The Pittsburgh Steelers figure to be in the market to draft a tight end this year and Noah Fant out of Iowa is considered by many to be the second-best one in this year’s class. Fant, who posted an incredible pSPARQ score of 146.1 at the 2019 NFL Combine, exits college having registered 78 receptions for 1,083 yards and 19 touchdowns.
Last season, Fant registered 39 receptions for 519 yards and 7 touchdowns on 60 total targets. I have tracked down all of Fant’s targets from his 2018 season and contextualized them for you below. This contextualization includes play data such as down, distance, the distance the pass was thrown, and yards gained after the catch. Each contextualized target is linked to the video of the play for you to watch.
Fant’s average completed air yardage distance in 2018 was 6.95 yards. His average intended air yardage distance was 9.72 yards, however. He caught 65% of all passes thrown his direction in 2018 and averaged 6.82 yards after the catch. He caught 6 of the 15 (40%) deep passes (over 15 yards past LOS) thrown his way in 2018. He had 4 drops in 2018.
| OPP | QRT | TIME | DWN | DIST | SIDE | LOS | RES | YDS | PD | YAC | VIDEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | 1st | 14:15 | 3 | 6 | IOWA | 33 | I | 0 | 32 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NIU | 1st | 9:21 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 23 | C | 4 | -1 | 5 | VIDEO |
| NIU | 1st | 7:05 | 3 | 2 | IOWA | 42 | C | 5 | 5 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NIU | 3rd | 7:20 | 4 | G | NIU | 1 | C/TD | 1 | 7 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IOWST | 1st | 6:42 | 2 | 9 | IOWA | 26 | C | 4 | 4 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IOWST | 1st | 2:08 | 1 | 10 | ISU | 21 | I | 0 | 26 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IOWST | 2nd | 14:07 | 2 | 9 | IOWA | 41 | C | 8 | 1 | 7 | VIDEO |
| IOWST | 2nd | 14:07 | 2 | 11 | ISU | 37 | I | 0 | 1 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IOWST | 3rd | 1:58 | 3 | 7 | IOWA | 46 | C | 8 | 8 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IOWST | 4th | 11:17 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 17 | I | 0 | 3 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IOWST | 4th | 11:17 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 27 | C | 11 | 10 | 1 | VIDEO |
| NIOWA | 1st | 7:21 | 2 | 9 | IOWA | 49 | C | 43 | 32 | 11 | VIDEO |
| NIOWA | 1st | 6:12 | 2 | G | IOWA | 5 | C/TD | 5 | 2 | 3 | VIDEO |
| NIOWA | 1st | 3:19 | 3 | 8 | IOWA | 34 | C | 19 | 8 | 11 | VIDEO |
| NIOWA | 1st | 3:03 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 47 | C | 29 | 17 | 12 | VIDEO |
| NIOWA | 1st | :42 | 4 | 2 | IOWA | 10 | C | 3 | 3 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NIOWA | 2nd | 7:47 | 2 | 5 | IOWA | 49 | I | 0 | 4 | 0 | VIDEO |
| WIS | 2nd | 5:20 | 1 | 10 | WIS | 20 | C/TD | 20 | 26 | 0 | VIDEO |
| WIS | 3rd | 5:12 | 2 | 5 | IOWA | 46 | C | 8 | 5 | 3 | VIDEO |
| WIS | 3rd | 1:40 | 1 | G | WIS | 1 | C/TD | 1 | 3 | 0 | VIDEO |
| MINN | 2nd | 9:06 | 2 | 10 | MINN | 35 | C | 12 | 3 | 9 | VIDEO |
| MINN | 2nd | 3:16 | 2 | 10 | IOWA | 25 | I | 0 | 19 | 0 | VIDEO |
