Colston Loveland, 2024
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Tight end, Michigan, 2022–⁠24

Colston Loveland

Number
No. 18
Height
6′5″
Weight
245 lb
Class (2024)
Junior
Hometown
Gooding, ID
Born
Apr 9, 2004, in Goldendale, Washington

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Colston Loveland played tight end at Michigan (2022–⁠24). The Chicago Bears took Loveland in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
649
Receiving yards, 2023 (Michigan, 15–⁠0)
Drafted
No. 10
Overall, 2025 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Career highs

8catches, career hightwice; last vs. Texas, 2024112receiving yards, career highvs. Oregon, 20242receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Michigan State, 2024

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2022 and 2023; National champions, 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Michigan1623514.7245
2023Michigan4564914.4454
2024Michigan5658210.4536
Career1171,46612.51154

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2022Michigan410000
2023Michigan110000
2024Michigan110000
Career630000

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Michigan18TEFr.
2023Michigan18TESo.
2024Michigan18TEJr.6′5″245

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Michigan230.47––10.94%
2023Michigan550.9670th (n=681)0.8052.66%
2024Michigan570.9554th (n=581)0.9254.49%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Michigan 10 games, 56 catches, 582 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.Fresno StateW 30–⁠10887120–
Sep 7vs.TexasL 12–⁠31870024–
Sep 14vs.Arkansas StateW 28–⁠18330013–
Sep 28vs.MinnesotaW 27–⁠24441015–
Oct 5atWashingtonL 17–⁠2763318–
Oct 19atIllinoisL 7–⁠21783029–
Oct 26vs.Michigan StateW 24–⁠17667223–
Nov 2vs.OregonL 17–⁠387112036−2
Nov 9atIndianaL 15–⁠20437013–
Nov 23vs.NorthwesternW 50–⁠6322111–
2023 Michigan 15 games, 45 catches, 649 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.East CarolinaW 30–⁠3457024–
Sep 9vs.UNLVW 35–⁠72609–
Sep 16vs.Bowling GreenW 31–⁠6330022–
Sep 23vs.RutgersW 31–⁠7575035–
Sep 30atNebraskaW 45–⁠7113013–
Oct 7atMinnesotaW 52–⁠10124124–
Oct 14vs.IndianaW 52–⁠7380154–
Oct 21atMichigan StateW 49–⁠0479222–
Nov 4vs.PurdueW 41–⁠13455017–
Nov 11atPenn StateW 24–⁠152707–
Nov 18atMarylandW 31–⁠24336013–
Nov 25vs.Ohio StateW 30–⁠24588034–
Dec 2vs.IowaW 26–⁠0322010–
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaW 27–⁠20213011–
Jan 8 ✦vs.WashingtonW 34–⁠13364041–
2022 Michigan 11 games, 16 catches, 235 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Colorado StateW 51–⁠7218016–
Sep 10vs.Hawai’iW 56–⁠10110010–
Sep 17vs.UConnW 59–⁠01505–
Oct 8atIndianaW 31–⁠10–––––
Oct 15vs.Penn StateW 41–⁠17–––––
Nov 5atRutgersW 52–⁠171606–
Nov 12vs.NebraskaW 34–⁠3240028–
Nov 19vs.IllinoisW 19–⁠17350027–
Nov 26atOhio StateW 45–⁠23145145–
Dec 3vs.PurdueW 43–⁠22125125–
Dec 31 ✦vs.TCUL 45–⁠51436016−8

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025
Height6′5¾″
Weight248 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size10″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 21 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2025Chicago Bears16587136
2026 (so far)Chicago Bears5131100
NFL career21718236

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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