Drew Sample stats

Bengals

Tight End · #89

Age 30 · 6' 5" · 260 lbs

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Drew Sample recorded 7 receptions, 48 receiving yards and 1 receiving touchdown in 7 games of 2026 for the Cincinnati Bengals. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
REC
7
TGTS
8
YDS
48
AVG
6.9
TD
1
LNG
16
FD
2
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
2019CIN956306.00211
2020CIN1640533498.712316
2021CIN171115817.40193
2022CIN222-2-1.0020
2023CIN1722271637.42229
2024CIN1720221095.41128
2025CIN1715201067.11275
2026CIN778486.91162

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career regular season

GP
102
REC
122
TGTS
153
YDS
884
AVG
7.2
TD
6
LNG
27
FD
44

Career Postseason

GP
4
REC
1
TGTS
2
YDS
4
AVG
4.0
TD
0
LNG
4
FD
0

Per game

GP
7
REC
1
TGTS
1.1
YDS
6.9
AVG
6.9
TD
0.1
LNG
16
FD
0.3

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.REC: Passes caught.TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.LNG: Longest single play, in yards.FD: First downs this player moved the chains for.
2019CIN90.60.73.36.00.0210.1
2020CIN162.53.321.88.70.1231.0
2021CIN170.60.94.87.40.0190.2
2022CIN21.01.0-1.0-1.00.020.0
2023CIN171.31.69.67.40.1220.5
2024CIN171.21.36.45.40.1120.5
2025CIN170.91.26.27.10.1270.3
2026CIN71.01.16.96.90.1160.3

What the columns mean: REC · TGTS · LNG · FD

Career regular season, Per game

GP
102
REC
1.2
TGTS
1.5
YDS
8.7
AVG
7.2
TD
0.1
LNG
27
FD
0.4

Fantasy

GP
7
PPR
17.8
HALF
14.3
STD
10.8
PPG
2.5

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2019CIN98.05.53.00.9
2020CIN1678.958.938.94.9
2021CIN1719.113.68.11.1
2022CIN21.80.8-0.20.9
2023CIN1750.339.328.33
2024CIN1736.526.516.52.1
2025CIN1731.924.416.91.9
2026CIN717.814.310.82.5

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Career regular season

GP
102
PPR
244.3
HALF
183.3
STD
122.3
PPG
2.4

Bio

Age
30 yearsApr 16, 1996
Height
6' 5"
Weight
260 lbs
Experience
8 yearsDebut 2019
Birthplace
Bellevue, WA
Draft
2019Rd 2, Pk 52
College
Washington
Salary
$2.85 million2026

Latest performance

Drew Sample

Nov 01 · vs TEN · W 43-36 OT

REC
0
TGTS
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
LNG
0

Snap counts, 2026

50% of his club's offensive snaps a game (219 in 7 games); 39% in week 8.

His offensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1TB4266%14
2HOU3660%8
3PIT2951%13
4JAX2026%9
5MIA3452%11
7BAL2955%9
8TEN2939%9

NFL snap counts, every player

2019 NFL combine

TE, 6'5", 255 lb · Washington

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.71s62nd
Vertical jump33.5"48th
Broad jump9' 7"40th
3-cone drill7.15s49th
20-yard shuttle4.31s63rd

Percentile: the share of TEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2019 combine

Games

All games

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Most recent games
DateOpponentRECYDSTD
Sun, Nov 01vsTENW 43-36 OT000
Sun, Oct 25atBALW 35-132241
Sun, Oct 11atMIAW 31-24150
Sun, Oct 04vsJAXL 22-17000
Sun, Sep 27atPITL 30-27100
Sun, Sep 20atHOUW 20-6000

What are Drew Sample's career stats?

Drew Sample has played 8 seasons for the Bengals. He has 122 receptions for 884 yards and 6 receiving touchdowns. His best season so far is 2020: 40 receptions, 349 receiving yards and 1 receiving touchdown.

Best single games

  • Rushing Yards: 3 @ BAL on Nov 27, 2025, W 32-14
  • Receptions: 7 @ MIA on Dec 6, 2020, L 19-7
  • Receiving Yards: 52 vs CLE on Oct 25, 2020, L 37-34
  • Receiving Touchdowns: 1 @ HOU on Dec 27, 2020, W 37-31
Drew Sample's best game in each stat, by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
2026—319—
202533311
2024—4281
2023—3381
2022—12—
2021—336—
2020—7521
2019—225—

What the columns mean: REC

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2019.

Drew Sample college stats

Drew Sample played 4 seasons at Washington Huskies (2015 to 2018): 46 catches for 487 yards and 5 touchdowns.

receiving

Drew Sample's college receiving by season
REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2015Washington Huskies5459223
2016Washington Huskies910611.8032
2017Washington Huskies78412031
2018Washington Huskies2525210.1333

defensive

Drew Sample's college defensive by season
SeasonSchoolTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLOSOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.ASTAST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PDPD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FFFF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INTINT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2018Washington Huskies211000000

scoring

Drew Sample's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2015Washington Huskies0020200012
2018Washington Huskies0030300018

returning

Drew Sample's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2015Washington Huskies1110011111011

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Drew Sample's college game log.

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Playoff games

Drew Sample played 4 games across 1 NFL postseason — 3 won, 1 lost.

Drew Sample's line in each playoff game
CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.
2021LVW 26-19000
2021TENW 19-16000
2021KCW 27-24 OT040
2021LARL 23-20000

What the columns mean: CAR

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.