| MINN | 2nd | 0:53 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 35 | C | 6 | 6 | 0 | VIDEO |
| MINN | 3rd | 12:25 | 2 | 7 | MINN | 26 | C | 4 | 4 | 0 | VIDEO |
| MINN | 3rd | 4:08 | 3 | G | MINN | 5 | C/TD | 5 | 7 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IND | 1st | 1:31 | 2 | 10 | IND | 28 | I | 0 | 33 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IND | 1st | 1:21 | 3 | 10 | IND | 28 | C/TD | 28 | 31 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IND | 2nd | 6:15 | 3 | 3 | IOWA | 17 | C | 4 | 4 | 0 | VIDEO |
| IND | 2nd | 0:10 | 2 | 10 | IOWA | 43 | C | 11 | 10 | 1 | VIDEO |
| IND | 4th | 12:36 | 3 | 9 | IOWA | 21 | C | 58 | 29 | 29 | VIDEO |
| MD | 1st | 6:41 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 48 | I | 0 | 10 | 0 | VIDEO |
| MD | 2nd | 10:25 | 4 | 3 | MD | 17 | C | 7 | -4 | 11 | VIDEO |
| MD | 2nd | 1:44 | 2 | 9 | MD | 35 | I | 0 | 2 | 0 | VIDEO |
| MD | 3rd | 10:09 | 2 | 11 | MD | 30 | C | 9 | 0 | 9 | VIDEO |
| MD | 3rd | 5:09 | 3 | 7 | IOWA | 42 | C | -2 | -6 | 4 | VIDEO |
| PSU | 3rd | 14:59 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 25 | I | 0 | 16 | 0 | VIDEO |
| PSU | 4th | 12:18 | 2 | 10 | IOWA | 25 | C | 22 | 9 | 13 | VIDEO |
| PSU | 4th | 11:45 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 47 | I | 0 | 14 | 0 | VIDEO |
| PSU | 4th | 7:49 | 2 | 10 | IOWA | 25 | C | 12 | 3 | 9 | VIDEO |
| PSU | 4th | 7:22 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 37 | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | VIDEO |
| PSU | 4th | 6:43 | 2 | 6 | IOWA | 41 | C | 7 | 7 | 0 | VIDEO |
| PSU | 4th | 1:02 | 3 | 10 | IOWA | 34 | C | 11 | 11 | 0 | VIDEO |
| PSU | 4th | 0:20 | 1 | 10 | PSU | 44 | I | 0 | 10 | 0 | VIDEO |
| PUR | 1st | 2:21 | 3 | 10 | PUR | 49 | I | 0 | 27 | 0 | VIDEO |
| PUR | 2nd | 12:58 | 3 | 6 | PUR | 35 | C | 16 | 8 | 8 | VIDEO |
| PUR | 3rd | 11:36 | 2 | 6 | IOWA | 23 | C | 65 | -4 | 69 | VIDEO |
| PUR | 3rd | 2:25 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 25 | C | 4 | -4 | 8 | VIDEO |
| NW | 1st | 13:38 | 3 | 3 | NW | 46 | I | 0 | 6 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NW | 1st | 2:07 | 2 | 5 | IOWA | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NW | 3rd | 7:19 | 2 | 11 | NW | 20 | I | 0 | 10 | 0 | VIDEO |
| ILL | 1st | 11:01 | 3 | 2 | ILL | 48 | C | 8 | 2 | 6 | VIDEO |
| ILL | 1st | 9:36 | 2 | 8 | ILL | 38 | I | 0 | 3 | 0 | VIDEO |
| ILL | 1st | 6:25 | 2 | 7 | ILL | 9 | C/TD | 9 | 2 | 7 | VIDEO |
| ILL | 2nd | 7:37 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 17 | C | 37 | 18 | 19 | VIDEO |
| ILL | 3rd | 3:26 | 3 | 4 | ILL | 49 | I | 0 | 25 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NEB | 1st | 11:05 | 1 | 10 | NEB | 27 | I | 0 | 5 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NEB | 1st | 5:20 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 26 | I | 0 | 29 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NEB | 1st | 3:59 | 1 | 10 | IOWA | 41 | C | 12 | 3 | 9 | VIDEO |
| NEB | 2nd | 3:06 | 3 | 3 | NEB | 38 | I | 0 | 15 | 0 | VIDEO |
| NEB | 4th | 8:03 | 3 | 9 | NEB | 19 | I | 0 | 22 | 0 | VIDEO |
