TE · Cincinnati Bengals · #89

Drew Sample

TE2

College: Washington
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 260 lb
Experience: 8th season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.36▲ 0.23 vs '25

6th of 22 TEs

Catch rate

87.5%▲ 12.5 vs '25

1st of 22 TEs

Yards / target

6.0▲ 0.7 vs '25

19th of 22 TEs

Target share

6.1%▲ 1.3 vs '25

22nd of 22 TEs

Receiving

48 yds+0.36 EPA/TGT

7 rec · 8 tgt · 1 td

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

Week-by-week

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

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+2.9

Rushing0.0

Net+2.9

Best game · Wk 7 @ BAL

2/2

Rec/Tgt

Rec yds

+3.2

Rec EPA

+1.58

EPA/target

12.0

Yds/rec

2026 game log

	Receiving									Rushing
Game	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Average depth of targetAir yards per target.	Receiving EPAExpected points added on targets, including incompletions and interceptions.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
Wk 1 vs TBW	3	3	19	6.3	0	100.0	0.0	+0.9	+0.29	0	0	0
Wk 2 @ HOUW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wk 3 @ PITL	2	1	0	0.0	0	50.0	1.5	−1.0	−0.51	0	0	0
Wk 4 vs JAXL	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Wk 5 @ MIAW	1	1	5	5.0	0	100.0	3.0	−0.1	−0.11	0	0	0
Wk 7 @ BALW	2	2	24	12.0	1	100.0	0.5	+3.2	+1.58	0	0	0
Season	8	7	48	6.9	1	87.5	0.9	+2.9	+0.36	0	0	0

How he compares

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

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Contract

signed 2024 with Bengals

$10.5Mover 3 years

Avg. per year: $3.5M
Guaranteed: $2.4M 22%
2026 cap hit: $2.9M 0.9% of the cap
Signed: 2024
Runs through: 2026

2024

2025

2026 · now

Year 3 of 3 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Receiving									Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Yards per targetReceiving yards per target, including incompletions.	Target shareShare of the team's targets, averaged across games.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
2026	6	+2.9	8	7	48	1	87.5	6.9	6.0	6.1	+0.36	0	0	0
2025	17	+2.1	20	15	106	1	75.0	7.1	5.3	4.9	+0.13	1	3	0
2024	17	+3.3	22	20	109	1	90.9	5.5	5.0	5.3	+0.22	1	−4	0
2023	17	+0.5	27	22	163	2	81.5	7.4	6.0	5.7	+0.02	0	0	0
2022	2	−3.0	2	2	−2	0	100.0	−1.0	−1.0	2.4	−1.51	0	0	0
2021	17	+0.3	15	11	81	0	73.3	7.4	5.4	4.4	+0.02	0	0	0
2020	16	+2.4	53	40	349	1	75.5	8.7	6.6	9.7	+0.04	0	0	0
2019	9	−0.4	6	5	30	0	83.3	6.0	5.0	3.1	−0.07	0	0	0
Career	101	+8.0	153	122	884	6	79.7	7.2	5.8	6.0	+0.07	2	−1	0