.” (16:35)

• Jake Seeley (on Jaden Higgins):
  “If you’re talking talent, second round pick, they didn’t spend the second round on Jaden Higgins to be like, oh cool, let's see if we can get Christian Kirk to stay on the field for all 17 games as our slot option.” (17:33)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Teteroa McMillan debate: 01:03 – 03:48
• Matthew Golden discussion: 03:57 – 05:58
• Redraft rookie pick (Tyler Warren): 07:53 – 08:53
• Best ball rookie pick (Isaac Tesla): 09:04 – 10:00
• Dynasty rookie pick (Emeka Egbuka): 13:27 – 14:21
• Late-round sleeper (Mason Taylor): 14:41 – 15:48
• Two must-have rookies (quick hitters): 16:35 – 17:33

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Final Takeaways

• Superstar rookie targets: McMillan (if aggressive), Golden (at value), Egbuka (all formats but especially dynasty), and Burden (slot weapon potential).
• Victories will often ride on hitting on late-round sleepers: Warren and Taylor at tight end, Higgins and Jones at receiver.
• Format matters: Identify rookies whose situations and skill sets are best suited to your league—don't overdraft based on hype alone.
• Watch training camp reports closely: Both Fitzmorris and Seeley prioritize how rookies impress over the summer and shift their rankings accordingly.

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For rookie-hungry fantasy drafters: This episode is a must-listen primer on players who could swing your season, with honest debate and plenty of actionable targets for every draft format.

Transcript

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Hello friends, and welcome into Fantasy Pros, the Fantasy Football Podcast. I'm Chris Welsh and today we are talking about the rookies that experts love to draft and the two experts tippy. Top of the crop we got Pat Fitzmorris from Fantasy Pros and the Athletics own Jake Seeley, both joining me. And they're going to be laying down the rookies that you need to have and we are wasting no more time. We're jumping right into it. Patrick, who is the rookie that you and everyone else has to own?

[Pat Fitzmorris]

Ted Aurora McMillan Wide receiver, Carolina Panthers I've got him ranked wide receiver 16 right now. I don't think you need to be that aggressive with him in drafts, but I do want to be aggressive with a top 10 NFL draft pick who stands 6 foot 5, who comes into the NFL as an advanced route runner and who averaged 108.8 yards per game over his final two college seasons despite some pretty mediocre quarterback play, McMillan is going to be Bryce Young's top receiver from the jump. And the Panthers will probably have to throw quite a bit because their defense is very much a work in progress. Teteron McMillan could be a top 10 target earner in the NFL as a rookie.

[Chris Welsh]

The preseason has only done nothing but help and rise and rise. And experts continue to love Jake. Does this expert love Teteroa McMillan?

[Jake Seeley]

No question mark. Here's why, like I love Tedro McMillan, the player I don't love Teddy Roy McMillan, the Carolina Panther. And it's funny, like I've been on the side that's saying similar to the Ohio State wide receivers for the longest time, is that we went into last year's college season like McMillan's clearly the number one and we kind of got fatigued and everybody was looking for other reasons to say other wide receivers at the end of the year, which I Thought was crazy. Like McMillan was clearly the best wide receiver in that draft class. There's a reason where he went on the draft and like maybe Hunter, there's a debate, but they're different styles and I think Hunter went in front of him because the potential defensive side of it all that being is even 140 targets in Bryce Young in this offense. And I'm positive on Bryce Young. Like I'm one of the people saying like take a flyer on Bryce and what he can do in fantasy. But I think some of that is rushing. My concern is still that Bryce Young isn't going to be the biggest adot thrower. Bryce Young is very much better in the middle intermediate kind of game. And I think McMillan can do it all. He can do short, intermediate and deep. I just think that for McMillan to get to wide receiver one even top 16, top 18, you need a little bit more touchdown equity and a little bit more on the yards where I'm projecting you think he's going to be. I have him as a top 25 wide receiver. I just think on half the other leagues or teams in the league he would be more in line with where Fitz has them. I'm not as aggressive just because I feel more of like a maybe Jameson Williams type of season coming on a thousand yards, 78 touchdowns. But it happens either one or two ways. One that still comes on 60 and maybe I'm wrong on the A dot or maybe it comes on 80 receptions. I just don't think it's 80 and 1309 touchdowns, which is what you kind.

[Chris Welsh]

Of really need rookies that experts except Jake Seeley love to draft. So Jake, I have zero McMillan, I.

[Jake Seeley]

Am clearly the low person. I mean even though he's inside my top 25, I am the low person. I'm a million.

[Chris Welsh]

So you love or you hate great things. So let's find something that you do love. Who is the rookie that you feel that everybody should have going to go deeper?

