Sam LaPorta
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Detroit Lions·#87·6'3"·245 lb·3rd year·Iowa
Detroit Lions·#87·6'3"·245 lb·3rd year·IowaUNDERPAIDTier 1Round 2, pick 34 in 2023
Updated October 14, 2026
88.3
Model Score
Up from 84.5 last year
What he’d fetch in a trade today
A late 1st
No. 5 of 133 tight ends · No. 134 of 1,504 players
Contract running outOn the deadline board
Closest real trade: Hockenson, 2022, age 25: 2023 2nd (#55) + 2024 3rd (#73)
Price look off?
What moved his price
Age25: young, years of prime leftPlus
Three-year track recordTeams pay for three seasons of play; his rank with the best tight endsBig plus
ContractFinal year: a rentalBig drag
PayPaid about rightNeutral
Real trades like this one
T.J. Hockenson
To MIN, 2022 · age 25Went for 2023 2nd (#55) + 2024 3rd (#73)Hayden Hurst
To ATL, 2020 · age 24Went for 2020 2nd (#55) + 2020 5th (#157)Brandin Cooks (WR)
To NE, 2017 · age 25Went for 2017 1st (#32) + 2017 3rd (#103)
The real trades since 2017 nearest his price and age, his position first.