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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
Tyler Higbee
Rams logoLos Angeles Rams

Tyler Higbee

TEpos#89jersey33age6'6"height253lbs11seasons

Western Kentucky · 2016 draft, round 4, pick 110

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

Usage

LaPortaHigbee

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 played63.2%63rd

Receiving

LaPortaHigbee

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

4980thTargets3962nd
3575thReceptions2855th
39982ndReceiving yards28756th
367thReceiving TD129th
18.2%75thTarget share · of team targets in his games12.7%30th
+0.67996thEPA per target+0.08437th
5.465thYAC per catch3.213th
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Usage

8Games with stats8
5089thPlays with EPA3976th
+33.498thTotal EPA+3.353rd

Receiving

71.4%51stCatch rate71.8%62nd
13.5%54thAir yards share13.9%58th
5.735thaDOT8.385th

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Sam LaPortaTyler Higbee
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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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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.