[Jake Seeley]

I'm going to say Matthew golden, who I think similar McMillan is stepping in to be the one for his team. I think there's no question. Even if there was, it doesn't matter because none of the other damn receivers are on the field right now. Everybody's getting hurt up and down the line. Romeo Dobbs just got hurt and I thought Romeo Dobbs would be the one with him or the two with golden being the one and more of the big play option where golden would have some of that but kind of be more of the intermediate, more of like the McMillan on this team. But like I said, Dobbs is hurt, Reed is banged up. Wicks can't get on the field. Like there's the other rookie. Savion Williams was missing time. Like there's just so many questions where the answer sitting here has been who can finally be the one for the packers last year. The most frustrating thing is fits and everybody knows this is the packers wouldn't use any of their wide receivers more than 65, maybe even 70% of the time on route participation. And we're sitting here just frustrated for us in fantasy because we don't know who's going to be the guy any given week. You go back to last year, there was four different wide receivers that were the leading wide receiver for the packers at some point. Last actually 5 if you include tight ends. So that's how crazy it was. So I think the real answer here is Matthew golden could be walking into almost the same target volume at not quite, but almost the same target volume as McMillan, which I don't have him as high as McMillan. I only have golden inside my top 35. But he's going so far beyond that because people are still worried about this. Who's going to be the guy for the Packers? Jordan Love bounces back at all. Golden at 35 inside my top 35 actually might be too low. He might be pushing the top 25 before we know it.

[Chris Welsh]

Yeah, Love has talked about how he looks like Christian Watson already or at least able to play some of that role. I've fallen in a little bit of like, there's just so much blah with like the rotations and stuff. I almost want to avoid the packers wideouts, but they're also cheap and that's what makes he's going to clear it up.

[Jake Seeley]

He's going to be the one that.

[Chris Welsh]

Doesn'T rotate and I mean, he's coming at a really low cost. I mean, top 25 would be huge. Pat, what do you think about Golden? Do you think, especially with you picking a wide receiver already, that you have to own another wide receiver in that group? What do you think about golden as this pick?

[Pat Fitzmorris]

Yeah, I had my doubts about golden and didn't love the pick as a Packers fan because of his college production profile, which was kind of iffy up until he started smashing down the stretch for Texas last year. You know, before he had been kind of an unremarkable University of Houston receiver like post Tank Dell.

[Jake Seeley]

Isaiah Bond was better than him for he was the season.

[Pat Fitzmorris]

Bond was the number one receiver for Texas Then Bond got hurt and golden started cooking and he was doing it against good defenses like Georgia. But golden is reportedly at a really good camp. He's fast, like he's just what the doctor ordered for the packers defense. And yeah, I mean, like I, I do think there's a chance that he surprises because there is definitely an immediate opportunity for him.

[Chris Welsh]

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[Pat Fitzmorris]

If I do not get one of the top tight ends, I am likely to wait it out at the position and then draft two guys at tight end and I want Tyler Warren to be one of those two guys. In the Colts first two preseason games, Tyler Warren has played 34 of 35 snaps with the starters. He is a three down tight end from a team that has been using a mishmash of Mo, Ali Cox and Kylan Granson. And yeah, it's just been a mess. This guy's going to play a tight end all the time for the Colts and he's going to be a big part of their offense. Tyler Warren runs people over. Last year at Penn State, Tyler Warren had 104 catches for 1233 yards and eight touchdowns. He accounted for 35.6% of the Nittany Lions Pass receptions. Last season, Tyler Warren also ran for 218 yards and four touchdowns. He also threw a touchdown pass. He's a former high school quarterback. Draft Tyler Warren not only because he's going to be really good, but because it's going to be a heck of a lot of fun to have him on your team.

[Chris Welsh]

All right, let's move to best ball. Jake, you're actually literally doing the flex. Best ball, flex league, best ball right now. So a best ball upside rookie, who do we got?

[Jake Seeley]

Which I kind of hate the question because everybody's good in best ball. But the one thing I will target is somebody that you might not normally draft and redraft and somebody that's in an offense that I'll attack if something were to happen. And it's Isaac Tesla. We saw the Lions. They throw a lot of draft capital to move up and get. Tesla was a telling factor. He's already the number three. They're already impressed with him. And here's the biggest question about it, is like, how do I find value with these best ball players? How do I find and not necessarily be able to predict when it happens is that even if everybody stays healthy, there'll be weeks where Tesla ends up in your starting lineup because he found his way to the end zone or had one of those random big games. But on top of it, you also get the upside. If St. Brown or Jameson happens to miss 1, 2, 3, 4 more games, then Tesla, Tesla is going to step in as the number two. And that's the real appeal here. Like, remember Tim Patrick? He's taking Tim Patrick's job and Tim Patrick has two or three usable games a year. So you get that with Tesla. Plus the bonus if something were to happen injury wise.

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[Pat Fitzmorris]

Emeka Igbuka. During the Senior bowl in the combine when teams were conducting interviews with the players, Igbuka was reportedly one of the small handful of players who every team just loved. Unanimously, the buccaneers drafted Egbuka 19th overall, which was earlier than expected. And now he has reportedly been having a phenomenal training camp. Egbuca is a really good route runner, probably the best in the slot, but has the versatility to play outside as a flanker, consistently makes yardage after the catch. And maybe best of all, from a fantasy perspective, Egbuca was always able to produce at Ohio State. Excuse me, despite playing with other wide receivers who were college stars. Like he is going to be a star himself and he could get there as early as this year. I'm not buying that. There are too many mouths to feed in Tampa for Egbuca to pop as a rookie because he is a mouth that Baker Mayfield will want to feed.

