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Noah Fant injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
New Orleans Saints · Tight end · status this week: not on the week 7 injury report (week 7 report, captured Wed 21 Oct, 6:15am)
Over his 7 full seasons on record, Noah Fant played 110 of 117 regular-season games (94%), and 5 of 6 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The New Orleans Saints room absorbs +0.68 receptions, and Juwan Johnson takes the largest single share at +0.23. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the tight end room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Fant TE · 56% snaps | 2.20 | — | OUT |
| Chris Olave WR · 81% snaps | 5.80 | 5.80 | +0.00 |
| Devaughn Vele WR · 92% snaps | 4.00 | 4.00 | +0.00 |
| Juwan Johnson TE · 63% snaps | 3.90 | 4.13 | +0.23 |
| Alvin Kamara RB · 30% snaps | 2.50 | 2.50 | +0.00 |
| Travis Etienne RB · 46% snaps | 1.90 | 1.90 | +0.00 |
| Kendre Miller RB · 30% snaps | 1.40 | 1.40 | +0.00 |
| Bryce Lance WR · 66% snaps | 1.10 | 1.10 | +0.00 |
| CJ Donaldson RB · 32% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Kevin Austin Jr. WR · 11% snaps | 0.70 | 0.70 | +0.00 |
| Jalen Cropper WR · 0% snaps | 0.60 | 0.60 | +0.00 |
| Oscar Delp TE · 29% snaps | 0.60 | 0.83 | +0.23 |
| Barion Brown WR · 11% snaps | 0.50 | 0.50 | +0.00 |
| Treyton Welch TE · 7% snaps | 0.10 | 0.32 | +0.22 |
Injury history
Over his 7 full seasons on record, Noah Fant played 110 of 117 regular-season games (94%), and 5 of 6 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NO | 5 of 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Abdomen |
| 2025 | CIN | 15 of 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ankle, Concussion |
| 2024 | SEA | 14 of 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Groin |
| 2023 | SEA | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Knee |
| 2022 | SEA | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Knee |
| 2021 | DEN | 16 of 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | DEN | 15 of 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Ankle, Ribs |
| 2019 | DEN | 16 of 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Hip, Shoulder |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.107 | 2,160 | 2.29 |
| Tight ends | +0.492 | 1,024 | 9.57 |
| Backs | -0.045 | 1,259 | -0.92 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Noah Fant’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection