Noah Fant holds the TE · Backup spot in New Orleans Saints’s tight end room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Noah Fant played 15 games in 2025 with a 38% snap share.

Noah Fant is a tight end entering his eighth NFL season, his first with New Orleans after joining as an unrestricted free agent from Cincinnati. The Iowa product was selected 20th overall in the 2019 NFL Draft by Denver. Through his career, Fant has played in 110 regular season games with 90 starts, accumulating 334 receptions for 3,593 yards and 18 touchdowns. He has recorded at least 30 receptions in each of the past seven seasons, placing him among only eight active NFL tight ends to achieve that mark. In 2025 with Cincinnati, Fant caught 34 passes for 288 yards with three touchdowns across 15 games.

Iowathrough 2018

Broncos2019 – 2021

Seahawks2022 – 2024

Bengals2025

Saintspresent

CollegeIowaDraftRound 1 · No. 20 overall · 2019 · DENAcquiredAcquired from Denver Broncos · drafted thereHometownOmaha, NE