#18

Colston Loveland

Former tight end at Michigan. 2024: 56 catches, 582 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · Michigan · Jr. · #18

6′5″ · 245 lb · Gooding, ID

CFB Index 70 · #13 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferenceChicago — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 10, #10 overall

Recruiting

4★

TE recruit

No. 302 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Michigan. 2024: 56 catches, 582 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the Chicago in 2025.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #10 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan, 1,466 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #10 overall by Chicago.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 112 yds vs Oregon.Oregon · L 17-382024

202211 games

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Gooding

202315 games

All-Big Tenfirst

202410 games

All-Big Tensecond

2025

Drafted by Chicagoround 1, pick 10

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#302 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #10

Chicago · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

2024

Sherrone Moore

Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 2nd NFL season

#10Rd 1 · Pick 10

ChicagoEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #13 of 135?

Medium-low confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #13 of 135 TEs

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

Career stats

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

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Illinois · 4&18 · Q4 · EPA +4.29Jack Tuttle pass complete to Colston Loveland for 29 yds to the ILL 15 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Oregon · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.39Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 34 yds to the ORE 39 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Texas · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 24 yds to the MICH 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Fresno State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 20 yds to the FRES 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Michigan State · 2&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 · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Colston Loveland 23 Yd pass from Donovan Edwards (Davis Warren Pass to Colston Loveland for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 6 · Washington · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Jack Tuttle pass complete to Colston Loveland for 8 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 13 · Northwestern · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 3 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 8 · Illinois · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Jack Tuttle pass complete to Colston Loveland for 9 yds to the ILL 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Fresno State · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.49Davis Warren pass complete to Colston Loveland for 18 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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@ 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 Oregon	7	112	16.0	0	36	Season-high 112 yds
Wk 11	L 15-20@ Indiana	4	37	9.3	0	13
Wk 13	W 50-6vs Northwestern	3	22	7.3	1	11
Total		56	582	10.1	5	36

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Colston Loveland

202211 games

202315 games

202410 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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