Tyler Warren or Sam LaPorta: who to draft first
Both players' season price from the sportsbooks, their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, with the draft market's own figures wherever it still has them.
Updated Sep 19, 2026 at 9:41 AM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the books have not posted a whole price on Sam LaPorta, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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TE6 · IND · bye 13
2025 vs rec yds line 3-14
- Books price
- 10.7 pts a game
- Draft pick
- no consensus
TE23 · DET · bye 6
2025 vs rec yds line 4-5
- Overall rank
- 198
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size242 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the sportsbooks' price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 63rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 93.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Sam LaPorta: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 198th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 128.
What the sportsbooks price
The player markets price Tyler Warren at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 82nd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.
No sportsbook has posted a season market for Sam LaPorta, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.
This season through Week 1
Through Week 1, Tyler Warren has been on the field for 93 percent of IND snaps, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 2 two minute targets.
His 5 targets have averaged 4.6 air yards.
In Week 1 against BAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 13 yards and scored 1 touchdown.
Through Week 1, Sam LaPorta has been on the field for 81 percent of DET snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.
He has taken 2 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.
His 8 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.
In Week 1 against NO he caught 5 of 8 targets for 48 yards and did not score.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Tyler Warren played 17 games and scored 188.5 PPR points, 11.1 a game, finishing TE4.
He caught 76 of 112 targets for 817 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 19 red zone targets.
That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Sam LaPorta played 9 games and scored 106.9 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing TE27.
He caught 40 of 49 targets for 489 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.
That came to 5.4 targets a game, a 82 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.
He was on the field for 90 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Tyler Warren was available for 8 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Sam LaPorta scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Tyler Warren 11.1, 0.8 a game between them.
Tyler Warren finished TE4 that year and Sam LaPorta TE27.
Tyler Warren had 63 more targets than Sam LaPorta, 112 to 49.
Tyler Warren had 328 more receiving yards than Sam LaPorta, 817 to 489.
This season Tyler Warren holds the bigger snap share, 93 percent against 81 percent.
This season Sam LaPorta holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 17 percent.
Byes and availability
Tyler Warren is off in Week 13 and Sam LaPorta in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.
What would change the answer
Sam LaPorta has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.
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