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

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Sam LaPorta
Lions logoDetroit Lions

Sam LaPorta

TEpos#87jersey25age6'3"height245lbs4seasons

Iowa · 2023 draft, round 2, pick 34

VS8of 8 shown metrics led0
Theo Johnson
Giants logoNew York Giants

Theo Johnson

TEpos#84jersey25age6'6"height264lbs3seasons

Penn State · 2024 draft, round 4, pick 107

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season): LaPorta leads in 8 and Johnson leads in 0. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

LaPortaJohnson

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 played31.7%

Receiving

LaPortaJohnson

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

4980thTargets9
3575thReceptions4
39982ndReceiving yards55
367thReceiving TD1
18.2%75thTarget share · of team targets in his games6.3%
+0.67996thEPA per target+0.254
5.465thYAC per catch4.8
Advanced metrics13 more · tap to open

Usage

8Games with stats4
5089thPlays with EPA9
+33.498thTotal EPA+2.3

Receiving

71.4%51stCatch rate44.4%
13.5%54thAir yards share6.8%
5.735thaDOT10.8

Defense

0Tackles3
0Solo tackles3
0.0Sacks0.0
0Tackles for loss0
0QB hits0
0Passes defended0
0Interceptions0

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Sam LaPortaTheo Johnson
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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.

Matchups to start with

top passers · most targeted
Brock Purdy vs Trevor LawrenceJoe Burrow vs Josh AllenJared Goff vs Caleb WilliamsC.J. Stroud vs Jordan LoveCeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-NjigbaMatthew Golden vs Puka NacuaMichael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. BrownChris Olave vs Malik Nabers

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.