TE · Cincinnati Bengals · #87

Tanner Hudson

TE5
College
Memphis
Height
6'5"
Weight
241 lb
Experience
9th season
EPA / target
+0.29▲ 0.27 vs '25
9th of 22 TEs
Catch rate
100.0%▲ 20.8 vs '25
1st of 22 TEs
Yards / target
4.7▼ 2.3 vs '25
22nd of 22 TEs
Target share
5.0%▼ 1.4 vs '25
22nd of 22 TEs
Receiving
33 yds+0.29 EPA/TGT
7 rec · 7 tgt · 1 td

Ranks compare against the 21 qualifying tight ends on the 2026 leaderboard plus Hudson.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

2025: +0.02−0.06Week 1+0.03Week 3−0.45Week 4+0.83Week 5

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+2.1
Rushing0.0
Net+2.1
Best game · Wk 5 @ MIA
3/3
Rec/Tgt
14
Rec yds
1
TD
+2.5
Rec EPA
+0.83
EPA/target
4.7
Yds/rec

2026 game log

ReceivingRushing
Game
Wk 1 vs TBW1144.00100.04.0−0.1−0.06000
Wk 3 @ PITL22136.50100.04.5+0.1+0.03000
Wk 4 vs JAXL1122.00100.02.0−0.5−0.45000
Wk 5 @ MIAW33144.71100.03.0+2.5+0.83000
Season77334.71100.03.4+2.1+0.29000

How he compares

2026 tight ends who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

2.94.86.88.810.7−0.15+0.12+0.39+0.65+0.92KelceHenryHigbeeKittleGoedertSchultzAndrewsHockensonJohnsonFreiermuthMcBrideLikelyOttonStrangeKraftLaPortaMayerBowersLovelandWarrenFannin Jr.Tanner Hudson↑ EPA per targetaDOT →

Contract

signed 2026 with Bengals

$1.3Mover 1 year
Avg. per year
$1.3M
Guaranteed
$0 0%
2026 cap hit
$556K 0.2% of the cap
Signed
2026
Runs through
2026
2026 · now
Year 1 of 1 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallReceivingRushing
Season
20264+2.177331100.04.74.75.0+0.29000
202513+0.62419168279.28.87.06.4+0.02000
202411+7.12319154182.68.16.76.5+0.28110
202312+10.05039352178.09.07.012.4+0.25000
202211+2.81510132066.713.28.810.6+0.19000
202110.0––––––––––––
202090.07341042.913.75.94.30.00000
20199−1.65226040.013.05.23.5−0.31000
Career70+21.113199906575.69.26.97.9+0.17110