Colston Loveland

#18 · TE · Jr. · Michigan6′5″ · 245 lb · Gooding, ID

Colston Loveland: TE · Michigan · #18.

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Colston Loveland

TE · Michigan · Jr · #18

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches at Michigan: Jim Harbaugh and Sherrone Moore. Named All-Big Ten two seasons running, most recently in 2024. On tape: 112 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Oregon, Week 10, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Michigan in the news

Michigan to begin search for new ADOct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Michigan	56	582	10.4	5	36
2023	Michigan	45	649	14.4	4	54
2022	Michigan	16	235	14.7	2	45
Career		117	1,466	12.5	11	54

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-10vs Fresno State	8	87	10.9	1	20
Wk 2	L 12-31vs No. 3 Texas	8	70	8.8	0	24
Wk 3	W 28-18vs Arkansas State	3	30	10.0	0	13
Wk 5	W 27-24vs Minnesota	4	41	10.3	0	15
Wk 6	L 17-27@ Washington	6	33	5.5	1	8
Wk 8	L 7-21@ No. 22 Illinois	7	83	11.9	0	29
Wk 9	W 24-17vs Michigan State	6	67	11.2	2	23	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 17-38vs No. 1 Oregon	7	112	16.0	0	36	Season-high 112 yds
Wk 11	L 15-20@ No. 8 Indiana	4	37	9.3	0	13
Wk 13	W 50-6vs Northwestern	3	22	7.3	1	11
Total		56	582	10.4	5	36

Signature game

Week 10 · 2024

L 17-38

vs Oregon

7 rec · 112 yds

With T. Doman — 45.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · D. Warren — 164 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.2

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Illinois · 4th and 18 · Q4 · EPA +4.29Jack Tuttle pass complete to Colston Loveland for 29 yds to the ILL 15 for a
Week 10 · Oregon · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.39Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 34 yds to the ORE 39 for a
Week 2 · Texas · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 24 yds to the MICH 49 for a
Week 1 · Fresno State · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 20 yds to the FRES 49 for a
Week 9 · Michigan State · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 10 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 9 · Michigan State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Edwards to Loveland: a 23-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 6 · Washington · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Jack Tuttle pass complete to Colston Loveland for 8 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 13 · Northwestern · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 3 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 8 · Illinois · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Jack Tuttle pass complete to Colston Loveland for 9 yds to the ILL 46 for a
Week 1 · Fresno State · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.49Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 18 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)

Teams and coaches

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Michigan8-5HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 70 (#13 of 135). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

70Quality starter #13 of 135 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (82nd percentile). Strength: receptions (96th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#110 / 610 · 82nd pct

98.2%

EPA / target#247 / 610 · 60th pct

0.95

TD rate#257 / 610 · 58th pct

7.3%

Explosive rate#426 / 610 · 30th pct

10.9%

Yards / catch#442 / 610 · 28th pct

10.2

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#6 / 168 · 96th pct

Rec yards#15 / 168 · 91st pct

582

Rec TDs#22 / 168 · 85th pct

Long catch#66 / 168 · 59th pct

Yards / catch#98 / 168 · 40th pct

10.4

Rush TDs#8 / 27 · 37th pct

Rush yards#21 / 27 · 24th pct

-2

Fumbles lost#27 / 47 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

81st → 60th percentile

Explosive rate

88th → 30th percentile

Catch rate

58th → 82nd percentile

TD rate

70th → 58th percentile

Yards / catch

72nd → 28th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.6	61.3	10.6	0.6
Road3g	5.7	51.0	8.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.8	52.2	9.1	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	64.2	11.1	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Sherrone Moore

Pass share

39.2%

308 pass / 477 run

Plays / game

60.4

13 games

Team sack rate

4.6%

323 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

70 · #13 of 135 TEs · 2024

Former four-star. Now #13 at the position.

Colston Loveland

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Style of play

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Three seasons at Michigan, drafted

2022 11 games

2023 15 games

2024 10 games

2025