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Noah Fant ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Fant in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Fant a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

Noah Fant

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Noah Fant

Top 10% all-time TEsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2020Two-Way Profile

Height6'4"

Weight249 lb

BornNov 20, 1997

Age28

CollegeIowa See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 1, Pick 20 · DEN

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end tight end defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 145 · #673 · High-Value

Worth 145 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 15% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

46

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

7

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+20.7

Avg surplus

peak +32

7 seasons × ~20.7 surplus ≈ VORP 145

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	—	DEN	16	—	66	40	562	3	60.6%	14.1	8.5	—	23	3	-12	0	-4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	695	68.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	—	KC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	DEN	14	—	93	62	673	3	66.7%	10.9	7.2	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	733	71.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	—	DEN	16	—	90	68	670	4	75.6%	9.9	7.4	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	843	84.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	—	LV	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	SEA	17	—	63	50	486	4	79.4%	9.7	7.7	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	660	60.1%	—	0.0%	6	6.7%
2023	—	SEA	14	—	43	32	414	0	74.4%	12.9	9.6	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	574	54.2%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2024	—	SEA	14	—	64	48	500	1	75.0%	10.4	7.8	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	569	63.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	—	MIN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	CIN	13	—	41	34	288	3	82.9%	8.5	7.0	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	379	37.9%	—	0.0%	17	20.0%
Career		—	109	—	460	334	3,593	18	72.6%	10.8	7.8	—	164	3	-12	0	-4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	4,453	62.9%	—	0.0%	24	9.9%

Career EPA59.0·-5 rushing · 64 receiving·9.8/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2019	22	DEN	16	11*	3	-12	0	-4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	12
Career			16	11*	3	-12	0	-4.0	—	0	—	0	76.1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2019	22	DEN	16	11*	66	40	562	3	60.6%	14.1	8.5	—	23
2020	23	DEN	14	11*	93	62	673	3	66.7%	10.9	7.2	—	34
2021	24	DEN	16	14*	90	68	670	4	75.6%	9.9	7.4	—	29
2022	25	SEA	17	10*	63	50	486	4	79.4%	9.7	7.7	—	24
2023	26	SEA	14	9*	43	32	414	0	74.4%	12.9	9.6	—	16
2024	27	SEA	14	9*	64	48	500	1	75.0%	10.4	7.8	—	25
2025	28	CIN	13	0*	41	34	288	3	82.9%	8.5	7.0	—	13
Career			104	64*	460	334	3,593	18	72.6%	10.8	7.8	—	164

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2019	22	KC	2	2*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2021	24	LV	1	1*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2024	27	MIN	2	2*	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			5	5*	6	6	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	22	DEN	16	11*	695	68.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	23	DEN	15	11*	733	71.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	24	DEN	16	14*	843	84.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	25	SEA	17	10*	660	60.1%	—	0.0%	6	6.7%
2023	26	SEA	17	9*	574	54.2%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
2024	27	SEA	14	9*	569	63.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	28	CIN	15	0*	379	37.9%	—	0.0%	17	20.0%
Career			110	64*	4,453	—	—	—	24	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2019	22	—	—	11*	—	-4.7	-0.4	0	503
2020	23	—	—	11*	—	—	10.6	0	626
2021	24	—	—	14*	—	—	16.2	0	540
2022	25	—	—	10*	—	—	19.1	0	406
2023	26	—	—	9*	—	—	11.7	0	298
2024	27	—	—	9*	—	—	6.5	0	339
Career				64*	—	—	—	0	2,712

