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Drew Sample 2026 stats

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#89 · TE · Cincinnati Bengals · 2026 regular season

Week 8 · this week

Kickoff Sun Nov 1, 12:00 PM CT · CBS

Playing this week? Not on this week's official injury report

Fantasy: Last 3: 4 touches · 5 targets · 12.9 PPR (4.3 a game) · season 4.5 PPR a game

6'5" · 260 lbs · 30 years old · Washington · 8th season

At a glance: 2026: 48 receiving yards, 8 targets and 1 TD in 4 games.

Drew Sample has 48 receiving yards in 4 games, under the mark to be ranked among tight ends (1.875 catches per team game).

Official sources, timestamped

Usage

Drew Sample's usage, the season and the last three games he played
Drew SampleSeasonWeeks 1–7Last 3Weeks 3–7
Targets85
Target share6%5%
Air yards (average depth of target)7 (0.9)7 (1.4)
Red-zone touches (share of team red-zone plays)2 (4%)1 (3%)
Goal-to-go touches00
Targets on 3rd down12%20%

Counted from nflverse's play-by-play, in the games he played: target share is his targets over his team's pass attempts; the red zone is inside the opponent's 20; goal-to-go is nflverse's flag; the down rows are shares of his own carries and targets. Source: nflverse play-by-play.

Data through Week 7's games, from nflverse player stats; nflverse last published it .

  • 48Yards receiving
  • 7Catches
  • 8Targets
  • 1TD
  • 3.7%Share of team targets

Receiving yards by week

0 15 30 Week 1: 19 Week 3: 0 Week 5: 5 Week 7: 24 Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Bye Wk 7

Stats

  • Games with a stat4
  • Yardsreceiving48
  • Catches7
  • Targets8
  • Share ofteam targets3.7%
  • Air yards7
  • Share ofteam air yards0.4%
  • Yardsper catch6.9
  • TD1
  • EPAper target+0.36

Games with a stat: the games where nflverse's official box score credits him with a stat; a game he played without one is not counted. Tackles are solo tackles plus assists, as NFL.com counts them; assists on kickoffs and punts are not counted.

Fantasy points

Standard and PPR scoring · computed from official stats · Weeks 1–7 (4 games with a stat)

  • Per gamePPR / standard4.5 / 2.7
  • Best / median / worstPPR10.4 / 3.2 / 1.0
  • Season pointsPPR / standard17.8 / 10.852nd among TEs in PPR points
Drew Sample's fantasy points in each game
WeekPPRPPR points as a barStandard
Week 14.91.9
Week 31.00.0
Week 51.50.5
Week 710.48.4

Points are stat math, not advice. Points are counted by us from nflverse's player stats in standard scoring (0.04 per passing yard, 4 per passing touchdown, 6 per rushing or receiving touchdown, 0.1 per rushing or receiving yard, -2 per interception or fumble lost, 2 per two-point conversion); PPR adds 1 per catch. Source: nflverse player stats.

Game log

Drew Sample, every 2026 regular-season game
GameResultCatchesTargetsYardsreceivingTDAir yards
Week 1 vs BuccaneersW 33–27331900
Week 3 at SteelersL 27–3012003
Week 5 at DolphinsW 31–2411503
Week 6: bye——————
Week 7 at RavensW 35–13222411

Career stats · receiving

Regular season · nflverse. One row per season; a season split between teams lists both.

Drew Sample's career receiving, one row per season
SeasonTeamGames with a statTargetsRecYdsTD
2023CIN1427221632
2024CIN1122201091
2025CIN1120151061
2026CIN487481
Since 20234077644265

Career stats · rushing

Regular season · nflverse. One row per season; a season split between teams lists both.

Drew Sample's career rushing, one row per season
SeasonTeamGames with a statAttYdsY/ATD
2024CIN11-4-4.00
2025CIN1133.00
Since 202322-1-0.50

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