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2025 season · compare · tight ends

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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

72 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Dalton SchultzTE · Texans · graded
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Sam LaPortaTE · Lions · graded
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Where they rank · among 72 tight ends with 15 targets+League percentiles
Dalton SchultzSam LaPorta
Target shareof team targets
19%87th
18%84th
Depth of targetair yards per target
6.258th
5.751st
After the catchyards per reception
4.430th
6.988th
Catch ratereceptions per target
77%76th
82%92nd
EPA per target
+0.3569th
+0.7492nd
First downsper target
37%53rd
47%82nd
Drop ratedrops per target, lower is better
2%74th
0%91st
Yards per game
45.785th
54.392nd

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's tight endsamong 72 tight ends
Dalton SchultzSam LaPorta
DaltonThird-down guyStays outsideNo screens
SamWorks the middle
Deep sharetargets 20+ yards downfield
5%57th
4%39th
Screensshare of his targets
1%20th
4%44th
Middle of the fieldtargets between the numbers
13%9th
33%82nd
After the catchshare of his yards after the catch
48%44th
56%63rd
Third-down shareof team targets on 3rd down
21%96th
10%63rd
Red-zone shareof team targets inside the 20
16%75th
7%33rd
Motiontargets with pre-snap motion
52%32nd
63%71st
Play actiontargets off play action
19%20th
31%46th

Every trait is a share of his own targets, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying tight ends; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
Target shareDepthYACCatch rateEPA / tgtFirst downsDropsYds / game
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Dalton Schultz
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Sam LaPorta
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsReceiving EPA

Dalton Schultz gets the most from the ball in the air (+20.3 EPA), he gets the most after the catch (+38.8 EPA), and Dalton also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−21.5).

Dalton Schultz+36.7
Sam LaPorta+36.4
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsTwo-point tries
PartDaltonSam
Air yardson catches+20.3+0.19 a target · 72nd+12.4+0.25 a target · 81st
After the catch+38.8+0.37 a target · 26th+32.6+0.67 a target · 84th
Incompletionstargets not caught−21.5−0.20 a target · 49th−8.6−0.17 a target · 65th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 73rd0.00.00 a target · 73rd
Two-point triesnot in the rates−0.9–
Total+36.7106 targets+36.449 targets

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per target, with its percentile among the league's qualifying tight ends; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Dalton Schultz

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Sam LaPorta

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Targets placed by air yards and side of the field, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · D.Schultz and S.LaPortaSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Dalton SchultzSam LaPorta

Targetslast 3 games

15
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Dalton 4.3Sam 5.3

Rec yardslast 3 games

538
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Dalton 42.3Sam 55

EPA / targetlast 3 games

-0.24+0.76
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Dalton +0.52Sam +1.03

aDOTlast 3 games

3.08.7
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Dalton 4.9Sam 5.3

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 38+ · dud under 5
D.Schultz
28Wk 129Wk 239Wk 330Wk 460Wk 56Wk 698Wk 724Wk 877Wk 953Wk 1051Wk 118Wk 1255Wk 1322Wk 1476Wk 1535Wk 1619Wk 1773Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
46 ± 24
S.LaPorta
79Wk 126Wk 233Wk 339Wk 492Wk 555Wk 615Wk 78Wk 897Wk 953Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 1213Wk 1314Wk 1415Wk 1516Wk 1617Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
54 ± 28

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified tight ends this season (1057 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardD.SchultzS.LaPorta
Points a game5.6TE197.4TE5
Season95.7TE1366.9TE26
Most weeks2.5–9.13.0–13.0
Booms · busts4 · 69+ · under 33 · 29+ · under 3
Half PPRD.SchultzS.LaPorta
Points a game8.0TE169.7TE6
Season136.7TE1186.9TE27
Most weeks3.8–11.74.8–15.5
Booms · busts4 · 412+ · under 43 · 112+ · under 4
PPRD.SchultzS.LaPorta
Points a game10.5TE1411.9TE6
Season177.7TE10106.9TE27
Most weeks5.3–14.36.4–18.0
Booms · busts3 · 315+ · under 53 · 115+ · under 5

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekD.SchultzS.LaPorta
Wk 12879
Wk 22926
Wk 33933
Wk 43039
Wk 56092
Wk 6·55
Wk 79815
Wk 824·
Wk 97797
Wk 105353
Wk 1151·
Wk 128·
Wk 1355·
Wk 1422·
Wk 1576·
Wk 1635·
Wk 1719·
Wk 1873·
Season777489

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonD.SchultzS.LaPorta
Targets10649
Receptions8240
Yards777489
Touchdowns33
Target share19%10th18%12th
Depth of target6.231st5.736th
After the catch4.451st6.99th
Catch rate77%18th82%6th
EPA per target+0.3523rd+0.746th
First downs37%34th47%13th
Drop rate2%19th0%1st
Yards per game45.711th54.36th
Careers · receiving yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Dalton SchultzSam LaPorta
2550
2018202020222025*
PlayerGRecYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Dalton Schultz2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1114054,0662736.62021: 80847.5 a game45.7above his career rate
Sam LaPorta2023 to 2025 · 3 seasons421862,1042050.12023: 88952.3 a game54.3above his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.