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Noah Fant

Tight End, New Orleans Saints · #87.

Player facts

Team: New Orleans Saints
Position: Tight End
Number: 87
Born: Nov 20, 1997 (age 28)
Birthplace: Omaha, NE, USA
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 249 lbs
College: Iowa
Experience: 8 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	9	13	73	8.1	3	16	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	343	473	3,666	10.7	21	75	168	3	-12	-4.0	0	0	4	4

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	14 targets	-0.30	64%		fewer than 24 plays

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs MIN	L 23-13	1	1	7	7.0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs LV	L 35-27	4	4	33	8.3	2	16	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ BAL	W 24-17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ DET	L 31-30 OT	4	8	33	8.3	1	10	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Noah Fant (born November 20, 1997) is an American professional football tight end for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Noah Fant, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Before his high school years, Fant attended Lifegate Christian School before he transferred to Morton Magnet Middle School to play football for them. Later, Fant attended and played high school football first at Omaha Burke High School before transferring to Omaha South High School, where he set the record in the state, with 86 receptions and 1,700 receiving yards on top of that 15 touchdowns.

College career

During his sophomore season at the University of Iowa, Fant tied the national record for touchdowns by tight ends with 11, and led the nation in yards per catch, averaging 16.5. Fant's 11 touchdown receptions set a school record for touchdown catches by a tight end. Fant's efforts garnered him Third-team All-Big Ten Conference honors for the 2017 season. Prior to the 2018 season, Fant was named a preseason All American.

On November 30, 2018, Fant announced that he was declaring for the 2019 NFL draft.