Sam LaPorta
TE · DET
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Box score by season
| Season | Team | G | Rush | Rush yds | TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | vs ESPN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DET | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 31 | 367 | 3 | 1 differ (Targets 44 vs 45) |
| 2025 | DET | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 40 | 489 | 3 | ✓ matches |
| 2024 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 60 | 726 | 7 | not checked |
| 2024 playoffs | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 1 | |
| 2023 | DET | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 86 | 889 | 10 | not checked |
| 2023 playoffs | DET | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 176 | 1 |
Official scoring from play-by-play. Regular-season totals for 2025, 2026 are compared with ESPN's after every rebuild (all players); earlier seasons aren't checked.
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Targets
44
qualifying bar 17
EPA/play
+0.738
6th of 166 · lg +0.193
Success rate
65.9%
7th of 166 · lg 49.8%
Yards/play
8.34
52nd of 166 · lg 7.42
Explosive rate
9.1%
77th of 166 · lg 9.1%
Catch rate
70.5%
65th of 166 · lg 67.3%
Air yards/att
6.1
107th of 166 · lg 7.9
Turnover rate
0.0%
1st of 166 · lg 2.7%
TD rate
6.8%
43rd of 166 · lg 4.8%
Notable in 2026
His biggest gaps between one situation and the rest of his plays, beyond the league's own gap there (|z| ≥ 2.5). Many splits get checked, so some of these are luck; the badge says whether that kind of split repeats year to year.
- +2.34 EPA/target on intermediate throws vs +0.14 the rest of the time (12 vs 32; league gap +0.34; z +3.5) mostly noise · r 0.07
Every split
EPA per target by situation, next to the league. Rank is among qualified players with 12+ targets there (1 = best). "Repeats" is the year-to-year correlation for that split (2016–25); near zero means it predicts little. Click a situation to filter to it.
| Situation | Targets | EPA/play | Success | Yds/play | League EPA | Rank | Repeats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home / away Setting compare everyone → | |||||||
| Home | 19 | +0.260 | 58% | 7.5 | +0.197 | 56/116 | -0.02 |
| Away | 25 | +1.100 | 72% | 9.0 | +0.190 | 1/116 | -0.03 |
| Neutral site | 0 | — | — | — | +0.183 | — | — |
| Rest days Setting compare everyone → | |||||||
| Short week (≤5 days) | 7 | +0.811 | 71% | 7.4 | +0.265 | — | 0.19 |
| Normal (6–8 days) | 23 | +0.923 | 70% | 8.9 | +0.174 | 4/151 | -0.01 |
| Extra rest (9–12 days) | 4 | +0.262 | 75% | 11.0 | +0.270 | — | 0.21 |
| Off a bye (13+ days) | 2 | +0.723 | 50% | 9.0 | +0.271 | — | — |
| Indoors / outdoors Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| Indoors | 24 | +0.745 | 67% | 9.6 | +0.206 | 2/56 | 0.05 |
| Outdoors | 20 | +0.729 | 65% | 6.8 | +0.187 | 6/137 | 0.05 |
| Temperature (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| 60–79°F | 20 | +0.729 | 65% | 6.8 | +0.210 | 8/54 | -0.02 |
| 80°F+ | 0 | — | — | — | +0.213 | — | 0.01 |
| Wind (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| 0–9 mph | 20 | +0.729 | 65% | 6.8 | +0.215 | 10/56 | -0.09 |
| 10–14 mph | 0 | — | — | — | +0.200 | — | 0.05 |
| Rain or snow (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| Dry | 20 | +0.729 | 65% | 6.8 | +0.203 | 8/129 | 0.03 |
| Rain or snow | 0 | — | — | — | +0.015 | — | 0.03 |
| Score Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Trailing 9+ | 12 | +1.196 | 83% | 9.8 | +0.189 | 1/33 | -0.01 |
| Trailing 1–8 | 12 | +0.494 | 58% | 5.2 | +0.180 | 14/63 | 0.07 |
| Tied | 10 | +1.177 | 80% | 11.9 | +0.186 | — | 0.02 |
| Leading 1–8 | 7 | -0.221 | 29% | 5.7 | +0.202 | — | -0.03 |
| Leading 9+ | 3 | +0.648 | 67% | 9.0 | +0.243 | — | -0.05 |
| Win probability Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Win prob under 20% | 13 | +1.081 | 77% | 9.1 | +0.169 | 1/33 | -0.05 |
| Win prob 20–80% | 25 | +0.671 | 64% | 8.6 | +0.195 | 16/151 | -0.02 |
| Win prob over 80% | 6 | +0.269 | 50% | 5.7 | +0.221 | — | 0.09 |
| Quarter Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Q1 | 9 | +0.450 | 56% | 6.0 | +0.119 | — | 0.04 |
| Q2 | 12 | +0.829 | 67% | 8.8 | +0.208 | 4/63 | -0.01 |
| Q3 | 10 | +0.588 | 60% | 8.6 | +0.200 | — | -0.01 |
