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Tanner Hudson injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
Cincinnati Bengals · Tight end · status this week: ON RESERVE / IR (ESPN)
Over his 7 full seasons on record, Tanner Hudson played 66 of 117 regular-season games (56%), and 4 of 5 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The Cincinnati Bengals room absorbs +0.88 receptions, and Mike Gesicki takes the largest single share at +0.22. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Hudson TE · 31% snaps | 1.70 | — | OUT |
| Ja'Marr Chase WR · 74% snaps | 6.30 | 6.30 | +0.00 |
| Tee Higgins WR · 78% snaps | 4.40 | 4.40 | +0.00 |
| Chase Brown RB · 0% snaps | 3.90 | 3.90 | +0.00 |
| Dohnte Meyers WR · 48% snaps | 2.30 | 2.30 | +0.00 |
| Mike Gesicki TE · 48% snaps | 1.90 | 2.12 | +0.22 |
| Andrei Iosivas WR · 53% snaps | 1.20 | 1.20 | +0.00 |
| Erick All TE · 33% snaps | 1.10 | 1.32 | +0.22 |
| Samaje Perine RB · 0% snaps | 1.10 | 1.10 | +0.00 |
| Colbie Young WR · 10% snaps | 0.80 | 0.80 | +0.00 |
| Drew Sample TE · 47% snaps | 0.80 | 1.02 | +0.22 |
| Mitchell Tinsley WR · 36% snaps | 0.80 | 0.80 | +0.00 |
| Jack Endries TE · 2% snaps | 0.50 | 0.72 | +0.22 |
Injury history
Over his 7 full seasons on record, Tanner Hudson played 66 of 117 regular-season games (56%), and 4 of 5 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CIN | 4 of 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | CIN | 13 of 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Concussion |
| 2024 | CIN | 11 of 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Knee |
| 2023 | CIN | 12 of 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | NYG | 11 of 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Illness |
| 2021 | SF | 1 of 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | TB | 9 of 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | TB | 9 of 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Concussion |
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.
Tanner Hudson’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection