Colston Loveland

Colston Loveland enters the 2026 fantasy football season looking like one of the safest and most exciting tight end bets in the league. After a strong rookie year with the Bears, he finished as TE12 in half-PPR with 58 catches, 713 yards, and six touchdowns, and he was even better down the stretch, ranking as TE2 in fantasy scoring from Week 9 on.

What makes Loveland so appealing is the combination of size, athleticism, and role. FantasyPros describes him as a 6-6, 241-pound “matchup nightmare,” and his production ramped up as the season wore on, including a huge playoff performance against Green Bay with 15 targets, eight catches, and 137 yards. That kind of usage suggests Chicago already sees him as a major part of the passing game, not just a complementary tight end.

For 2026, the fantasy consensus is very strong: Loveland is being valued as the TE3 behind only Brock Bowers and Trey McBride. That puts him firmly in the top tier of draftable tight ends, especially in formats where positional scarcity matters. Projections on FantasyPros also point to a major leap, with him projected for about 80 catches, 949 yards, and seven touchdowns in 2026.

The main reason for optimism is opportunity, and there’s no recent news in the provided sources indicating an injury, trade, signing, or cut that would damage his outlook. If the Bears’ offense continues to feature him the way it did late last season, Loveland has a real path to finishing as a top-five fantasy tight end, and possibly higher if his target volume keeps climbing.

Updated 06/08/2026