#88

Princeton Fant

Senior tight end for Tennessee. 2022: 22 catches, 241 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Tennessee · Sr. · #88

6′2″ · 235 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 48 · #61 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceTennessee 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 836 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Tennessee. 2022: 22 catches, 241 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tennessee, 570 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td vs Missouri.Missouri · W 66-242022

2017

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of LaVergne

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#836 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2020

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

2021–2022

Josh Heupel

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2019Tennessee8-5HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #61 of 132?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (99th percentile). Strength: rush yards (81st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#139 / 636 · 77th pct

10.0%

Yards / catch#421 / 636 · 34th pct

11.0

Catch rate#424 / 636 · 33rd pct

73.3%

EPA / target#492 / 636 · 23rd pct

0.44

Explosive rate#538 / 636 · 15th pct

6.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#1 / 35 · 99th pct

Rush yards#7 / 35 · 81st pct

Long catch#49 / 158 · 68th pct

Rec TDs#50 / 158 · 62nd pct

Receptions#72 / 158 · 53rd pct

Rec yards#79 / 158 · 50th pct

241

Yards / catch#87 / 158 · 44th pct

11.0

Fumbles lost#12 / 35 · 36th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

16th → 23rd percentile

Explosive rate

36th → 15th percentile

Catch rate

6th → 33rd percentile

TD rate

26th → 77th percentile

Yards / catch

65th → 34th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	23.2	11.1	0.3
Road6g	1.3	17.0	11.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	21.7	8.7	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.2	18.5	14.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #61 of 132 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #61 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Tennessee	22	241	11.0	3	--
2021	Tennessee	16	220	13.8	1	--
2020	Tennessee	11	94	8.5	1	--
2019	Tennessee	2	15	7.5	0	--
2018	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
Career		51	570	11.2	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 52–49

vs Alabama

2 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.

With H. Hooker — 385 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.3 · 56 rush yds (14 car) · J. Hyatt — 6 rec · 207 yds · 5 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · UT Martin · 2&23 · Q2 · EPA +7.08Jalin Hyatt 66 Yd pass from Princeton Fant (Chase McGrath Kick)
Week 4 · Florida · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -4.30Hendon Hooker pass complete to Princeton Fant for 13 yds Princeton Fant fumbled, forced by Ventrell Miller, recovered by Fla Tre'Vez Johnson
Week 12 · South Carolina · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.12Hendon Hooker pass complete to Princeton Fant for 41 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Princeton Fant run for 1 yd for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
Week 4 · Florida · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA -2.72Hendon Hooker pass complete to Princeton Fant for 1 yd to the Fla 29
Week 11 · Missouri · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.60Hendon Hooker pass complete to Princeton Fant for 19 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
Week 8 · UT Martin · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Princeton Fant run for 11 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath KICK)
Week 9 · Kentucky · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Princeton Fant run for 2 yds for a TD, (Chase McGrath PAT MISSED)
Week 8 · UT Martin · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Hendon Hooker pass complete to Princeton Fant for 17 yds to the Tenn 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Clemson · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Joe Milton III pass complete to Princeton Fant for 15 yds to the Clem 47

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 34-27@ Pittsburgh	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 3	W 63-6vs Akron	2	23	11.5	0	19
Wk 4	W 38-33vs Florida	5	43	8.6	0	16
Wk 6	W 40-13@ LSU	2	13	6.5	0	8
Wk 7	W 52-49vs Alabama	3	24	8.0	0	9
Wk 8	W 65-24vs UT Martin	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 9	W 44-6vs Kentucky	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 10	L 13-27@ Georgia	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 11	W 66-24vs Missouri	2	21	10.5	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 12	L 38-63@ South Carolina	2	57	28.5	1	41	Season-high 57 yds
Wk 13	W 56-0@ Vanderbilt	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	W 31-14@ Clemson	2	19	9.5	0	15
Total		22	241	11.3	3	41

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Princeton Fant

2017

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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