RADIO
Colston Loveland is a fantasy football sleeper and value in 2025 fantasy football rookie drafts. Read the fantasy football outlook for the new Bears tight end.
DRAFT PICK: 1st Round (#10 Overall Pick)
TEAM: Chicago Bears
ROOKIE DRAFT ANALYSIS: Chicago Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, giving him elite draft capital. He has a lack of college production, which can be explained by subpar QB play last season. His statistics were misleading. He's an elite route-runner for a tight end and is 6-foot-6, so he has an elite catch radius.
Editor's Note: The FFPC Baby Gorilla Tournament is now open, featuring a $100,000 grand prize and a $675,450 total prize pool! This 12-team, Tight End Premium contest uses a 20-round draft format, with the overall winners determined by total points scored during Weeks 15–17. Get $25 to use toward your first entry by signing up through our link. Grab your team now! Sign Up Now!Right now, he's still recovering from a shoulder injury he played through in 2024 that he had surgery to address in the offseason. Loveland being thought of so highly by new Bears head coach Ben Johnson says a lot. While the team already has wide receivers DJ Moore and Rome Odunze, and drafted wideout Luther Burden III in the second round of the 2025 draft, Loveland has a chance to immediately become the team's TE1 and take over a solid share of the passing game.
Tight end Cole Kmet figures to be Loveland's backup. Still, it's a crowded pass-catcher room, making it hard to project Loveland's volume. His ADP in redraft leagues is very low, though, so it shouldn't be hard to draft him in the later rounds. He's immensely talented and will be in the hands of an immensely talented offensive mind in Johnson.
only ONE Tight End has EVER posted a 34%+ Target Share in College
[ Colston Loveland ]
and he’s not even valued as a Top 8 Rookie pic.twitter.com/O1Ke6h0dsE
— DynastyIM (@dynasty_im) May 21, 2025
So he has a ton of upside for not being very expensive. He's absolutely worth drafting in Round 1 of rookie drafts and could finish as a top-8 TE this season.
- John Johnson
More NFL Draft Analysis
Superflex Rookie Rankings for Dynasty Fantasy Football (2026)
Superflex roster settings have become the new norm in dynasty fantasy football leagues, and knowing when to pick quarterbacks in rookie drafts is key. We're here to help you dominate those drafts with our updated 2026 superflex rookie rankings for dynasty fantasy football. These updated 2026 rookie rankings are put together by Matt Donnelly, Phil Clark, […]
2026 Dynasty Rookie Wide Receiver Rankings for Fantasy Football: Superflex Leagues
We have a ton of talented wide receivers entering the NFL in 2026, and it can be tough to know who to draft after the top studs. That's where our updated fantasy football dynasty rookie rankings for 2026 come in. Below, check out where the top 48 first-year wideouts rank for rookie drafts. These updated 2026 […]
2026 Dynasty Rookie Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Superflex Leagues
We're in the thick of rookie draft season as the calendar flips to June, and although this class left a lot to be desired at RB, several Day-3 options could emerge at some point in their rookie and sophomore campaigns. In dynasty leagues, stashing high-upside backups in key, so we're here to help you sort […]
2026 NFL Draft Re-Do: Full First-Round Shuffle
With the 2026 NFL Draft now behind us, let's take a look back and identify where teams made the right and wrong calls. In this exercise, we will look to redo the entire opening round of the 2026 NFL Draft. However, we will give each team its "original" selection back, but will take note of any […]
2026 NFL Unit Grades for Every Team's Backfield
With the NFL Draft and free agency behind us - and OTAs cranking up - we're looking ahead to the 2026 NFL season! Below, we're dropping our unit grades for every team's current backfield. Evaluating current rosters, we're taking into account starpower of a team's lead back, as well as the quality of depth down […]
Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App
Like what you see? Download our updated fantasy football app for iPhone and Android with 24x7 player news, injury alerts, rankings, starts/sits & more. All free!
