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Noah Fant New Orleans Saints · #87

Tight End · 6' 4", 249 lbs · Omaha, NE · Age 29

Noah Fant is a Tight End for the New Orleans Saints, drafted 20th overall, 2019. In 2026 he caught 8 passes for 66 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Tight EndDrafted 20th overall8-yr veteran
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New Orleans Saints · #87 · Tight End
Noah Fant
Season avg8 rec · 66 yds · 3 td
Career avg342 rec · 3,659 yds · 21 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
8rec
66yds
3td
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Scouting report

Noah Fant — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

B+
Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Noah Fant is a Tight End for the New Orleans Saints, drafted 20th overall, 2019. In 2026 he caught 8 passes for 66 yards and 3 touchdowns.
B+
Receiving
C+
Big-play
A+
Scoring
B+
Receiving yards
Excellent · offense
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B+
Volume
Excellent · offense
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A+
Scoring
Elite · offense
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C+
Big-play
Solid · offense
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A-
Target share
Excellent · offense
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Act II

Where Noah Fant stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #117 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
265Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Noah Fant — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A+
Receiving
66 YDS
drill in ↓
A+
Volume
8 REC
drill in ↓
C+
Big-play
8.3 Y/R
drill in ↓
A+
Scoring
3 TD
drill in ↓
The engine

How the model sees Noah Fant

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
22
rec
6–38
200
rec yds
26–373
3
td
2–3
29
targets
8–49
9
games
4–14
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 8-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 8 → projected 22 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+15.3
Age curve
-1.4
Net vs last season+13.9 rec
Everything it reads
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8 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
auto
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
+dev
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Position aging curve
age 29 — applied to the projection
curve
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 14 / 15 / 3
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Noah Fant career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2019164056236614.1
2020156267339310.9
202116686704909.9
202217504864639.7
2023173241404312.9
2024144850016410.4
202515342883418.5
2026 in progress · 3 games38663128.3
Career1133423,65921472
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the New Orleans Saints built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
82off index
98def index
+46net
95%playoff odds
66roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B+ (82), defense A+ (98) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 71, pass rush 99, coverage 97.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Noah Fant

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1997-11-20

The beginning

Noah Fant is a Tight End for the New Orleans Saints, in his 8th NFL season.

New Orleans Saints

Turning pro

Drafted 20th overall, 2019 as a Tight End.

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Noah Fant is a New Orleans Saints tight end, drafted 20th overall, 2019.

Chapter

Across 8 seasons (2019–2026) he has caught 342 passes for 3,659 yards and 21 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 8 passes for 66 yards and 3 touchdowns in 2026.

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Fant's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
249 lbs
Draft
20th overall, 2019
Born
Omaha, NE
Age
29
Jersey
#87
Background

Noah Fant is from Omaha, NE and is 29 years old. He was drafted 20th overall, 2019 and plays tight end at 6' 4", 249 lbs.

Over 8 seasons (2019–2026) he has caught 342 passes for 3,659 yards and 21 touchdowns. Fant is currently on the New Orleans Saints roster.

The person

Noah Fant is a starting tight end who has caught 342 passes for 3,659 yards and 21 touchdowns across 8 seasons (2019–2026).

Receiving342 career receptions for 3,659 yards and 21 touchdowns.
Best season62 catches for 673 yards in 2020.
First-round pedigree20th overall, 2019.
Durability113 career games played.
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FAQ

Noah Fant — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Noah Fant, answered.

What position does Noah Fant play?
Noah Fant is a Tight End for the New Orleans Saints.
When was Noah Fant drafted?
Noah Fant was drafted 20th overall, 2019.
How many seasons has Noah Fant played?
8 (2019–2026).
What are Noah Fant's career stats?
He has caught 342 passes for 3,659 yards and 21 touchdowns.
Noah Fant career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
TE2
behind the starter
Snap share
47%
of offensive snaps
Target share
7%
WOPR 0.13

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ DET
Week 1 · Smash
Season outlook
59
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 5
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
77
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ DETW2 @ BALW3 vs LVW4 vs ATLW5 vs MINW6 @ NYGW7 vs PITW8 · BYEW9 vs CLEW10 vs CARW11 @ CHIW12 @ CINW13 vs GBW14 @ CARW15 @ TBW16 vs ARIW17 @ ATLW18 vs TB

Each week grades Noah Fant's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
23
since 2019
Games missed
4
listed Out
Lower-body
15
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk4 · Abdomen (Questionable)2025 Wk17 · Ankle (Questionable)2025 Wk16 · Ankle (Out)2025 Wk5 · Concussion2025 Wk4 · Concussion (Out)2024 Wk17 · Knee

Home surface: sportturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 8 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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Noah Fant head-to-head

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