Cincinnati Bengals · TE · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Washington (2019 Round 2, Pick 52)

Drew Sample

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Downfield Score v7.0 withheldNeeds 15 targets; 8 recorded. The score is withheld until Drew Sample reaches the minimum.

Rec / Targets: 7/86.2% target share
Receiving yards: 486.9 YPR
Receiving TD: 16.9 yds/G
Snap share: 50%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.3638 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 50.0%Play-by-play positive EPA

Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw +0.410 → Shrunk n/a

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Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.069 → Shrunk n/a

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Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 6.00 → Shrunk n/a

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Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 5.88 → Shrunk n/a

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Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 1.63 → Shrunk n/a

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.95 → Shrunk n/a

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Target share34% weight · Raw 6.2% → Shrunk n/a

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First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 25.0% → Shrunk n/a

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20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 0.0% → Shrunk n/a

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Drew Sample. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	vs TB	W 33-27	3	3	19	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ HOU	W 20-6	0	0	0	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	@ PIT	L 27-30	1	2	0	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs JAX	L 17-22	0	0	0	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ MIA	W 31-24	1	1	5	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ BAL	W 35-13	2	2	24	1
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs TEN	W 43-36	0	0	0	0

College to the NFL: Washington to Cincinnati Bengals

Verified identity bridge linking Drew Sample's college regular-season yards at Washington to official NFL game lines.

Washington (College yards)

452015

982016

782017

2442018

5252nd pick
2019 Draft

CIN (NFL yards)

302019

3492020

812021

-22022

1632023

1092024

1062025

482026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 8 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2019	CIN	9	0	0	5/6	30	0
2020	CIN	16	0	0	40/53	349	1
2021	CIN	17	0	0	11/15	81	0
2022	CIN	2	0	0	2/2	-2	0
2023	CIN	17	0	0	22/27	163	2
2024	CIN	17	1	-4	20/22	109	1
2025	CIN	17	1	3	15/20	106	1
2026 (so far)	CIN	7	0	0	7/8	48	1

Compare Drew Sample with top tight ends

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Drew Sample vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score n/a vs. 96.5 Drew Sample vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score n/a vs. 89.5 Drew Sample vs. George Kittle (SF)Score n/a vs. 86.4 Drew Sample vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score n/a vs. 86.4 Drew Sample vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score n/a vs. 84.9 Drew Sample vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score n/a vs. 82.3