Drew Sample

TE · CIN · 2019–2026

Born April 16, 1996 · College Washington · Drafted 2019, round 2, pick 52 (CIN) · 6-5, 260 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2024	CIN	11	1	-4	-4.00	−1.479	−1.5	−0.02
2025	CIN	12	1	3	3.00	−0.584	−0.6	−0.00
Career	CIN	72	2	-1	-0.50	−1.032	−2.1	−0.02

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	CIN	4	6	5	30	0	83.3	−0.072	+0.132−0.057 to +0.320	4.0	7.0	−0.4	−0.01
2020	CIN	16	53	40	349	1	75.5	+0.045	+0.162−0.002 to +0.326	9.4	4.2	+2.4	+0.12
2021	CIN	9	15	11	81	0	73.3	+0.021	+0.090−0.093 to +0.273	5.3	2.3	+0.3	−0.03
2021 playoffs	CIN	1	2	1	4	0	50.0	−0.418		5.6	5.5	−0.8	−0.01
2022	CIN	2	2	2	-2	0	100.0	−1.508	+0.070−0.121 to +0.260	2.3	-1.0	−3.0	−0.06
2023	CIN	14	27	22	163	2	81.5	+0.018	+0.097−0.079 to +0.273	5.6	1.1	+0.5	−0.08
2024	CIN	11	22	20	109	1	90.9	+0.217	+0.147−0.032 to +0.326	5.4	1.5	+4.8	+0.05
2025	CIN	12	20	15	106	1	75.0	+0.133	+0.156−0.024 to +0.336	4.6	-0.3	+2.7	+0.03
2026	CIN	4	8	7	48	1	87.5	+0.363	+0.170−0.016 to +0.357	6.2	0.9	+2.9	−0.03
Career	CIN	72	153	122	884	6	79.7	+0.066		6.0	2.4	+10.1	−0.02

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Forced fumbles
2019	CIN	4	1	0
2020	CIN	16	1	0
2021	CIN	9	2	0
2023	CIN	14	1	0
2024	CIN	11	2	1
2025	CIN	12	1	0
Career	CIN	72	8	1

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2019	CIN	9	108	17.6	–	–
2020	CIN	16	865	81.0	–	–
2021	CIN	17	444	41.1	–	–
2021 playoffs	CIN	4	113	45.0	–	–
2022	CIN	2	39	23.5	–	–
2023	CIN	17	480	44.9	–	–
2024	CIN	17	644	57.7	–	–
2025	CIN	17	582	53.3	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	2	100.0	0	0.0	0	–
2023	27	88.9	1	4.2	1	100.0
2024	22	90.9	0	0.0	1	0.0
2025	20	80.0	0	0.0	2	50.0
2026	8	87.5	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (4 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs TB	W 33–27	3	3	19	0	+0.9
3	2026-09-27	@ PIT	L 27–30	2	1	0	0	−1.0
5	2026-10-11	@ MIA	W 31–24	1	1	5	0	−0.1
7	2026-10-25	@ BAL	W 35–13	2	2	24	1	+3.2

2025 game log (12 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	@ CLE	W 17–16	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
2	2025-09-14	vs JAX	W 31–27	0	0	0.0	2	1	7	0	−1.0	0
3	2025-09-21	@ MIN	L 10–48	0	0	0.0	3	2	20	1	+2.7	0
5	2025-10-05	vs DET	L 24–37	0	0	0.0	1	1	-1	0	−0.8	0
6	2025-10-12	@ GB	L 18–27	0	0	0.0	2	1	-2	0	−1.4	0
7	2025-10-16	vs PIT	W 33–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2025-11-23	vs NE	L 20–26	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	−0.5	0
13	2025-11-27	@ BAL	W 32–14	1	3	−0.6	2	1	14	0	+0.5	0
15	2025-12-14	vs BAL	L 0–24	0	0	0.0	2	2	12	0	−0.7	0
16	2025-12-21	@ MIA	W 45–21	0	0	0.0	2	2	31	0	+2.7	0
17	2025-12-28	vs ARI	W 37–14	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	0	+0.5	0
18	2026-01-04	vs CLE	L 18–20	0	0	0.0	3	3	17	0	+1.3	0

