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

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Sam LaPortaTE Ā· DET
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Brock PurdyQB Ā· SF
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Sam LaPorta
Lions logoDetroit Lions

Sam LaPorta

TEpos#87jersey25age6'3"height245lbs4seasons

Iowa Ā· 2023 draft, round 2, pick 34

VS5of 10 shown metrics led5
Brock Purdy
49ers logoSan Francisco 49ers

Brock Purdy

QBpos#13jersey26age6'1"height220lbs5seasons

Iowa State Ā· 2022 draft, round 7, pick 262

Across the 10 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): LaPorta leads in 5 and Purdy leads in 5. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

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LaPortaPurdy

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

89.9%97thSnap share Ā· average share of team snaps in the games he played97.1%34th
+4.1898thTotal EPA per game+10.0096th

Passing

LaPortaPurdy

Percentile chips: vs 35 QBs who have 12+ dropbacks a week, 2026 season

0.0Pass yards per game247.561st
0.0Touchdowns per game2.190th
0.0Interceptions per game Ā· lower is better0.660th
–EPA per dropback+0.30696th
–CPOE Ā· completion % over expected+4.984th
–Sack rate Ā· lower is better3.1%99th

Rushing

LaPortaPurdy
0.3Rush yards per game25.1

Receiving

LaPortaPurdy

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

6.185thTargets per game0.0
4.482ndReceptions per game0.0
49.982ndReceiving yards per game0.0
0.467thReceiving TD per game0.0
18.2%75thTarget share Ā· of team targets in his games–
+0.67996thEPA per target–
5.465thYAC per catch–
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Usage

8Games with stats8
6.391stPlays with EPA per game34.631st

Passing

–Completion %69.1%90th
–Yards per attempt8.490th
–Success rate55.0%96th
–aDOT Ā· average depth of target8.161st

Rushing

0.1Carries per game Ā· official rush attempts4.9
0.1Designed runs in EPA per game Ā· QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out1.9
2.0Yards per carry5.2
0.0Rush TD per game0.3
100.0%Success rate73.3%

Receiving

71.4%51stCatch rate–
13.5%54thAir yards share–
5.735thaDOT–

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Sam LaPortaBrock Purdy
ā—Wk 1ā—Wk 2ā—Wk 3ā—Wk 4ā—Wk 5ā—Wk 6ā—Wk 7ā—Wk 8ā—Wk 9

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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Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; ā€œlast 4ā€ 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.