As of week 7, Sam LaPorta was a TE for DET, age 25.6, 3 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 88% of snaps; his line was 63.2 receiving yards a game, 7.4 targets a game and a 19.7% target share (Receiving TE by the published rule). Before 2026 he played 46 games (postseason included) over 3 seasons with 1 Pro Bowl and 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 6 episodes (ankle 2, back 1, calf 1), 2 of them reaching OUT, 1 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a back injury in 2025 week 11.
The full read
In short
Sam LaPorta is a starter at tight end for DET — 98% of the snaps in his best week of 5. His team has not listed him on the final report.
He is not on this week's injury report
Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rec yds / game63 range 44–88
wk 1–5 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Targets / game7.4 range 4.0–13
wk 1–5 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Target share19.7% range 13–25
wk 1–5 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Snap share87.8% range 79–98
wk 1–5 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
81%wk 1
98%wk 2
92%wk 3
79%wk 4
89%wk 5
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 11
back
1
Out
2024 · wk 11
shoulder
2
Out
2024 · wk 4
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 19
knee
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 18
ankle
1
—
2023 · wk 6
calf
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 6 episodes · 8 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×2
2023
ankle · 1wcalf · 2w
2024
shoulder · 2wankle · 1w
2025
back · 1w
2026
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status. One that began after week 18 is in the table above and not drawn here.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Avonte Maddox
FS
UNK
team's word
—
Tom Kennedy
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Devin White
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Ben Bartch
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Payton Turner
DE
UNK
team's word
—
Isiah Pacheco
RB
UNK
team's word
—
Damone Clark
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Cade Mays
C
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Kerby Joseph
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Brian Branch
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Giovanni Manu
OL
UNK
team's word
—
Thomas Harper
SAF
UNK
team's word
—
Kendrick Law
WR
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
age 25.6 · 3 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.