[Chris Welsh]

Rookie sleepers, that's always an interesting thing. Rookies get all the hype, but we know there's a lot of upside. So Jake, our final formatically here late round rookie sleeper. So this is outside the first nine rounds. Tesla would have worked great but I understand why you for the best ball format here. So this opens up a little bit. Who's your pick or you know, picks?

[Jake Seeley]

Just. Yeah, there's other names. If you go back to their shows, go pay attention to the rookie show that we did, all three of us together. It talks so much about DJ Giddens. There's others that were going to talk about here in a second that I keep bringing up. So I wanted to do something a little different, a name that I really hadn't brought up yet and that's Mason Taylor. And I think if you look at the depth chart for the jets, who's the number two option? We're really getting excited about Josh Reynolds right now. Journeyman at this point. Like, and we're talking to Arian Smith that the draft pick everybody thought they reached on, but now Malachi Corley might get cut already and not make this team after just being drafted just shortly ago. And you look at the tight end position, they wanted Mason Taylor out there. They finally got him out there because Taylor was banged up. And as Pat says about these other players, not only were the training camp reports glowing his first game action, everybody's like, ooh look what's happening here and if you look at Justin Fields second option what it has been he made Cole Comet valuable mostly turning to him in the red zone and I think that if you're looking for a surprise tight end that could put his name in with the Loveland or Warren Heck even potentially surpass Loveland because he's more blocked with the weapons on those team. I think Mason Taylor is a super super deep but a name that if you miss on tight end maybe you take a flyer but you didn't take a second one. I think Mason Taylor could end up.

[Chris Welsh]

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[Pat Fitzmorris]

Travion Henderson and Luther Burden. Henderson is just a jolt of electricity. He's going to be a timeshare back. But Jameer Gibbs is a timeshare back and that's not a comparison that should be made lightly. But Henderson is really, really good and just electric with the ball in his hands. We want players who just move differently than other players at their position. It's why I'm excited about Henderson. It's also why I'm excited about Luther Burden. I have some good friends who went to college at Missouri, so I pay pretty close attention to Missouri football and Burden. Man, that guy was just a human joystick at Missouri. And don't be scared off by this silly talk about Lamide Zacchaeus being the Bears slot receiver. Like I want more of that talk to make it easier for me to draft Burden. It's going to be Luther Burden in the slot for the Bears and he could quickly become one of the better slot guys in the league regardless of their adp.

[Chris Welsh]

Regardless of your team construction. Jake, who are a couple rookies that you can't leave your draft without yeah.

[Jake Seeley]

So Pat stole one of mine and everybody knows by now as team trivia on Henderson. So I'm okay with that. I will mention the second one and similar to what Pat just said about the Luther Burden situation, I hope this talk continues for oh, is Jaden Higgins truly the number two or is it going to be Christian Kirk or is he only playing behind Nico Collins? Because you saw some of that report after the second game and I want that talk to continue because I want to get Jaden Higgins at a discount and I want to get Jaden Higgins in the double digit rounds because it was just 10 days ago where it's like Jaden Higgins has locked up the number two. It's not even a question. And then the second game rolls out and everybody's like, oh well, maybe he's behind Nico Collins and it's going to be Christian Kirk and all this mismatch of other options. No, please. If you're talking talent, second round pick, they didn't spend the second round or Jaden Higgins to be like, oh cool, let's see if we can get Christian Kirk to stay on the field for all 17 games as our slot option. Anyway, Higgins has Nico Collins ability. I won't go that far. That's Dane Brewer from the Athletic. Mine was Marvin Jones. Even if you get Marvin Jones as a wide receiver four and he's only a wide receiver four, you're getting him in double digit rounds and I'm going to smash Jaden Higgins every single time as a double digit round pick.

[Chris Welsh]

Who are your favorite rookies to own that we talked about here and who did we not talk about that you guys are screaming in the comments. We'll drop them and let us know the rookies that you guys have got to own. We want to hear from you and we want to see you get them in your draft for fantasy pros Mr. Pat Fitz Morris and the Athletics, Jake Seely. I'm Chris Welsh. Thank you guys and good luck with all your drafts and rookie drafts. We'll talk to you next time right here on Fantasy Pros.

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I'm Noah and I'm 13, and I started this podcast because, honestly, adults don't ask the right questions. Now, you know what Noah de Barrasso is a show about influence. Who's got it, how they use it, and what it means for the rest of you. It's not the news, it's what the news should be if someone Gen Z or Gen Alpha made it. Politics is wild, and I'm definitely not here to tame it, but I'm here to make sense of it. Listen to now youw Know with Noah de arrasto on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart podcast.