TE · New Orleans Saints · #87

Noah Fant

TE2

College: Iowa
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 249 lb
Experience: 8th season

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Season

EPA / target

−0.27▲ 0.02 vs '25

22nd of 22 TEs

Catch rate

68.8%▼ 14.2 vs '25

15th of 22 TEs

Yards / target

5.3▼ 1.8 vs '25

22nd of 22 TEs

Target share

6.4%▼ 2.8 vs '25

22nd of 22 TEs

Receiving

84 yds−0.27 EPA/TGT

11 rec · 16 tgt · 3 td

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

Week-by-week

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

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving−4.3

Rushing0.0

Net−4.3

Best game · Wk 3 vs LV

4/4

Rec/Tgt

Rec yds

+4.7

Rec EPA

+1.17

EPA/target

8.3

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 @ DETL	8	4	33	8.3	1	50.0	6.0	−8.5	−1.07	0	0	0
Wk 2 @ BALW	0	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
Wk 3 vs LVL	4	4	33	8.3	2	100.0	3.3	+4.7	+1.17	0	0	0
Wk 5 vs MINL	1	1	7	7.0	0	100.0	5.0	+0.1	+0.11	0	0	0
Wk 6 @ NYGW	1	0	0	–	0	0.0	1.0	−0.5	−0.52	0	0	0
Wk 7 vs PITL	2	2	11	5.5	0	100.0	0.5	0.0	−0.02	0	0	0
Season	16	11	84	7.6	3	68.8	4.3	−4.3	−0.27	0	0	0

How he compares

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

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Contract

signed 2026 with Saints

$8.8Mover 2 years

Avg. per year: $4.4M
Guaranteed: $4.5M 51%
2026 cap hit: $3M 0.9% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2027

2026 · now

2027

Year 1 of 2 ·

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	−4.3	16	11	84	3	68.8	7.6	5.3	6.4	−0.27	0	0	0
2025	15	−11.8	41	34	288	3	82.9	8.5	7.0	9.2	−0.29	0	0	0
2024	14	+6.5	64	48	500	1	75.0	10.4	7.8	14.5	+0.10	0	0	0
2023	17	+11.7	43	32	414	0	74.4	12.9	9.6	8.6	+0.27	0	0	0
2022	17	+19.1	63	50	486	4	79.4	9.7	7.7	11.7	+0.30	0	0	0
2021	16	+15.2	90	68	670	4	75.6	9.9	7.4	17.8	+0.18	0	0	0
2020	15	+11.6	93	62	673	3	66.7	10.9	7.2	20.1	+0.11	0	0	0
2019	16	−5.1	66	40	562	3	60.6	14.1	8.5	14.0	−0.01	3	−12	0
Career	116	+43.0	476	345	3,677	21	72.5	10.7	7.7	13.3	+0.10	3	−12	0