The Colts have already met with a top tight end prospect at this year’s NFL Combine.
According to NFL insider Dave Heilman, the Indianapolis Colts are among the teams that have met with Michigan tight end Colston Loveland.
The listed 6’5,” 245 pound junior tight end for the Wolverines caught 56 receptions for 582 total receiving yards and 5 touchdown receptions during 10 starts this past season—earning 2nd-Team All-American and All-Big Ten honors (behind Penn State’s Tyler Warren) respectively.
He was a CFP National Champion for the Wolverines back in 2023.
Here’s his NFL.com draft profile:
Overview
Talented young tight end with the athletic ability and ball skills to become an elite talent as a pass catcher. Colston plays the game like a big wideout, capable of separating from man coverage and making plays on all three levels. He has good play speed and runs a route tree full of branches, allowing creative play-callers to move him around as a mismatch option. His routes can be a little hurried and lacking in detail but that should change with coaching. He’s graceful in-air and catches the ball with good timing and strong hands. He will keep filling out his frame but is unlikely to ever become more than average as a blocker. Colston’s collection of athletic traits and catch talent creates a high ceiling with the opportunity to become a high-volume target and future Pro Bowler.
Unlike Warren, Colston isn’t much of a plus in-line blocker. That being said, he offers a little more versatility in formations and scheming as a ‘move’ tight end pass catcher in space.
Of course, the Colts received ‘next to nothing’ in 2024 from a receiving perspective from their tight end room collectively, and both veteran Mo Alie-Cox and Kylen Granson are set to become free agents.
Colts longtime general manager Chris Ballard has been more public than in year’s past regarding the clear need for a difference-maker as a receiver at tight end.
The Colts also know that they have to provide projected starter Anthony Richardson with a stronger supporting cast going forward to aid in his continued growth and development. Colston would provide him a dynamic sure-handed receiver, who can make plays over the middle of the field and down the seam—as well as all over the field.