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2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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AJ BarnerTE · SEA
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Sam LaPortaTE · DET
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AJ Barner
Seahawks logoSeattle Seahawks

AJ Barner

TEpos#88jersey24age6'6"height251lbs3seasons

Michigan · 2024 draft, round 4, pick 121

VS1of 8 shown metrics led7
Sam LaPorta
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Sam LaPorta

TEpos#87jersey25age6'3"height245lbs4seasons

Iowa · 2023 draft, round 2, pick 34

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per opportunity): LaPorta leads in 7 and Barner leads in 1. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

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BarnerLaPorta

Percentile chips: vs 75 TEs who played half the games, 2026 season

87.1%94thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played89.9%97th

Receiving

BarnerLaPorta

Percentile chips: vs 42 TEs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

4.242ndTargets per game6.185th
0.6055thReceptions per target0.71451st
5.5313thReceiving yards per target8.1468th
0.02625thReceiving TD per target0.06161st
13.6%42ndTarget share · of team targets in his games18.2%75th
-0.3664thEPA per target+0.67996th
7.292ndYAC per catch5.465th
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Usage

9Games with stats8
5.078thPlays with EPA per game6.391st
-1.3162ndTotal EPA per game+4.17998th

Rushing

0.8Carries per game · official rush attempts0.1
0.8Designed runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out0.1
1.14Rush yards per carry2.00
1.1Yards per carry2.0
0.286Rush TD per carry0.000
71.4%Success rate100.0%

Receiving

60.5%5thCatch rate71.4%51st
5.0%13thAir yards share13.5%54th
2.64thaDOT5.735th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)AJ BarnerSam LaPorta
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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

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top passers · most targeted

Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.