Colston Loveland

PRO CAREER: Enters his second season with the Bears in 2026...Has played in 16 career regular season games (11 starts) recording 58 receptions for 713 yards and six touchdowns...Has also played in two postseason games (one starts) posting 193 receiving yards, the most by an NFL rookie tight end since at least 1960...Originally entered the NFL as a first-round selection (10th overall) of the Bears in the 2025 NFL Draft.

HONORS

2025: Week 9 NFC Offensive Player of the Week

2025 SEASON (BEARS): Appeared in 16 games (11 starts), recording 58 receptions for 713 yards (12.3 avg.)...His 713 receiving yards were the fifth-most among all rookie pass catchers in the NFL...In Week 9 at the Bengals, totaled 188 receiving yards and two receiving TDs, including the game-winning 58-yard receiving TD...Became the first Bears rookie TE to secure multiple receiving TDs in a single game since at least 1970...Loveland's 58-yard receiving TD is the third-longest game-winning TD reception in the final two minutes of a fourth quarter or overtime by any NFL rookie since at least 1970...In Week 17, recorded six receptions for 94 yards including a 36-yard TD reception in the second quarter...In Week 18 against the Lions, amassed a career-high 10 receptions for 91 yards and one TD, registering the most receptions in a game by any Bears rookie TE in a single game in franchise history...In the Bears NFC Wild Card Round victory, over the Packers, hauled in eight receptions for 137 yards...His eight receptions were the most in a playoff game by a Bears rookie since at least 1966 and the second-most by any Bears pass catcher since at least 1933...Across both postseason games totaled 12 receptions and 198 receiving yards...198 receiving yards marked the third-most by a Bears pass catcher in a single postseason in franchise history and the most by a NFL rookie tight end since at least 1960.

TRANSACTIONS

04/24/2025: Drafted by the Bears in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft (No. 10 overall)

COLLEGE: Played three seasons at Michigan (2022-24), appearing in 39 games with 24 starts...Totaled 1,466 receiving yards on 117 catches with 11 touchdowns...In 2024, hauled in 56 receptions for 582 yards and five touchdown grabs...Was named Second-Team All-American, Second-Team All-Big Ten and was a Mackey Award Finalist...In 2023, had a career high 649 receiving yards on 45 catches with four touchdowns and was named First-Team All-Big Ten...During his three seasons at Michigan, the Wolverines went 36-6, won a pair of Big Ten titles (2022-23), made two appearances in the College Football Playoff (2022-23) and won the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2023.

PERSONAL: Prepped at Gooding High School (Idaho) where he totaled 235 receptions for 3,141 yards and 35 touchdowns among his 3,493 all-purpose yards and 39 total touchdowns...As a senior, helped lead Gooding to a 9-1 record with and an appearance in the Class 3A state semifinal...He was part of eight-win teams both his junior year, when the Senators went 8-2 making a playoff appearance, and his sophomore year when the team went 8-3...Also lettered in basketball, where he was named 2021 SCIC Co-Player of the Year.