The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ selection of Ohio State wide receiver Emeka Egbuka at No. 19 in the 2025 NFL draft “had nothing to do” with Chris Godwin’s rehabilitation process, general manager Jason Licht said.

TAMPA, Fla. -- The 2025 NFL draft (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App) begins Thursday and will be held in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are scheduled to make six picks of the draft's 257, beginning with the No. 19 selection on Day 1 of the three-day event.

Naturally, there are some big questions that come with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' decision to draft Emeka Egbuka in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft and maybe the biggest of them all is its relation to Chris Godwin's recovery from a severe ankle injury he suffered in Week 7.