Colston Loveland (born April 9, 2004) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
tight end
The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like ...
for the
Michigan Wolverines
The Michigan Wolverines comprise 29 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except women's water polo, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisio ...
. An Idaho native. Loveland was First-team All-
Big Ten
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and won a
National Championship
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in 2023.
Early life and high school career
Loveland was born in 2004. He attended
Gooding High School
Gooding High School is a public high school located in Gooding, Idaho, United States. It is the main high school operated by the Gooding School District.
Athletics
Gooding High School is classified as a 3A school (enrollment between 320 and 639 ...
in
Gooding, Idaho
Gooding is the county seat and largest city of Gooding County, Idaho, Gooding County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,567 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
The city is named for Frank R. Gooding, a local sheep rancher who ...
, where he starred in basketball and football. He caught 235 passes (91 as a senior) for 3,141 yards and 35 touchdowns at Gooding.
As a senior in 2021, he was rated as the No. 1 player in Idaho and won the
Gatorade Idaho Player of the Year award. He received offers from Michigan, Alabama, LSU, Auburn, Utah, Oregon State, Arizona State, Nevada, Idaho, Idaho State, and Utah State.
College career
In July 2021, Loveland committed to play college football at Michigan. He graduated early and enrolled at Michigan in January 2022 as an early enrollee.
[ He appeared in his first game for Michigan on September 3, 2022, and had two receptions for 18 yards. In the 2022 season, Loveland had 16 receptions for 235 yards and two touchdowns. Against Ohio State, he caught a 45-yard pass at the beginning of the third quarter for his first collegiate touchdown. He caught a touchdown the following week in the ]Big Ten Championship Game
The Big Ten Football Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big Ten Conference each year to determine the conference's season champion. The game, held after the regular season has been completed, matches the division champions f ...
, to help Michigan win its second consecutive conference championship.
During the 2023 Season, Loveland played and started all 15 games as a true sophomore for Michigan.
Statistics
References
External links
Michigan Wolverines bio
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2004 births
Living people
American football tight ends
Michigan Wolverines football players
People from Gooding, Idaho
Players of American football from Idaho