The Chicago Bears’ first-round pick, Colston Loveland, had a great junior season with the Michigan Wolverines, boasting career highs in receptions, receiving touchdowns, receptions per game, and yards per game. He hauled in 56 receptions for 582 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 5.6 receptions per game, 10.4 yards per clip, and 58.2 yards per game in ten games. Loveland’s efforts earned him a Second-Team All-Big 10 selection.
The Chicago Bears’ rookie suffered a major injury
Colston Loveland suffered an AC joint injury in his right shoulder in Week 3 against Arkansas State, prompting him to miss Week 4 against USC. He then played the next seven games before aggravating it in Week 13 against Northwestern, causing him to miss the regular-season finale against Ohio State, and he opted out of the ReliaQuest Bowl game against Alabama. Loveland underwent shoulder surgery in late January, generally a six-month recovery time.
So far, the tight end has not participated in voluntary workouts and OTAs and was spotted wearing a uniform on the final day of mandatory minicamp.
Chicago Bears’ 1st-round pick gets major update
According to Courtney Cronin of ESPN NFL Nation, Colston Loveland received a major injury update. The tight end is working his way back from AC joint reconstruction surgery, doing everything, including working out and running. As Cronin points out, Ben Johnson expects Loveland to participate in practice “at some point” during training camp.
“Loveland wasn’t on the field this spring while recovering from AC joint reconstruction in his right shoulder, but he made an appearance in uniform on the final day of mandatory minicamp. ‘I’m working out. I’m running. I’m doing everything, except the weight is not as heavy, obviously,’ Loveland said in May,” Cronin said. “Coach Ben Johnson said that the Bears should get the green light for the rookie to participate in practice at ‘some point’ in training camp, which coincides with the six-month recovery timeline Loveland said doctors gave him when he underwent surgery in January.”
