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

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Sam LaPortaTE · DET
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Isaiah LikelyTE · NYG
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Sam LaPorta
Lions logoDetroit Lions

Sam LaPorta

TEpos#87jersey25age6'3"height245lbs4seasons

Iowa · 2023 draft, round 2, pick 34

VS3of 8 shown metrics led5
Isaiah Likely
Giants logoNew York Giants

Isaiah Likely

TEpos#9jersey26age6'4"height241lbs5seasons

Coastal Carolina · 2022 draft, round 4, pick 139

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): Likely leads in 5 and LaPorta leads in 3. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

LaPortaLikely

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

89.9%97thSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played75.0%81st

Receiving

LaPortaLikely

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

4980thTargets6994th
3575thReceptions4694th
39982ndReceiving yards44887th
367thReceiving TD696th
18.2%75thTarget share · of team targets in his games26.6%94th
+0.67996thEPA per target+0.26058th
5.465thYAC per catch3.315th
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Usage

8Games with stats8
5089thPlays with EPA7097th
+33.498thTotal EPA+18.289th

Receiving

71.4%51stCatch rate66.7%24th
13.5%54thAir yards share20.9%89th
5.735thaDOT7.677th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Sam LaPortaIsaiah Likely
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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.