Colston Loveland

Chicago Bears·#84UNDERPAID

Pos TEHt 6'6"Wt 241 lbExp 1 yrCollege Michigan

Updated September 22, 2026

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Model Score

86.2 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Colston Loveland Injury StatusNot listed

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report as of Sep 20. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Colston Loveland Stats This Season · 1 games

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Draft & College

Round 1, pick 10 · Chicago Bears · 2025

Michigan (Big Ten)

Taken

#10

where he actually went

Consensus board

14th

average of the public big boards that spring

Our college model

among TE in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2022-2024 · 35 games

115 rec, 1,437 yds, 10 TD, 12.5 yds/rec

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out

4.7s

40 yd

Comps

College career

his college career vs theirs

Chris Cooley78%T.J. Hockenson76%Terrance Carter76%

STM Take

Loveland's rookie line at STTM #8 tier 2 with the 23.7 PPR Week 19 closer and three consecutive 21-plus PPR weeks (17-19) is the rare end-of-season breakout for a first-round TE. The Caleb Williams tier-5 QB rank capped the early-season volume; the late-season ramp says the talent is fully NFL-ready heading into year two.

Loveland was born in Goldendale, Washington, attended Gooding High in Idaho, and played at Michigan where he won the 2023 CFP national title and earned 2024 second-team All-American honors. Chicago took him 10th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. Rookie line: 58 catches for 713 yards and 6 TDs.

Strengths

Three consecutive 21-plus PPR weeks to close the rookie season (Wks 17, 18, 19); the trajectory is finally connecting.
10th overall draft capital plus Michigan national title pedigree at 6'6" 241; the long-term tier-1 ceiling is intact.

Concerns

58 rookie catches for 713 yards reflects a slow first half; the role share took 15 weeks to develop.
Caleb Williams's tier-5 QB rank is the gating factor; Loveland's tier-1 case needs the QB to climb.

What to watch: Whether Caleb Williams's year-three offense gives Loveland 80-plus catches in 2026; the late-season tape suggests it is coming.