The Tampa Bay Buccaneers prevailed in the most entertaining game of the NFL's Week Five slate, beating the Seahawks in a battle of 3-1 first-place teams at Lumen Field in Seattle, 38-35, on **Chase McLaughlin's** walk-off 39-yard field goal. The wild shootout win included star turns from multiple Buccaneers, including captain and franchise legend **Lavonte David** with an interception to set up the winning score, but perhaps none shined brighter than the prolific combination of quarterback **Baker Mayfield** and rookie wide receiver **Emeka Egbuka**.
Egbuka continued his campaign for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year – he was the Rookie of the Month in September – by welcoming October with seven catches for 163 yards and a touchdown. It was his second straight 100-yard outing and he now owns three of the top five yardage games for rookie receivers this season.
In all, Egbuka now has a team-high 25 receptions for 445 yards and five touchdowns, and he is averaging 17.8 yards per reception. **He is now the first player in NFL history with 25-plus receptions, 400-plus receiving yard and five or more receiving touchdowns in his first five career games.** Forget his rookie status; Egbuka is top-five in the NFL among all players in receiving yards, touchdown catches and yards per reception.
**Most Receiving Yards, NFL, 2025**
2\. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seahawks: 534
3\. Justin Jefferson, Vikings: 449
4\. Emeka Egbuka, Buccaneers: 445
5\. Amon-Ra St. Brown, Lions: 407
**Most Touchdown Receptions, NFL, 2025**
1\. Amon-Ra St. Brown, Lions: 6
2t. Emeka Egbuka, Buccaneers: 5
2t. Rome Odunze, Bears: 5
2t. George Pickens, Cowboys: 5
**Most Yards Per Reception, NFL, 2025**
1\. Tyquan Thornton, Chiefs: 18.2
2\. Calvin Ridley, Titans: 18.1
3\. Emeka Egbuka, Buccaneers: 17.8
4\. DK Metcalf, Steelers: 17.4
5\. Ricky Pearsall, 49ers: 16.4
Egbuka is just the third rookie in Bucs franchise history to record a game with 150-plus receiving yards, joining Mark Carrier, who had a 212-yard game in 1987 and Mike Evans, who turned in a 209-yard performance in 2014. Egbuka's totals for receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches are all the most a Buccaneer has ever produced in his first five games.
Egbuka came up big in his home state of Washington largely thanks to the precise passing of Baker Mayfield, who completed 29 of 33 attempts for 379 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions and a 134.7 passer rating. **Mayfield became just the fourth passer since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to throw for 375-plus receiving yards and complete more than 85% of his passes.** The other three were Tom Brady with the Patriots on Oct. 18, 2009, Lamar Jackson with the Ravens on Oct. 11, 2021 and Justin Herbert with the Chargers on Sept. 24, 2023. Mayfield's completion rate of 87.9% was the second-best in a single game in franchise history (minimum 20 attempts) and the best for any quarterback who threw it at least 30 times.
**Highest Single-Game Completion Percentage, Buccaneers History**
**(minimum 20 pass attempts)**