Scouting report · TE · Detroit
Sam LaPorta
A top-12 tight end in keeper PPR leagues, right in the prime of the curve.
#69 overall · age 25 · 2023 round 2, pick 34 · 4th season
DETTight end · TE6
Standard points a game
This week · week 8 · Standard
6.8TE5
vs MIN · Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 p.m. ET
No injury designation · injury data read Fri, Oct 30, 10:10 a.m. ET
Sleeper's projection, read Fri, Oct 30, 10:10 a.m. ET, scored by Swindlr
Rest of season · redraft standard
#33 · TE5
Value 3,311 · 12 teams
Latest16 real trades for him in public Sleeper leagues, the sample's last two weeks
Keeper value · Keeper
2,375
▼ 232 · last 3 weeks of games
Rank
#69 · TE6
Overall · position
2026 Standard / game
8.6
TE6 at the position
Age
25
4 seasons in
In a year
Same
2,400 · about #67 next year
Recalculated: today's model on the games through each week, valued at today's point in the season. It shows what each week's games did to his value, not the values Swindlr showed at the time.
Swindlr records its published values weekly from Oct 28, 2026; they'll appear here as a record beside this chart.
Every format
12-team leagues. Tap a format to see him in it.
Splits
Regular season · week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rush yds | Standard / G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16 | 83 | 60 | 726 | 7 | 0 | 7.2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 49 | 40 | 489 | 3 | 0 | 7.4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 334 | 3 | 0 | 8.6 |
2026 week by week · Standard points
What he's worth in a trade
Keeper
Real trades · 141 in the last year · 0 in keeper one-QB leagues
The last 90 days of the sample, keeper leagues: 1 trade, 1 Superflex or 2QB and 0 one-QB, 1 with a TE premium. Every trade with him, by format →
What managers actually gave for Sam in completed trades in public Sleeper leagues, newest first. Each shows the date and the league's settings; the price is what was agreed then, and the line under it is today's value, a different thing. Two-team trades of up to four pieces a side; none is left out for disagreeing with Swindlr. No league or manager names. 6 of them look lopsided at today's values (values move after a trade, with injuries and role changes, so a fair price then can look lopsided now); none is left out.
- Sep 8, 2026 · 10-team keeper Superflex, TE +1Sam LaPorta for 2026 3rd
- Oct 22, 2026 · 12-team redraft 1QB, half PPRPuka Nacua + Sam LaPorta for George Pickens + Brock BowersToday on the Redraft PPR board: 12,000 for his side, 9,877 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 17, 2026 · 12-team redraft 1QBJuwan Johnson + Zay Flowers + Sam LaPorta for Derrick Henry + Aaron Jones Sr. + Harold Fannin Jr.Today on the Redraft PPR board: 8,662 for his side, 9,362 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 14, 2026 · 10-team redraft 1QBSam LaPorta for Juwan JohnsonToday on the Redraft PPR board: 3,337 for his side, 1,487 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Oct 1, 2026 · 10-team redraft 1QBSam LaPorta for Oronde GadsdenToday on the Redraft PPR board: 3,337 for his side, 916 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
- Sep 29, 2026 · 12-team redraft 1QBTank Bigsby + Sam LaPorta + Malik Nabers for Darren Waller + Emeka EgbukaToday on the Redraft PPR board: 8,399 for his side, 3,223 for the otherCheck it at today's values, in its league's settings
Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate
Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of Sam's value in Keeper now. Open one in the calculator to see who wins it.
Head to head
- Week 8 start/sitSam vs Tyler Warren
- Week 8 start/sitSam vs Tucker Kraft
- DynastySam vs Harold Fannin Jr.
- DynastySam vs Colston Loveland
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Values are Swindlr's estimates for 12-team leagues, updated with every week's stats (through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)). "In a year" is the same production a year older, on the age curve the model is tuned with; news, role changes and the next rookie class aren’t in it. Stats: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).
Stats from Sleeper’s weekly stat lines, regular season, through week 8 of 2026 (in progress) (nflverse’s box scores fill a week Sleeper lacks); teams and injuries from Sleeper, Oct 30. Where the numbers come from.