Pronouncing Emeka Egbuka’s Name
October 11th, 2025
Say his name!
OK, recently foot-rubbing former Bucs tight end Rob Gronkowski was on that dumb FOX NFL pregame show and in a segment where the laugh-track desk of co-hosts spoke about sensational Bucs rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka, Gronk totally butchered Egbuka’s name.
Gronk has been clowned ever since for that.
So Gronk did a video with the Bucs where Egbuka also appeared and Egbuka taught Gronk how to pronounce his name. Gronk also explained why he destroyed Egbuka’s last name so badly.
Please view the video below. Egbuka’s name is actually easier to pronounce after Egbuka himself eased Gronk through it.
The way Egbuka has made NFL history, we all should be able to pronounce his name. Egbuka became the first player with 25 or more catches, at least 400 receiving yards and five touchdown catches in his first five games.
(Joe admits to saying ‘Egbuka’ phonetically while typing his last name so Joe spells it correctly. By doing that, however, Joe has a habit of pronouncing Eguka’s name incorrectly. But hey, at least it’s spelled right!)
Gronk is ready to say Emeka Egbuka's name all season long now 👏 pic.twitter.com/BC0upPyhmC
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) October 11, 2025
October 11th, 2025 at 4:23 pm
How can you not like Gronk. His personality is as big as him. His smile is contagious as his personality.
You can still see he’s high on the Buccaneers from top to bottom.
October 11th, 2025 at 4:34 pm
Good luck to Sean Sullivan! No excuses now!
October 11th, 2025 at 4:36 pm
“dumb FOX NFL pregame show” Thank you Joes for saying it out loud!
I’ve been saying it for years. I won’t watch any pregame “canned laugh” silliness. I turn on the Bucs game at five minutes before kick off and even then..I cringe for about five minutes.
October 11th, 2025 at 4:50 pm
Yea.Gronk is great! One of the best ever at his position and super entertaining. He loves Tampa and so cool (funny) he couldn’t pronounce one of our best new players ever’s name. EE so talented and fun to watch!!!!!
No shame, I had trouble with it several times at first too lol
October 11th, 2025 at 5:17 pm
His name is pronounced OROY
Offensive Rookie of the Year
October 11th, 2025 at 5:26 pm
That’s what you call him e2 or Double E.
October 11th, 2025 at 5:26 pm
I saw him explaining it to Gronk. Lol.
For those that would like to complain about the Buccaneers drafts, which is one of the best in the NFL, something to ponder 🤔
The Cleveland Browns are currently paying salaries for 8 QBs ……
And they still don’t have one 😂
October 11th, 2025 at 5:27 pm
Joe says:
“Joe has a habit of pronouncing Eguka’s name incorrectly. But hey, at least it’s spelled right!”
Ummmm…….
October 11th, 2025 at 5:38 pm
At least it’s spelled right? LMAO
Too funny. Joe is the keyboard warrior version of Gronk
October 11th, 2025 at 6:32 pm
Well put Villager. Can’t believe it! So excited for this dude ⚡
October 11th, 2025 at 7:26 pm
I didn’t know the G was silent, so good that we got that straight!
October 11th, 2025 at 10:07 pm
Now they need to rename the baby rhino at the Tampa zoo from “Gronk” to “Ebigboo”
October 11th, 2025 at 11:30 pm
Now Gronk has to learn that the plural of octopus is octopi, not octupusses.
October 12th, 2025 at 12:16 am
OROY Egbuka!!!!!