New Orleans Saints · TE · 6 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Iowa (2019 Round 1, Pick 20)

Noah Fant

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13.3

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #43 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 11/167.4% target share
Receiving yards: 847.6 YPR
Receiving TD: 314.0 yds/G
Snap share: 52%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: −0.26916 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 62.5%Play-by-play positive EPA

Noah Fant among the 45 qualified tight ends: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Bowers96.5
Likely89.5
Kittle86.4
McBride86.4
Kelce84.9
Fannin Jr.82.3
LaPorta78.7
Hockenson76.8
Kincaid74.5
Fant#4313.3

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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 −0.323 → Shrunk +0.608

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Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw −0.394 → Shrunk +0.418

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Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 5.25 → Shrunk 23.40

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Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 2.94 → Shrunk 11.52

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Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 4.25 → Shrunk 21.22

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Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.54 → Shrunk 36.15

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Target share34% weight · Raw 7.4% → Shrunk 9.9%

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First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 25.0% → Shrunk 35.7%

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20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 0.0% → Shrunk 6.5%

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2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Noah Fant. 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	@ DET	L 30-31	4	8	33	1
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ BAL	W 24-17	0	0	0	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs LV	L 27-35	4	4	33	2
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs MIN	L 13-23	1	1	7	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ NYG	W 34-27	0	1	0	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs PIT	L 10-16	2	2	11	0

College to the NFL: Iowa to New Orleans Saints

Verified identity bridge linking Noah Fant's college regular-season yards at Iowa to official NFL game lines.

Iowa (College yards)

702016

4862017

5182018

2020th pick
2019 Draft

NO (NFL yards)

5622019

6732020

6702021

4862022

4142023

5002024

2882025

842026 *

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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	DEN	16	3	-12	40/66	562	3
2020	DEN	15	0	0	62/93	673	3
2021	DEN	16	0	0	68/90	670	4
2022	SEA	17	0	0	50/63	486	4
2023	SEA	17	0	0	32/43	414	0
2024	SEA	14	0	0	48/64	500	1
2025	CIN	15	0	0	34/41	288	3
2026 (so far)	NO	6	0	0	11/16	84	3

Compare Noah Fant with top tight ends

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 TE.

Noah Fant vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 13.3 vs. 96.5 Noah Fant vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 13.3 vs. 89.5 Noah Fant vs. George Kittle (SF)Score 13.3 vs. 86.4 Noah Fant vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 13.3 vs. 86.4 Noah Fant vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 13.3 vs. 84.9 Noah Fant vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 13.3 vs. 82.3