2025
2025 season · TE · #86 · 7th season
Noah Fant
Age 28 · 6'4" · 249 lb · Iowa · Pick 20 overall (2019). Snap share 38% across 15 games.
- How goodFant's -11.8 EPA is 71st of 72 tight ends.
- Where it comes fromHis incompletions rank in the 99th percentile (-3.7).
- Fantasy2.7 standard points a game, TE41 of 108.3.9 half-PPR points a game, TE40 of 108.5.0 PPR points a game, TE39 of 108.
- How he's usedPlay action finds him: 51% of his targets come off a fake (league 32%).
- LatelyTargets are slipping: 0.7 a game over his last three against 2.7 for the season.
How good is hehis line against the league at his position
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target shareof team targets | 9% | 45th of 72 | 38th | |
| Depth of targetair yards per target | 3.3 | 66th of 72 | 9th | |
| After the catchyards per reception | 5.1 | 36th of 72 | 51st | |
| Catch ratereceptions per target | 83% | 4th of 72 | 95th | |
| EPA per target | -0.29 | 70th of 72 | 3rd |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First downsper target | 32% | 48th of 72 | 34th | |
| Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better | 2% | 25th of 72 | 66th | |
| Yards per game | 19.2 | 41st of 72 | 44th | |
| Success rate | 56% | 35th of 72 | 52nd | |
| Total EPA | -11.8 | 71st of 72 | 2nd |
How this is measured
Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.
Fant scores 2.7 standard points a game, TE41 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 5.0; 1 boom week (9+) and 11 busts (under 3).
Fant scores 3.9 half-PPR points a game, TE40 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 6.4; 1 boom week (12+) and 8 busts (under 4).
Fant scores 5.0 PPR points a game, TE39 of 108 TEs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.0 and 7.8; 0 boom weeks (15+) and 7 busts (under 5).
How this is measured
Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the TE12 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.
How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when
Play action finds him: 51% of his targets come off a fake (league 32%). Motion is part of the plan: 66% of his targets come with pre-snap movement (league 56%). His share of the team's targets is 7%: on third down it holds at 4%; inside the 20 it holds at 5%.
How this is measured
Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying tight ends; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.
Fant's -11.8 EPA is 71st of 72 tight ends. His incompletions rank in the 99th percentile (-3.7). Yards after the catch cost him more than most (-3.6, 1st percentile).
career +0.15 over 2019–2024 · the lowest of his 7 seasons
How this is measured
Every target this season, split by what happened. Catches divide at the catch: the yards in the air and what came after. The percentile is him among the qualifying tight ends, higher is better, so a cost smaller than most ranks high. The parts add up to the totals above; the career strip counts seasons with at least 15 targets.
He is targeted short middle 2.1× as often as the league (24% of his targets against 12%) and gains +0.62 EPA a target there.
How this is measured
Every target with a charted depth and direction this season; sacks and throws with no charted direction are left out. Left and right are as the offense sees the field. Cells with fewer than three targets show no EPA.
