Sam LaPorta DET
Player
- Position
- TE
- Number
- #87
- Status
- Active
- Height
- 6-3
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Age
- 25
- Experience
- 3
- College
- Iowa
Target locations
Worse than league average Better
50% Under 5 targets: not shaded, no EPA
| Depth | Tgt | Share | 2025 league |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep 20+ | 1 | 2.7% | 11.7% |
| Intermediate 10 to 19 | 11 | 29.7% | 21.5% |
| Short 0 to 9 | 19 | 51.4% | 49.4% |
| Behind Under 0 | 6 | 16.2% | 17.5% |
Cell stats
Cells are shaded by EPA per target against the 2025 league average in the same zone: within 0.15 is unshaded, 0.15 to 0.5 above or below is one step, 0.5 or more is two. Cells with fewer than 10 targets get one step at most, and cells with fewer than 5 are not shaded, show no EPA, and are left out of the best and worst zone.
| Zone | Tgt | Rec | Catch % | Yds | TD | Int | EPA/tgt | 2025 avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep, left | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | +0.457 |
| Deep, middle | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | +0.744 |
| Deep, right | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.300 | +0.377 |
| Intermediate, left | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 19 | 0 | 0 | +1.874 | +0.397 |
| Intermediate, middle | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 95 | 0 | 0 | +2.839 | +0.591 |
| Intermediate, right | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | 77 | 1 | 0 | +1.926 | +0.344 |
| Short, left | 8 | 7 | 87.5% | 53 | 1 | 0 | +0.429 | +0.145 |
| Short, middle | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | 30 | 0 | 0 | +0.143 | +0.109 |
| Short, right | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 31 | 1 | 0 | +0.902 | +0.156 |
| Behind the line, left | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.398 | −0.146 |
| Behind the line, middle | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.186 | −0.249 |
| Behind the line, right | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 9 | 0 | 0 | −0.458 | −0.148 |
| Total | 37 | 27 | 73.0% | 316 | 3 | 0 | +0.854 | - |
Horizontal zones are left, middle, right as charted in play-by-play, not exact field position. Defensive pass interference isn't counted as a target. 2026 regular season, through week 6. From nflverse play-by-play; EPA is nflfastR's.
2026 receiving
31st of 402 in receiving yards over 5 games. Receiving leaderboard
2026 regular season, through week 6. From nflverse weekly stats. Earlier seasons are not on the site yet.