Sam LaPorta

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Sam LaPorta has been durable enough to stay relevant, but not durable enough for managers to stop checking the report every week. Evidence check: injury reports across 4 different seasons; 2 games missed in the last three (2025: 1 and 2024: 1); 2025 was the rough one at 1 missed; reinjury band sits at High. The news desk has been quieter lately, so the structured history is doing most of the talking.

For fantasy, Sam is startable but fragile: keep a handcuff or streaming backup ready when the next soft-tissue note lands.

Based on injury history + recent reporting. Not a medical diagnosis.

Season projection drivers

• Season fantasy points ≈ 95.8 (league scoring)
• Assumes ~9 games projected
• Weekly projections available for weeks 1–10 (e.g. week 10 ≈ 14.5 pts)
• Receiving ~91 tgt / 56 rec / 630 yds / 5.0 TD

Recent news

• Fantasy football buzz: Egbuka among six players on the move in Bowen's preseason rankings
• Coach Dan Campbell said that LaPorta (back), who was a partial participant in Tuesday's mandatory minicamp practice, could be cleared for the start of training camp next month, Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports. "We like where he's going," Campbell said of the tight end Tuesday. "He's trending the right way."
• LaPorta (back) participated in Detroit's second open practice of OTAs on Thursday, Tim Twentyman of detroitlions.com reports.

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