School: Michigan
Year: Jr
Position: TE
Primary Role: Y- TE (7.24)
Secondary Role: F Tight End (7.14)

Physical Attributes

• Height: 6-5
• Weight: 245 lbs
• RAS: Incomplete
• 40 Time: 4.7

Skills

Rankings

• Consensus Position Rank: 1
• My Position Ranking: 1
• Difference in Ranking: 0
• Tier: 1
• Projected Round: 1

Jim Harbaugh Ties

• Recruited by Jim Harbaugh: Yes, Signed.
• Notable Game vs Michigan: Colston played for Jim Harbaugh in Michigan, it’s safe to say there are plenty of ties there..

Games Watched

• Texas ’24
• Indiana ’24

Ryan’s Notes

• Texas: Fantastic in line blocker with detailed technical skills, he has a solid knee bend and keeps his weight in front whilst playing with a straight back and wide grip.
• Michigan trusted him against edge rushers in iso which tells you a lot considering their brand of football.
• The coaches targeted him early with two straight concepts to give him the ball in the flats and for good reason, he took an absolutely nothing arrow route for 12 yards where he hurdled a low tackle attempt and transitioned into a full sprint on landing with 3 big long strides eating up the ground past the sticks for a first down.
• Fumbled the ball on an easy angle route catch.
• Colston just never stops blocking, he’s always the last man fighting, burying and he re-establishes his leverage constantly to find margins until the whistle. 08:36 is everything you need to see in his passing game, he has a Brock Bowers type ability to eat up space with long strides with his feet low to the ground then he adds in detailed route running, nimble footwork to come to a stop but then the knowledge to give his QB an option down field on the scramble combined with the insane catch through contact over the middle? this guy’s talented and fearless in a way that coaches will love.
• Even when he’s beaten for leverage on a block he finds a way to take them out of the gap, his blocking sense is outstanding especially when flexed out wide.
• His QB wanted him to sit down a route when faced with a stacked safety but he blasted vertically, leading to a pick so there might be some concerns about his coverage reading.
• He has some nifty moves with the ball in his hands too, he can feel defenders and adjust without having to look which is a good trait.
• His route speed is impressive you can see him carrying speed through his speed cuts at the same tempo as slot receivers.
• Indiana: There’s contact balance and then there’s using contact to gain momentum and Loveland does that in bucket loads.
• I love the way he uses veteran pushoffs paired with his elite acceleration to gain advantages.
• He climbs to block so well and he clearly loves it.
• What he has produced with the mess at QB and a young OL is very impressive, the unrealised yards due to straight misses was infruriating.
• I like the way he always cuts with the opposite foot to his leverage so he can flip their hips, that’s a nice touch that pairs well with his explosive speed out of his breaks.

Ryan’s Summary

Loveland is more of a tradtional Y tight end whose transition to the pros should be very clean. His blocking is outstanding but he also moves like a wide receiver and catches like one too. I’m a big fan of the details of his route running, he has that Bowers type ability to eat up ground with powerful yet low action strides so he can unlock key areas of field all whilst providing three down impact. His numbers weren’t outstanding in his senior year thanks to Michigan’s awful quarterback play and a young OL so this should be overlooked as his ceiling is most certainly a TE1 in terms of prodcution going forwards. Loveland is a rare talent that immediately makes a team more dangerous in both phases which means he has to go in the first round and I’d be estatic to see him in powder blue should Harbaugh want to make the reunion happen.