| Q4 | 12 | +0.993 | 75% | 9.4 | +0.223 | 5/51 | -0.03 |
| OT | 1 | +0.661 | 100% | 9.0 | +0.374 | — | — |
| Two-minute Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Last 2 min of half | 4 | -0.315 | 50% | 3.0 | +0.159 | — | 0.10 |
| Rest of game | 40 | +0.843 | 68% | 8.9 | +0.199 | 4/165 | 0.10 |
| Down Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 1st down | 21 | +0.401 | 67% | 7.6 | +0.227 | 28/78 | 0.00 |
| 2nd down | 11 | +1.000 | 82% | 10.4 | +0.189 | — | 0.02 |
| 3rd down | 8 | -0.549 | 25% | 2.4 | +0.134 | — | -0.02 |
| 4th down | 4 | +4.358 | 100% | 18.8 | +0.374 | — | — |
| 3rd-down distance Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 3rd & 1–3 | 1 | -1.569 | 0% | 0.0 | +0.163 | — | — |
| 3rd & 4–6 | 3 | -0.384 | 33% | 2.7 | +0.221 | — | -0.27 |
| 3rd & 7+ | 4 | -0.418 | 25% | 2.8 | +0.081 | — | 0.02 |
| Field position Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| Own 20 and in | 2 | +0.619 | 50% | 4.0 | +0.147 | — | -0.04 |
| Own 50–21 | 18 | +0.597 | 72% | 10.4 | +0.162 | 12/115 | 0.04 |
| Opp 21–49 | 13 | +1.331 | 69% | 10.2 | +0.238 | 2/59 | 0.06 |
| Red zone (opp 20 in) | 11 | +0.288 | 55% | 3.5 | +0.228 | — | 0.05 |
| Formation Style compare everyone → | |||||||
| Shotgun | 26 | +0.857 | 69% | 7.7 | +0.173 | 6/161 | -0.02 |
| Under center | 18 | +0.566 | 61% | 9.2 | +0.273 | 4/24 | -0.02 |
| Tempo Style compare everyone → | |||||||
| Huddle | 41 | +0.800 | 68% | 8.8 | +0.195 | 5/166 | -0.00 |
| No huddle | 3 | -0.113 | 33% | 2.3 | +0.169 | — | -0.00 |
| Yards to go Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 1–3 to go | 5 | +1.791 | 60% | 10.2 | +0.250 | — | 0.05 |
| 4–6 to go | 7 | +0.886 | 57% | 5.7 | +0.240 | — | 0.02 |
| 7–10 to go | 24 | +0.656 | 79% | 9.6 | +0.208 | 14/144 | 0.03 |
| 11+ to go | 8 | +0.193 | 38% | 5.8 | +0.055 | — | -0.07 |
| Pass depth Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Behind the line | 7 | -0.613 | 14% | 1.6 | -0.209 | — | 0.15 |
| Short (0–9) | 24 | +0.374 | 71% | 6.1 | +0.162 | 29/116 | 0.09 |
| Intermediate (10–19) | 12 | +2.340 | 92% | 17.4 | +0.464 | 1/42 | 0.07 |
| Deep (20+) | 1 | -0.300 | 0% | 0.0 | +0.446 | — | 0.01 |
| Pass direction Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Left | 11 | +0.410 | 64% | 6.7 | +0.147 | — | 0.04 |
| Middle | 14 | +1.116 | 79% | 10.8 | +0.321 | 3/35 | -0.02 |
| Right | 19 | +0.649 | 58% | 7.5 | +0.168 | 10/102 | 0.03 |
| Play action Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Play action | 18 | +0.423 | 67% | 7.6 | +0.287 | 14/31 | -0.03 |
| No play action | 26 | +0.955 | 65% | 8.9 | +0.166 | 2/160 | -0.03 |
| In / out of pocket Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| In pocket | 37 | +0.915 | 68% | 9.4 | +0.187 | 2/163 | -0.05 |
| Out of pocket | 7 | -0.198 | 57% | 3.0 | +0.231 | — | -0.05 |
| Blitz Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Blitzed | 21 | +0.910 | 71% | 10.7 | +0.190 | 4/70 | 0.08 |
| No blitz | 23 | +0.580 | 61% | 6.2 | +0.194 | 16/160 | 0.08 |
| Pass rushers Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| 3 or fewer rushers | 1 | +0.293 | 100% | 0.0 | +0.106 | — | — |
| 4 rushers | 22 | +0.593 | 59% | 6.5 | +0.198 | 18/157 | 0.12 |
| 5 rushers | 14 | +0.664 | 64% | 9.4 | +0.186 | 5/36 | 0.15 |
| 6+ rushers | 7 | +1.403 | 86% | 13.3 | +0.199 | — | — |
| Defenders in the box Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Light box (6 or fewer) | 28 | +0.744 | 64% | 6.9 | +0.172 | 8/151 | -0.04 |
| 7 in the box | 11 | +1.091 | 82% | 13.1 | +0.214 | — | -0.05 |
| Stacked box (8+) | 5 | -0.077 | 40% | 5.8 | +0.313 | — | — |
| Screen Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Screen | 2 | -0.594 | 0% | 0.0 | -0.084 | — | 0.50 |
| Not a screen | 42 | +0.801 | 69% | 8.7 | +0.223 | 6/166 | 0.50 |
| Pre-snap motion Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Motion | 25 | +1.075 | 76% | 11.0 | +0.204 | 1/140 | 0.10 |
| No motion | 19 | +0.293 | 53% | 4.8 | +0.179 | 39/97 | 0.10 |
| RPO Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| RPO | 0 | — | — | — | -0.104 | — | — |
| Not an RPO | 44 | +0.738 | 66% | 8.3 | +0.200 | 6/166 | — |
By season
| Season | Team | Targets | EPA/play | Total EPA | Success | Yds/play | Catch rate | aDOT | YAC/catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DET | 44 | +0.738 | +32.5 | 65.9% | 8.34 | 70.5% | 6.1 | 5.5 |