SamLaPorta
- Detroit Lions
- #87
- Tight End
- HT/WT6' 3", 245 lbs
- Birthdate1/12/2001 (25)
- College
- Draft Info2023: Rd 2, Pk 34 (DET)
- StatusQUESTIONABLE
Status
12 hours agoLaPorta (hip) returned to practice Tuesday, Richard Silva of The Detroit News reports.
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2025 Offense
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| REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
| 40 | 49 | 489 | 12.2 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 | 252 | 2,104 | 11.3 | 20 | 52 | 110 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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News: 12 hours agoLaPorta (hip) returned to practice Tuesday, Richard Silva of The Detroit News reports.
Spin: Coach Dan Campbell said last Thursday that LaPorta was tending to a hip injury, and his status for the regular-season opener wasn't guaranteed. Considering LaPorta was back on the practice field less than a week later, he seemingly is trending in a more positive direction, and the tight end still has more than two weeks before the Lions will log an official Week 1 practice.
ESPN Fantasy Projection: LaPorta has settled in as one of the league's top tight ends, but the 2023 second-round pick simply hasn't been able to match the fantasy success he enjoyed as a rookie. Since posting an 86-889-10 receiving line in 17 games that first season, LaPorta has totaled a 100-1,215-10 line in 25 games over the past two seasons. LaPorta's 2025 campaign was cut short by a back injury, otherwise he was well on his way to his third straight top-10 fantasy campaign (he finished seventh in PPG). The 25-year-old joins Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams and Jahmyr Gibbs as the clear "Core Four" targets in a good, pass-friendly Detroit offense, and is thus a solid fantasy TE1.