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2019	22	DEN	16	11*	-12	-4.0	0	0.0	0	—	0
Career			16	11*	-12	—	0	—	0	—	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2019	22	DEN	16	11*	7.6	5.8	8.3	3	5	0.1	23	84.3
2020	23	DEN	15	11*	6.7	4.8	6.1	4	5	0.1	34	89.6
2021	24	DEN	16	14*	6.1	5.3	4.5	1	2	0.0	29	110.9
2022	25	SEA	17	10*	6.4	5.3	4.4	0	1	0.0	24	120.0
2023	26	SEA	17	9*	6.9	7.4	5.5	1	1	0.0	16	94.5
2024	27	SEA	14	9*	5.4	4.6	5.8	2	1	0.0	25	82.8
2025	28	CIN	15	0*	3.5	3.4	5.1	1	1	0.0	13	120.3
Career			110	64*	—	—	—	12	16	—	164	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 70 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

67

Sustained

career value

×.6

74

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 69.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 49.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2019bestavg 67elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

23

Depth

of 100

Reached 22% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

22% of the all-time Receptions leader22

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

9.83 EPA/season over 6 seasons53

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

66

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:0.804 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.804Touch rate0.104EPA/snap0.013Snap share62.8%Off snaps4,453ConsistentCV 0.08

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within tight ends, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average tight ends aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2019

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

TE · 2019 class

4.50s

40-Yard

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 77thClass Pos 92thClass All 80th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 93thClass Pos 97thClass All 92th

127"

Broad Jump

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 91thClass Pos 91thClass All 89th

20 reps

Bench

Below avg · 46th pct

Pos 46thAll 44thClass Pos 68thClass All 48th

6.81s

3-Cone

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 90thClass Pos 97thClass All 95th

4.22s

Shuttle

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 69thClass Pos 84thClass All 71th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt2Rec1Yds11Ctch%50.0%Y/R11.0Y/Tgt5.51D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA0.7Rec AirYd10

College Stats

IowaImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2016	IOWA	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2017	IOWA	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	—	—	—
2018	IOWA	2	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	—	—
Career		4	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2016	IOWA	—	9	70	1	—	7.8	—	—	—
2017	IOWA	—	30	494	11	—	16.5	—	—	—
2018	IOWA	—	39	518	7	—	13.3	—	—	—
Career		0	78	1,082	19	—	13.9	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #20

#12Rashan GaryLB #13Christian WilkinsDT #14Chris LindstromG #15Dwayne HaskinsQB #16Brian BurnsLB #17Dexter LawrenceDT #18Garrett BradburyC #19Jeffery SimmonsDT #21Darnell SavageDB #22Andre DillardOT #23Tytus HowardOT #24Josh JacobsRB #25Marquise BrownWR #26Montez SweatDE #27Johnathan AbramDB #28Jerry TilleryDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Noah inherited the Denver Broncos TE room from Julius Thomas (2011–2014), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Clarence Kay 1984–1992Orson Mobley 1986–1990Shannon Sharpe 1990–2003Byron Chamberlain 1995–2000Desmond Clark 1999–2001Tony Scheffler 2006–2009

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined CIN (from SEA)
2025final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2022team change
Joined SEA (from DEN)
2019draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 1, Pick 20

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 249 lb

Frame

249 lb at 4.50s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 127" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	SEA	2	W9Out· GroinW11Out· GroinW12Questionable· Groin
2023	SEA	0	W4Questionable· Knee
2022	SEA	0	W16Questionable· Knee
2020	DEN	0	W6Questionable· AnkleW11Questionable· Ribs
2019	DEN	0	W15Questionable· Hip / FootW16Questionable· Shoulder / Illness

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

70

peak 74

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2019

B+2020

B+2021

B2022

B2023

B2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

94%

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2019	562	35.1	662+100	38.9
2020	673	48.1	907+234	53.3
2021	670	41.9	777+107	45.7
2022	486	28.6	513+27	30.2
2023	414	29.6	526+112	30.9
2024	500	35.7	630+130	37
2025	288	22.2	377+89	22.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

145 career value over replacement — #673 all-time of 4,642. 20.7/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #20 (Rd 1) · DEN · 2019 · +13.5 vs expected KV-H

70actual

56.5 expected · Δ+13.5

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