Detroit Lions · TE · 7 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Iowa (2023 Round 2, Pick 34)

Sam LaPorta

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78.7

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #7 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 31/4418.0% target share
Receiving yards: 36711.8 YPR
Receiving TD: 352.4 yds/G
Snap share: 90%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.73844 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 65.9%Play-by-play positive EPA

Sam LaPorta among the 45 qualified tight ends: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Bowers96.5
Likely89.5
Kittle86.4
McBride86.4
Kelce84.9
Fannin Jr.82.3
LaPorta78.7
Hockenson76.8
Kincaid74.5
Warren72.5

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw +0.732 → Shrunk +1.636

95thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.608 → Shrunk +1.045

93thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 8.34 → Shrunk 43.22

83thpercentile

Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 3.86 → Shrunk 20.80

84thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 6.96 → Shrunk 38.84

84thpercentile

Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.94 → Shrunk 53.45

95thpercentile

Target share34% weight · Raw 18.0% → Shrunk 17.0%

72thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 38.6% → Shrunk 36.9%

57thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 9.1% → Shrunk 7.9%

65thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Sam LaPorta. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rush yds
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	vs NO	W 31-30	5	8	48	0	0
Week 2	Sep 17, 2026	@ BUF	L 31-41	6	7	52	1	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs NYJ	W 31-24	3	4	44	0	0
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	@ CAR	L 26-32	8	13	84	1	0
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	@ ARI	W 45-21	5	5	88	1	0
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs GB	W 20-17	1	2	18	0	0
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs MIN	W 19-15	3	5	33	0	2

College to the NFL: Iowa to Detroit Lions

Verified identity bridge linking Sam LaPorta's college regular-season yards at Iowa to official NFL game lines.

Iowa (College yards)

1442019

2712020

5482021

6002022

3434th pick
2023 Draft

DET (NFL yards)

8892023

7262024

4892025

3672026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 4 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2023	DET	17	1	4	86/120	889	10
2024	DET	16	0	0	60/83	726	7
2025	DET	9	0	0	40/49	489	3
2026 (so far)	DET	7	1	2	31/44	367	3

Compare Sam LaPorta with top tight ends

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 TE.

Sam LaPorta vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 78.7 vs. 96.5 Sam LaPorta vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 78.7 vs. 89.5 Sam LaPorta vs. George Kittle (SF)Score 78.7 vs. 86.4 Sam LaPorta vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 78.7 vs. 86.4 Sam LaPorta vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 78.7 vs. 84.9 Sam LaPorta vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 78.7 vs. 82.3