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Sam LaPorta
Sam LaPorta
Detroit Lions · TE · TE7 on the season · 7 games
85.9
PPR points
12.3
Points per game
70.4
Half PPR points
3
Total touchdowns

The read

Sam LaPorta has 85.9 PPR points in 7 games (12.3 per game) for the Detroit Lions. He is the TE7 on the season.

He is on the field for 93% of his team's snaps.

Lately his yards after catch per reception is up: 8.0 recently against 4.5 earlier this season.

The rest of his schedule grades middling: his remaining opponents average rank 18.4 against TEs (rank 1 gives up the most points), with the softest spot in Week 11 against TB.

Usage

Snap share93% (was 88%)
Target share15% (was 19%)
Carry share1% (was 0%)
Air yards share12% (was 14%)
Red-zone target share29% (was 21%)

Recent form against his own earlier-season baseline, same games window the app uses.

This week's matchup

His target share vs this pass defenseCollision score 64 / 100

The collision score measures how strongly his usage runs into this defense's weak spots. Higher means the matchup leans his way.

By quarterback

PasserGamesTargetsYardsTarget share
Jared Goff744367100%

Sims for his next game

Anytime touchdown vs MIA34% (OnlySports sims)
Receiving yards — over 39.5 vs MIA50% (OnlySports sims)
Receptions — over 4.5 vs MIA36% (OnlySports sims)
Scrimmage yds — over 49.5 vs MIA38% (OnlySports sims)

Simulation percentages for his next game, showing the line closest to a coin flip per market. Sims are estimates, not predictions. How they are made: the method page.

Rest of season · Weeks 10–14

Rank 1 = defense gives up the most points at this positionavg opp rank 18.4
WK 10vs NE23WK 11vs TB11WK 12vs CHI22WK 13@ ATL16WK 14vs TEN20

Full boards: QB RB WR TE

Game log

WkOppSnap %TgtAir ydsRZ touchesPPR
1NO81%8729.8
2BUF98%723217.2
3NYJ92%43917.4
4CAR79%13119422.4
5ARI89%544—19.8
7GB97%21112.8
8MIN93%52416.5

Season stats

Rushing

TDs0
Yards2
Carries1

Receiving

TDs3
Yards367
Targets44
Receptions31
All splits and stats (8)
Contested target rate17% (was 16%)
Drop rate0% (was 0%)
Screen target share4% (was 5%)
Target share with motion43% (was 74%)
Target share without play action74% (was 37%)
Target share on play action26% (was 63%)
Yards after catch per reception8.0 (was 4.5)
Yards per route run0.72 (was 0.94)

The deeper cuts the normal box score never shows: how he is used by formation, coverage, box count, and situation, each against his own earlier-season baseline.

Data: 2026 season, Week 10 board · computed Nov 3, 4:38 PM EST. Stats are computed by OnlySports from play-by-play data (nflverse, CC-BY-SA 4.0).

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