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Sam LaPorta

Detroit Lions · Tight endTE1

Over 9 games last season Sam LaPorta averaged 4.4 receptions and 54 yards on 91% of snaps. For week 4 the model projects 4.5 receptions.

Week 4 projection

Receptions
4.5
0.0 above his 2025 average
Receiving yards
54
Anytime TD
35%

What a realistic week looks like

3%08%113%216%316%414%511%68%75%83%92%10111213Receptions
The projection is the center of this, not a prediction of one number. Eight weeks in ten he lands between 1 and 8 receptions. The shaded bars are that range. This distribution is calibrated — predicted against realized agrees within 0.012 in every decile across 49,202 checks.

How his role is trending

Snap shareTarget share
Role is the most repeatable thing a player has. Snap share reproduces at 0.98 between halves of a season; receptions manage 0.94 and touchdowns 0.72. When these lines move, production follows — not the other way round.

Game log

GameOppSnap shareTarget shareTgtRecRec ydsTDWe said
26 wk4———————4.5 projected
26 wk3NYJ92%12.9%434404.7 -1.7
26 wk2BUF98%18.4%76521—
26 wk1NO81%20.5%85480—
25 wk10WAS76%15.6%55530—
25 wk9MIN100%22.2%86971—
25 wk7TB97%10.7%33150—
25 wk6KC96%22.2%65551—
25 wk5CIN94%26.1%65921—
25 wk4CLE93%16.0%43390—
25 wk3BAL84%15.4%44330—

“We said” is the projection as it was published that week, stored before the game, with the miss beside it. Re-running today’s model on a past week would grade a model that did not exist when the number went out, so those weeks show a dash instead.

How often he has actually done it

Rates over his last 11 games. A projection says what to expect on average; this says how often the thing you actually need has happened.

OutcomeGames it happenedHow often
3+ receptions11 of 11100%
5+ receptions7 of 1164%
7+ receptions0 of 110%
50+ receiving yards6 of 1155%
75+ receiving yards3 of 1127%
100+ receiving yards0 of 110%
Scored a touchdown4 of 1136%

Career by season

Sam LaPorta: snap share and target share by season0204060801002023202420252026Snap shareTarget shareSeasonshare of the team
Role is the part of a player that carries. Snap share repeats at 0.98 between halves of a season and target share at 0.96, so this line is a far better guide to what comes next than a points total would be.
SeasonGamesCatches/gmRec yds/gmTargets/gmTDs, seasonSnap shareTarget share
2026 so far34.748.06.3190%17.3%
202594.454.35.4391%18.5%
2024173.945.75.3886%17.5%
2023205.353.27.31183%21.7%

4 seasons of usage, 2023–2026 · per-game rates over games he appeared in · snap counts are from official play-by-play and begin in 2016

If Sam LaPorta sits, who gets his work?The measured redistribution across the DET room — with sample size and t-statisticThe whole Detroit Lions roomEvery pass-catcher ranked by the usage that predicts production

What we have measured about tight ends

Does a new head coach change who gets the ball?It changes WHO, not how muchIs any defense actually “weak against tight ends”?Not a real trait

Projections are as-of-week with no lookahead · usage from official play-by-play and snap counts · 2026 week 4