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Colston Loveland

Colston Loveland is a tight end for the Chicago Bears. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Colston Loveland: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Colston Loveland at a glance

Colston Loveland is a 22-year-old tight end for the Chicago Bears, listed at 6'6" and 241 pounds. The Chicago Bears drafted Loveland 10th overall in the first round in 2025, out of Michigan, and 2026 is Loveland's 2nd NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Loveland for 173.4 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE7 at the position and works out to 11.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Loveland has scored 42.5 PPR points, or 7.1 per game. That is 24.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Loveland would finish with about 120 points, behind the 173.4 projected. The best week so far is 18.5 points in Week 6 against ATL, the TE4 finish that week. Loveland has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 3 of 6 games, a 50% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 34 qualified tight ends of 2026, Loveland ranks in the 46th percentile in target share, the 44th percentile in receptions and the 40th percentile in receiving yards. The softest mark is the 19th percentile in average separation.

Career track record

2025 is the only completed season on record: Loveland finished as TE12 with 165.1 PPR points in 16 games. The totals so far read 77 receptions, 888 receiving yards and 7 receiving touchdowns.

Colston Loveland by the numbers

Loveland has been the highest-scoring tight end of the week 1 time, finished in the weekly top five at the position 5 times and finished in the top twelve 7 times. The career high is 29.8 PPR points, set in Week 9 of 2025 against CIN. The game log also shows 1 100-yard receiving game. In all, Loveland has reached 20 points in 3 games, 14% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Loveland drew 4.6 targets per game at an average depth of 6.3 air yards. 13% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 6 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Loveland is playing on a four-year, $26.6 million contract signed with the Chicago Bears in 2025, an average of $6.7 million per year with $26.6 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Loveland carries a GV stock price of 5,403, which ranks 138th overall and TE24 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Loveland 189th overall. Value has moved down 6.4 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Theo Johnson, Kyle Pitts and Sam Roush. See where Loveland sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
173.4
PPR / game
11.3

Colston Loveland fantasy outlook

Colston Loveland enters the 2026 season with CHI and ranks TE7 and #94 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 173.4 PPR points across 15.3 games, or 11.4 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Colston Loveland as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Colston Loveland produced 165.1 PPR points in 16 games (10.3 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 53%, with a 88% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main uncertainty is translating a limited NFL sample into a full-season role.

Week 1 projection

Colston Loveland is projected for 11.4 PPR points on the road at CAR in week 1, with a likely range of 1.7 to 26.9.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 6.4 since the previous model run (falling).

Redraft
41.1
Dynasty
52.4
Superflex redraft
54.4
Superflex dynasty
63.9
TE premium dynasty
51.4

Compare Colston Loveland on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026CHI6301917510042.5
2025CHI16825871361-2165.1

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