Colston Loveland
21-Year-Old
Questionable
Injury Shoulder - AC Joint
Est. Return 6/1/2025
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Loveland is considered a notch below Brock Bowers as a prospect despite being taken a few picks earlier -- 10th overall to the Bears. Fortunately, there’s plenty of room between Bowers and bust, after the 2024 first-round pick set rookie TE records for catches and yards. Loveland caught 56 passes for 582 yards and five TDs in 10 games for Michigan last season, with his slight dip in receiving yards (compared to 649 in 2023) a product of playing five fewer games than he had the year before. His raw receiving stats may not stand out, but that's largely because he ran fewer than 300 routes in each of his three seasons in Michigan's run-first offense. The per-route production was far more impressive, especially when accounting for age, with Loveland having put up 16-235-2 receiving as an 18-year-old freshman and now set to play a full NFL season before turning 22. At 6-foot-5, 245 pounds, Loveland is considered a competent blocker in addition to being an excellent pass catcher, which should help him get on the field soon enough, although there are serious Year 1 workload concerns on a team that returns incumbent starting tight end Cole Kmet. Loveland underwent shoulder surgery in January on an injury that he played through last season, but that procedure isn’t expected to impact his Week 1 availability. Read Past Outlooks
Remains sidelined at OTAs
Loveland (shoulder) is present for Thursday's practice at OTAs but is not participating, Kevin Fishbain and Adam Jahns of The Athletic report.
ANALYSIS
Loveland remains sidelined due to the shoulder surgery he underwent in January to address a right Type V AC Joint dislocation. The injury prevented him from working out at the combine and participating in rookie minicamp, so the next major checkpoint for Loveland's recovery will be mandatory minicamp from June 3-5, at which time he's expected to increase his participation level. All expectations remain that the rookie No. 10 overall pick will be a full-go for training camp. Once he's healthy, Loveland's draft capital and rare pass-catching ability should allow him to quickly emerge as one of Chicago's top targets, though it's difficult to project exactly how looks from Caleb Williams (wrist) will be distributed between him, DJ Moore, Rome Odunze and Luther Burden (undisclosed).
Loveland remains sidelined due to the shoulder surgery he underwent in January to address a right Type V AC Joint dislocation. The injury prevented him from working out at the combine and participating in rookie minicamp, so the next major checkpoint for Loveland's recovery will be mandatory minicamp from June 3-5, at which time he's expected to increase his participation level. All expectations remain that the rookie No. 10 overall pick will be a full-go for training camp. Once he's healthy, Loveland's draft capital and rare pass-catching ability should allow him to quickly emerge as one of Chicago's top targets, though it's difficult to project exactly how looks from Caleb Williams (wrist) will be distributed between him, DJ Moore, Rome Odunze and Luther Burden (undisclosed).
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Not ready for rookie minicamp
Loveland (shoulder) is not participating in on-field work at rookie minicamp Friday as he continues to rehab from surgery undergone in January, Scott Bair of Marquee Sports Network reports.
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Goes 10th overall to Bears
The Bears selected Loveland (shoulder) in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 10th overall.
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Recovering from shoulder surgery
Loveland's surgeon, Dr. Neal Elattrache, confirmed for all 32 teams at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine that the tight end is on track to participate in minicamp and be fully cleared for training camp after undergoing right shoulder surgery in January, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
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Sitting out rookie minicamp
Loveland is primarily participating in the classroom portion of rookie minicamp as he continues to recover from January shoulder surgery, Scott Blair of Marquee Sports Network reports.
ANALYSIS
The promising tight end, whom the Bears selected with the 10th overall pick out of Michigan in the 2025 NFL Draft, is only able to participate in running and controlled lifting as far as physical work is concerned. However, Loveland should be ready to take the next step in his recovery when mandatory minicamp unfolds for the Bears in June.
The promising tight end, whom the Bears selected with the 10th overall pick out of Michigan in the 2025 NFL Draft, is only able to participate in running and controlled lifting as far as physical work is concerned. However, Loveland should be ready to take the next step in his recovery when mandatory minicamp unfolds for the Bears in June.