Colston Loveland

Of the 10 age-21 tight ends most similar to Colston Loveland's 2025 season, 4 finished TE1, 1 finished TE2, 2 finished TE3, 1 finished TE4+, 2 missed the season.

Based on just 10 analogs — directional, not a forecast · veteran comps draw on 2017-onward history.

Loveland enters Year 2 as Chicago's entrenched TE1 coming off a historic rookie season — 58/713/6 in the regular season, a #5 PPR finish at the position, and a rookie-TE-record 193 receiving yards across two playoff games before a concussion (since resolved) knocked him out of the divisional-round overtime loss to the Rams. Current reporting confirms he is healthy and that Ben Johnson plans to expand his role in 2026, with his late-season usage surge (26-45% target share Weeks 17-19) the template rather than the outlier. The Bears' third-round pick of Sam Roush is scheme reinforcement, not a threat — Roush slots in as a blocking TE3 behind Loveland and Kmet and is not expected to factor meaningfully into the passing game. The real catalysts are whether his target share consolidates above the 18% season-long baseline in a crowded weapon corps (Odunze, Burden, Kmet, Swift), and the compounding value of a 22-year-old attached to Caleb Williams in one of the NFC's ascending offenses. Verdict: BUY now if his price still reflects last year's tier rather than his trajectory — young elite-producing TEs at this age almost exclusively appreciate, and the acquisition window closes once a full TE1-overall-caliber season prices in; for holders, this is a core long-term hold with no sell case short of a genuinely elite overpay.