2024 game log (11 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2024-09-15	@ KC	L 25–26	0	0	0.0	3	3	28	0	+2.2	0
4	2024-09-29	@ CAR	W 34–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	−0.8	0
7	2024-10-20	@ CLE	W 21–14	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.0	0
9	2024-11-03	vs LV	W 41–24	0	0	0.0	4	4	14	1	+1.9	0
11	2024-11-17	@ LAC	L 27–34	1	-4	−1.5	2	1	9	0	+0.2	0
13	2024-12-01	vs PIT	L 38–44	0	0	0.0	2	2	8	0	−0.3	1
14	2024-12-09	@ DAL	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	2	2	13	0	+0.7	0
15	2024-12-15	@ TEN	W 37–27	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	0	+1.0	0
16	2024-12-22	vs CLE	W 24–6	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	0	+0.5	1
17	2024-12-28	vs DEN	W 30–24 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	+0.5	0
18	2025-01-04	@ PIT	W 19–17	0	0	0.0	4	4	14	0	+0.1	0

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2023-09-25	vs LA	W 19–16	1	1	7	0	−0.2	0
4	2023-10-01	@ TEN	L 3–27	1	1	-1	0	−1.2	0
6	2023-10-15	vs SEA	W 17–13	1	1	4	0	−0.2	0
8	2023-10-29	@ SF	W 31–17	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
9	2023-11-05	vs BUF	W 24–18	4	3	30	1	+0.6	0
10	2023-11-12	vs HOU	L 27–30	3	2	12	0	−4.2	0
11	2023-11-16	@ BAL	L 20–34	2	2	19	0	+1.3	0
12	2023-11-26	vs PIT	L 10–16	1	1	11	1	+2.1	1
13	2023-12-04	@ JAX	W 34–31 OT	1	1	11	0	+1.5	0
14	2023-12-10	vs IND	W 34–14	2	2	4	0	−0.2	0
15	2023-12-16	vs MIN	W 27–24 OT	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
16	2023-12-23	@ PIT	L 11–34	3	3	38	0	+1.5	0
17	2023-12-31	@ KC	L 17–25	4	3	21	0	+0.7	0
18	2024-01-07	vs CLE	W 31–14	2	2	7	0	−0.2	0

2022 game log (2 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	vs PIT	L 20–23 OT	1	1	2	0	−1.5
2	2022-09-18	@ DAL	L 17–20	1	1	-4	0	−1.5

2021 game log (10 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2021-09-26	@ PIT	W 24–10	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2021-10-10	vs GB	L 22–25 OT	4	2	9	−1.2	0
6	2021-10-17	@ DET	W 34–11	1	0	0	−0.6	0
9	2021-11-07	vs CLE	L 16–41	3	3	36	+2.6	0
11	2021-11-21	@ LV	W 32–13	2	1	3	−1.0	0
14	2021-12-12	vs SF	L 23–26 OT	1	1	14	+0.9	1
15	2021-12-19	@ DEN	W 15–10	1	1	2	−0.5	0
16	2021-12-26	vs BAL	W 41–21	2	2	9	+0.3	0
18	2022-01-09	@ CLE	L 16–21	1	1	8	−0.1	0
P21	2022-01-30	@ KC	W 27–24 OT	2	1	4	−0.8	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs LAC	L 13–16	1	1	7	0	+0.3	0
2	2020-09-17	@ CLE	L 30–35	9	7	45	0	+2.0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ PHI	T 23–23 OT	1	1	1	0	−0.6	0
4	2020-10-04	vs JAX	W 33–25	5	3	47	0	−4.0	1
5	2020-10-11	@ BAL	L 3–27	2	2	22	0	+0.4	0
6	2020-10-18	@ IND	L 27–31	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
7	2020-10-25	vs CLE	L 34–37	6	5	52	0	+4.3	0
8	2020-11-01	vs TEN	W 31–20	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
10	2020-11-15	@ PIT	L 10–36	2	1	9	0	−0.1	0
11	2020-11-22	@ WAS	L 9–20	4	2	29	0	+1.8	0
12	2020-11-29	vs NYG	L 17–19	5	4	40	0	−3.7	0
13	2020-12-06	@ MIA	L 7–19	7	7	49	0	+0.5	0
14	2020-12-13	vs DAL	L 7–30	4	3	21	0	+0.5	0
15	2020-12-21	vs PIT	W 27–17	1	1	4	0	−0.1	0
16	2020-12-27	@ HOU	W 37–31	1	1	8	1	+2.1	0
17	2021-01-03	vs BAL	L 3–38	3	2	15	0	−0.1	0

2019 game log (4 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2019-09-15	vs SF	L 17–41	3	2	25	+1.7	0
6	2019-10-13	@ BAL	L 17–23	1	1	-1	−1.0	1
7	2019-10-20	vs JAX	L 17–27	1	1	3	−0.6	0
10	2019-11-10	vs BAL	L 13–49	1	1	3	−0.6	0