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89Bengals · TECincinnati Bengals#897 yrs expWashington77 · 259 lb
Drew Sample
Cincinnati Bengals#897 yrs expWashington77 · 259 lb57Form
44Established
Replacement level#54 of 74 tight endsBreakout: 13 above his last three seasons
Games17last 17
Targets301.8 a game
Catches2583% caught
Yards16210 a game
TDs1
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 74 tight ends
Elite hands, weak after the catch
Each axis is a percentile against every qualified tight end over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).
SamplePosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeBelow avgshare of team targets
5.0%1st pct
DepthBelow avgavg depth of target
-0.3 yd1st pct
Separationyards of separation at the catch
–
After the catchYAC over expected per catch
–
HandsElitedrop rate
0.0% drops93rd pct
EfficiencyEPA per target
+0.1947th pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games
57: replacement level
One number for how well Sample has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified tight end; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 44 (#59 of 62).
Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
39
Consistencyhow steady game to game
49
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
69
Trend, last 6 gamesRising
Schedule facedTough
Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.
Top tight ends · F&D form now
Floor and ceiling
How his games are spread
1/17games with 30+ yds
0/17games with 50+ yds
0/17games with 70+ yds
0/17games with 90+ yds
Role
Game by game
Game log · last 17
Every game
| Game | Opponent | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Air yds | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 wk 1 |  TB | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | +0.9 |
| 25 wk 18 |  CLE | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | -3 | +1.3 |
| 25 wk 17 |  ARI | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | -3 | +0.5 |
| 25 wk 16 |  MIA | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | -3 | +2.7 |
| 25 wk 15 |  BAL | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | -0.7 |
| 25 wk 13 | BAL | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | +0.5 |
| 25 wk 12 |  NE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.5 |
| 25 wk 7 |  PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25 wk 6 |  GB | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -5 | -1.4 |
| 25 wk 5 |  DET | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -0.8 |
| 25 wk 3 |  MIN | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 9 | +2.7 |
| 25 wk 2 |  JAX | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -6 | -1.0 |
| 25 wk 1 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.7 |
| 24 wk 18 | PIT | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | -5 | +0.1 |
| 24 wk 17 |  DEN | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +0.5 |
| 24 wk 16 | CLE | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | +0.5 |
| 24 wk 15 |  TEN | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | +1.0 |