Player

Andrei Iosivas

WR · Bengals

Iosivas turned a 6th-round Princeton flyer into a stable WR3 in three seasons; the 15 to 36 reception jump in year 2 was when Cincinnati started trusting him in regular packages.

FanIQ Research · May 11, 2026 · 6 facts, every one from the play-by-play

From 15 catches as a 6th-round rookie to 33 in year 3 — Iosivas has steadily carved out the WR3 role.

Trend

Career by season (regular season)

Season	Gms	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/Rec
2023	11	25	15	116	4	7.73
2024	17	61	36	479	6	13.31
2025	15	58	33	435	2	13.18

Iosivas was a 6th-round pick out of Princeton in 2023 — Ivy League WRs don't usually break through, but he carved out a role in three seasons.

The jump from year 1 to year 2 was the breakthrough: 15 to 36 receptions, 116 to 479 yards. Year 3 held the role steady — 33 catches for 435 yards through 15 games — but the TD total dropped from 6 to 2 as Tee Higgins and Ja'Marr Chase soaked up red-zone targets.

Receiving yards by season

Season	Rec Yds
2023	116
2024	479
2025	435

Why it matters. Iosivas turned a 6th-round Princeton flyer into a stable WR3 in three seasons; the 15 to 36 reception jump in year 2 was when Cincinnati started trusting him in regular packages.

Career-high 82 yards vs the Lions in Week 5 of 2025 — Iosivas's first 80-yard game.

Milestone

Iosivas's top single games

Season	Week	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD
2025	5	DET	7	5	82	0
2025	9	CHI	7	5	66	1
2025	12	NE	7	4	61	0
2024	17	DEN	4	3	59	0
2024	16	CLE	3	3	53	1

The 82-yard outing vs Detroit in Week 5 of 2025 is the only 80-yard game of Iosivas's career — and it came on 7 targets, 5 catches, the same target pace he'd see in his second-best and third-best games.

When Iosivas gets 7+ targets in a game, his ceiling is real. The problem: in 15 regular-season games in 2025, he hit that target threshold only 3 times.

Why it matters. Iosivas's 82-yard Week 5 against Detroit is the only 80-yard game of his career, and his three biggest outings all came on 7 targets — a clear ceiling only unlocked when Cincinnati actually feeds him.

56.9% catch rate in 2025 — Iosivas isn't a contested-catch guy yet.

Split

Catch rate by season

Season	Tgt	Rec	Catch %	Y/Tgt
2023	25	15	60.0%	4.6
2024	61	36	59.0%	7.9
2025	58	33	56.9%	7.5

Iosivas's catch rate has actually drifted down each year — from 60% as a rookie to 56.9% in 2025. That's below average for a NFL WR, but the yards per target ladder (4.6 → 7.9 → 7.5) tells a different story: he's getting deeper targets, just not always hauling them in.

The 13.2 yards per reception (career average) is real WR3 territory — when he catches it, it's a meaningful gain.

Why it matters. Iosivas's catch rate dropped from 60% as a rookie to 56.9% in 2025, but his yards-per-target climbed from 4.6 to 7.5 — the targets are getting longer, not easier.

14.3% TDs per catch — Iosivas ranks 7th of 125 WRs with 50+ catches since 2023.

Rare

TD per catch leaders, WRs with 50+ catches (2023-2025)

Rank	Player	Rec	TD	TD/Rec %
1	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	71	12	16.9%
2	Jalen Nailor	63	10	15.9%
3	Jalen McMillan	51	8	15.7%
4	Tee Higgins	174	26	14.9%
5	Christian Watson	97	14	14.4%
6	Mike Evans	201	29	14.4%
7	Andrei Iosivas	84	12	14.3%

Across 43 career games, Iosivas has caught 84 passes for 12 TDs — a 14.3% TD-per-catch rate that ranks 7th out of 125 WRs with at least 50 receptions across 2023-2025.

That puts him in a tier alongside Mike Evans (14.4%) and his own teammate Tee Higgins (14.9%). For a 6th-round Ivy Leaguer with a WR3 target share, the red-zone efficiency is real — even if the raw counting stats stay modest.

Why it matters. Iosivas's 14.3% TD-per-catch rate is elite efficiency that ranks 7th out of 125 NFL WRs with 50+ receptions since 2023; it says he gets used in the red zone even when he doesn't get fed elsewhere.

29.0 receiving yards per game in 2025 — third on the Bengals behind Chase and Higgins.

Comparison

Bengals 2025 receivers (regular season)

Player	Pos	Gms	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Yds/G	TD
Ja'Marr Chase	WR	16	185	125	1,412	88.3	8
Tee Higgins	WR	15	98	59	846	56.4	11
Andrei Iosivas	WR	15	58	33	435	29.0	2
Chase Brown	RB	17	88	69	437	25.7	5
Mike Gesicki	TE	12	42	28	307	25.6	2
Noah Fant	TE	13	41	34	288	22.2	3

Iosivas's 29.0 receiving yards per game rank third on the Bengals in 2025, behind only Ja'Marr Chase (88.3) and Tee Higgins (56.4). He's the only other WR on the roster averaging above 15 yards per game.

The gap to Chase and Higgins is enormous — Chase alone has more than triple Iosivas's yards-per-game — but the gap from Iosivas to the rest of the depth chart is also real. He's clearly the WR3 in two-WR sets, not just a name on a depth chart.

Why it matters. Iosivas's 29.0 receiving yards per game in 2025 is third on the Bengals and the only WR3 line above 15 yards per game — he's the confirmed third receiver in two-WR personnel, not a rotation piece.

6 TDs as a sophomore — then just 2 in year 3, despite a similar target share.

Anomaly

Iosivas red-zone collapse

Season	Tgt	TD	TD per Tgt
2024	61	6	9.8%
2025	58	2	3.4%

From 2024 to 2025, Iosivas's target volume barely changed (61 → 58), but his TD rate per target collapsed from 9.8% to 3.4%. Same role, same coverage, same offense — far fewer scores.

That's the kind of bounce-back fantasy and depth-chart watchers expect: when the TD rate normalizes back to his career mean (~7%), 2026 production could clear 2024's 6-TD line with even modest target growth.

Why it matters. Iosivas's TD-per-target rate collapsed from 9.8% to 3.4% despite near-identical target volume (61 to 58); same role, same offense, but the red-zone luck flipped — historically that kind of swing regresses.

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