On the field
By depth of target
Who he works withthe connection, and the rest of the huddle
By depth
Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Snap | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CLE W 17-168th D | 8th vs TE | 50% | 5 | 4 | 26 | 1 | +1.8 |
| 2 | vs JAX W 31-279th D | 9th vs TE | 25% | 4 | 3 | 28 | 0.0 | |
| 3 | at MIN L 10-486th D | 6th vs TE | 32% | 5 | 5 | 26 | -9.8 | |
| 4 | at DEN L 3-28Did not play · Out (concussion) | |||||||
| 5 | vs DET L 24-375th D | 5th vs TE | 24% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 6 | at GB L 18-2713th D | 13th vs TE | 49% | 4 | 4 | 27 | +0.7 | |
| 7 | vs PIT W 33-3117th D | 17th vs TE | 68% | 4 | 4 | 44 | 1 | +5.9 |
| 8 | vs NYJ L 38-3928th D | 28th vs TE | 47% | 3 | 3 | 41 | +2.6 | |
| 9 | vs CHI L 42-4711th D | 11th vs TE | 46% | 3 | 2 | 28 | 1 | +2.7 |
| 10 | Bye week | |||||||
| 11 | at PIT L 12-3417th D | 17th vs TE | 48% | 6 | 5 | 36 | -6.6 | |
| 12 | vs NE L 20-2615th D | 15th vs TE | 28% | 1 | 1 | 9 | +0.9 | |
| 13 | at BAL W 32-1410th D | 10th vs TE | 42% | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1.1 | |
| 14 | at BUF L 34-393rd D | 3rd vs TE | 42% | 2 | 1 | 15 | +0.5 | |
| 15 | vs BAL L 0-2410th D | 10th vs TE | 24% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 16 | at MIA W 45-21Did not play · Out (ankle) | |||||||
| 17 | vs ARI W 37-1430th D | 30th vs TE | 22% | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | |
| 18 | vs CLE L 18-208th D | 8th vs TE | 22% | 1 | 1 | 5 | -8.9 | |
| 19 | Bye week | |||||||
| 20 | Bye week | |||||||
| 21 | Bye week | |||||||
| 22 | Bye week | |||||||
| 15 games | 38% | 41 | 34 | 288 | 3 | -11.8 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Tgt share | Air share | aDOT | YAC | EPA/tgt | 1D | Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CLE W 17-168th D | 8th vs TE | 22% | 1% | 0.4 | 20 | +0.37 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | vs JAX W 31-279th D | 9th vs TE | 9% | 7% | 6.3 | 7 | -0.01 | 1 | |
| 3 | at MIN L 10-486th D | 6th vs TE | 19% | 10% | 2.6 | 13 | -1.97 | 1 | |
| 4 | at DEN L 3-28Did not play · Out (concussion) | ||||||||
| 5 | vs DET L 24-375th D | 5th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 6 | at GB L 18-2713th D | 13th vs TE | 10% | 4% | 2.8 | 16 | +0.18 | 0 | |
| 7 | vs PIT W 33-3117th D | 17th vs TE | 9% | 4% | 3.3 | 31 | +1.47 | 3 | |
| 8 | vs NYJ L 38-3928th D | 28th vs TE | 9% | 5% | 3.7 | 30 | +0.86 | 3 | |
| 9 | vs CHI L 42-4711th D | 11th vs TE | 7% | 7% | 10.3 | 2 | +0.90 | 1 | |
| 10 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 11 | at PIT L 12-3417th D | 17th vs TE | 15% | 4% | 1.7 | 26 | -1.10 | 1 | |
| 12 | vs NE L 20-2615th D | 15th vs TE | 3% | 0% | 1.0 | 8 | +0.89 | 0 | |
| 13 | at BAL W 32-1410th D | 10th vs TE | 5% | 2% | 3.5 | 3 | -0.55 | 0 | |
| 14 | at BUF L 34-393rd D | 3rd vs TE | 6% | 5% | 8.5 | 12 | +0.23 | 1 | |
| 15 | vs BAL L 0-2410th D | 10th vs TE | 0% | 0% | - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 16 | at MIA W 45-21Did not play · Out (ankle) | ||||||||
| 17 | vs ARI W 37-1430th D | 30th vs TE | 3% | -1% | -3.0 | 0 | -0.38 | 0 | |
| 18 | vs CLE L 18-208th D | 8th vs TE | 3% | -1% | -1.0 | 6 | -8.91 | 0 | |
| 19 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 20 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 21 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 22 | Bye week | ||||||||
| 15 games | 8% | 3% | 3.3 | 174 | -0.29 | 13 | 1 |
| Wk | Opponent | Defense | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | 20+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | at CLE W 17-168th D | 8th vs TE | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| 2 | vs JAX W 31-279th D | 9th vs TE | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| 3 | at MIN L 10-486th D | 6th vs TE | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | ||
| 4 | at DEN L 3-28Did not play · Out (concussion) | ||||||
| 5 | vs DET L 24-375th D | 5th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 6 | at GB L 18-2713th D | 13th vs TE | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | ||
| 7 | vs PIT W 33-3117th D | 17th vs TE | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | vs NYJ L 38-3928th D | 28th vs TE | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | ||
| 9 | vs CHI L 42-4711th D | 11th vs TE | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Bye week | ||||||
| 11 | at PIT L 12-3417th D | 17th vs TE | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | ||
| 12 | vs NE L 20-2615th D | 15th vs TE | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | ||
| 13 | at BAL W 32-1410th D | 10th vs TE | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | ||
| 14 | at BUF L 34-393rd D | 3rd vs TE | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | ||
| 15 | vs BAL L 0-2410th D | 10th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 16 | at MIA W 45-21Did not play · Out (ankle) | ||||||
| 17 | vs ARI W 37-1430th D | 30th vs TE | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 18 | vs CLE L 18-208th D | 8th vs TE | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | ||
| 19 | Bye week | ||||||
| 20 | Bye week | ||||||
| 21 | Bye week | ||||||
| 22 | Bye week | ||||||
| 15 games | 34 | 288 | 8.5 | 3 | 3 |
Targets are slipping: 0.7 a game over his last three against 2.7 for the season. The role is shrinking, and the yards with it (2 against 19). 6 straight games below a starter's median in targets. EPA / target is falling too: -4.65 over the last three.
