Player file
Sam LaPorta
TE Tight End · official depth TE1 · Iowa · #87 · PRO
6' 3" · 245 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 25 · born 2001-01-12 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
DET · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: veteran — 4 NFL regular-season line(s) 2023–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20
#2 rec yds · 2 g2026where he ranks at Receiving yards among 80 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-09-20
Inspect season and contract figures
11 rec · 15 tgt · 100 rec yds · 1 rec TD2026 TE
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T05:21:04.072Z2026Signed through
APY $2,366,500 · cap hit $6,738,090
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · DET · TE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved11 rec · 15 tgt · 100 rec yds · 1 rec TDnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-21T05:21:04.072Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.
Contract
- Signed through2026Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- APY$2,366,500Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
- Cap hit$6,738,090Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
- Free agency2027 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20
Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)
NFL by year
- 2026 · DET · TE · 2 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved11 rec · 15 tgt · 100 rec yds · 1 rec TD
- 2025 · DET · TE · 9 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved40 rec · 49 tgt · 489 rec yds · 3 rec TD
- 2024 · DET · TE · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved60 rec · 83 tgt · 726 rec yds · 7 rec TD
- 2023 · DET · TE · 17 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 car · 4 rush yds · 0 rush TD · 86 rec · 120 tgt · 889 rec yds · 10 rec TD
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · DET at CINDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
- Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-22 · WAS at DETDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-22
- Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-29 · DET at INDDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-29
- Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · NO at DETStarted. · 5/8, 48 yds, 0 TDOpen the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13
Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13as of 2026-09-13College by year
- 2022 · Iowa · receiving58 rec · 656 yds · 1 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2021 · Iowa · receiving53 rec · 670 yds · 3 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2020 · Iowa · receiving27 rec · 271 yds · 1 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
- 2019 · Iowa · receiving15 rec · 188 yds · 0 TDCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Combine / pro day
- 2023 Combine · TE · Iowa · 6-3 · 245 lb40 4.59 · vert 35" · broad 123" · 3-cone 6.91 · shuttle 4.25drafted 2023 · round 2 · Detroit Lions
Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source
a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file
Injuries
Source not provisioned · no reserve/injury filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) and no weekly injury-report row (30 of 32 clubs have a posted report as of 2026-09-20T15:46:37.182Z). Pre-window history is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Suspensions / discipline
Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Transactions
Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)
Awards
1× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 3 seasons started · career through 2026
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present
Reception Perception
Not sourced yet · No Reception Perception row for this player on the Sicko tables.