How this is measured
Bars are his week. The shaded band is the league's middle half at his position, every qualifying player-game this season, and the dashed line is its median. The solid line is his trailing three games. An × on the baseline is a game his team played without him; a dotted tick is the bye.
He has faced the 1st-toughest slate vs TE: his opponents rank 12.7 of 32 on average (league middle 16.3).
The slate · played solid, ahead dashed
His line by defense faced
| Defenses | G | Tgt/g | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ranked 1 to 10Top-10 defenses | 8 | 2.4 | 13 | -0.93 |
| 11 to 22Middle | 5 | 3.6 | 29 | +0.20 |
| 23 to 32Bottom-10 | 2 | 2.0 | 21 | +0.55 |
| All games | 15 | 2.7 | 19 | -0.29 |
Yards against the rank of the defense
His production barely moves with the opponent (r = 0.23); it has traveled.
Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year
His best year was 2020, 673 receiving yards in 14 games with DEN. This season's 22.2 a game puts him on pace for 377 over 17, short of it.
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Y/R | Yds/g | EPA/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | DEN | 16 | 66 | 40 | 562 | 3 | 14.1 | 35.1 | -0.01 |
| 2020 | DEN | 14 | 93 | 62 | 673 | 3 | 10.9 | 48.1 | +0.12 |
| 2021 | DEN | 16 | 90 | 68 | 670 | 4 | 9.9 | 41.9 | +0.17 |
| 2022 | SEA | 17 | 63 | 50 | 486 | 4 | 9.7 | 28.6 | +0.30 |
| 2023 | SEA | 15 | 43 | 32 | 414 | 0 | 12.9 | 27.6 | +0.27 |
| 2024 | SEA | 14 | 64 | 48 | 500 | 1 | 10.4 | 35.7 | +0.10 |
| 2025 | CIN | 13 | 41 | 34 | 288 | 3 | 8.5 | 22.2 | -0.29 |
| Career | 3 tm | 105 | 460 | 334 | 3,593 | 18 | 10.8 | 34.2 | +0.11 |
How this is measured
Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.
Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates
- Depth chart
- not listed
- Injury report
- clean
- Red zone touches
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- Third down
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- Explosive plays
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- Drops
- 1 on 41 targets
- Broken tackles
- 1
- Passer rating when targeted
- 97.4
- Play action
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- Contested
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| Player | Touches | Yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chase BrownRB | 320 | 1456 · 11 TD | -14.6 |
 Ja'Marr ChaseWR | 188 | 1426 · 8 TD | +41.5 |
 Samaje PerineRB | 105 | 469 · 3 TD | -2.8 |
 Tee HigginsWR | 98 | 846 · 11 TD | +36.0 |
 Andrei IosivasWR | 61 | 449 · 2 TD | +11.5 |
 Mike GesickiTE | 42 | 307 · 2 TD | +4.4 |
 Mitchell TinsleyWR | 24 | 116 · 2 TD | +2.6 |
 Tanner HudsonTE | 24 | 168 · 2 TD | +0.6 |