{"id":24272,"date":"2025-04-10T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/?p=24272"},"modified":"2025-04-05T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:20:44","slug":"colston-loveland-te-michigan-junior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/colston-loveland-te-michigan-junior\/","title":{"rendered":"Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan (Junior)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24272\" class=\"elementor elementor-24272\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3120d57e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3120d57e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tValentin\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fdf3b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fdf3b8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-388ad74b\" data-id=\"388ad74b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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:<\/p><ul><li>Gabarit id\u00e9al<\/li><li>Athletic<\/li><li>Technical and precise route runner<\/li><li>Arbre des trac\u00e9s<\/li><li>Ball skills<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><br \/>Weaknesses<\/strong> :<\/p><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docsshared-no-select-when-no-download docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><ul><li class=\"docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable\" dir=\"ltr\">Manque un peu de masse musculaire<\/li><li dir=\"ltr\">Skills against press coverage<\/li><li dir=\"ltr\">Pad level haut<\/li><li dir=\"ltr\">Technique de run block in-line en d\u00e9veloppement<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docsshared-no-select-when-no-download docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-anchoredreplyview-header\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-478343ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"478343ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a8b5b41\" data-id=\"4a8b5b41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b3e93b elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"48b3e93b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colston Loveland is one of my favorite TE prospect in the 2025 draft !<br><br>A 6&#39;5 245 lbs good athlete with fluidity and explosiveness.<br>Has great coordination eyes\/feet\/hands and really Strong ball skills !<br>Precise route runner ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LoRNnafDnO\">pic.twitter.com\/LoRNnafDnO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Valentin (@ScoutValentin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScoutValentin\/status\/1751394658293596464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79f2e1ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79f2e1ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71602d55\" data-id=\"71602d55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dad84f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dad84f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>TTProfil<\/strong><\/h3><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p><div class=\"docos-docoview-rootreply\"><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docos-replyview-first docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><div dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"docos-docoview-rootreply\"><div class=\"docos-replyview docos-anchoredreplyview docsshared-no-select-when-no-download docos-replyview-first docos-replyview-comment\"><div class=\"docos-collapsible-replyview\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-static\"><div class=\"docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable\" dir=\"ltr\"><p class=\"\" data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"508\">Colston Loveland a un gabarit id\u00e9al pour la position, il est longiligne et il poss\u00e8de une puissance correcte, m\u00eame s&rsquo;il pourrait encore travailler sur sa masse musculaire. Il est un excellent athl\u00e8te pour sa position, il dispose d\u2019une bonne explosivit\u00e9, d\u2019une tr\u00e8s bonne acc\u00e9l\u00e9ration et d\u2019une belle vitesse, mais qui n\u2019est pas \u00e9lite, principalement d\u00fb au fait qu\u2019il soit assez haut sur les appuis avec un probl\u00e8me de pad level que je d\u00e9velopperai plus bas.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"1134\">Son explosivit\u00e9 sur les espaces courts est excellente gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un tr\u00e8s bon footwork, son agilit\u00e9 et son body control sont eux aussi bons. Il a pris des snaps dans plusieurs positions, en tant que slot principalement, split out wide, mais aussi In-line. Principalement align\u00e9 dans le slot pour son profil de TE receveur, il a un peu de difficult\u00e9s \u00e0 cr\u00e9er de la s\u00e9paration contre la Man. Son usage des bras est encore \u00e0 travailler ainsi qu\u2019un package de releases plus \u00e9toff\u00e9. Pour revenir sur son usage des bras et des mains, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en difficult\u00e9 plusieurs fois quand il \u00e9tait align\u00e9 in-line et qu\u2019il subissait un jam.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"2013\">Il est un route runner pr\u00e9cis, et les trac\u00e9s o\u00f9 athl\u00e9tiquement il peut s\u2019exprimer le plus sont \u00e0 son avantage, mais il va devoir travailler sa Stem (La Stem du trac\u00e9 est le segment vertical initial du trac\u00e9 d\u2019un receveur, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire la partie de l\u2019itin\u00e9raire qui pr\u00e9c\u00e8de le break du receveur) car il n\u2019est pas assez agressif et n\u2019utilise que des mouvements de t\u00eate, se retrouvant souvent au contact du DB. Il doit encore progresser sur l\u2019utilisation de son gabarit et travailler sur son pad level ce qui lui permettra de progresser sur le tempo de ses trac\u00e9s. Contre la couverture de zone, il fait preuve d\u2019un tr\u00e8s bon IQ et sait quand et o\u00f9 asseoir son trac\u00e9 pour donner une solution viable \u00e0 son QB, mais il sait aussi cr\u00e9er off-script. Il est une grosse menace sur tous les trac\u00e9s Hi-Lo crossers, car c\u2019est l\u00e0 qu\u2019il peut laisser exprimer ses qualit\u00e9s athl\u00e9tiques, mais s\u2019est montr\u00e9 excellent sur les routes \u00ab\u00a0sails\u00a0\u00bb, 7s et deep outs.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2015\" data-end=\"2742\">Colston a de bons ball skills, un gros catch radius gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 de longs bras, ce qui lui donne un gros avantage pour attraper la balle au point le plus haut, une tr\u00e8s bonne flexibilit\u00e9 du haut du corps et une tr\u00e8s bonne coordination \u0153il\/pied\/main. Il track tr\u00e8s bien la balle et a une bonne technique de main. Cependant, \u00e0 certains moments, il a des probl\u00e8mes de drops \u00e0 cause d\u2019un manque de concentration et d\u2019une pr\u00e9cipitation vers sa transition en tant que coureur. Dans le trafic, je l\u2019ai trouv\u00e9 parfois un peu soft en 2023, on en revient \u00e0 ce probl\u00e8me d\u2019agressivit\u00e9, mais il a eu une progression dans ce domaine en 2024. Il est une grosse menace balle en main, il a une tr\u00e8s bonne vision et n\u2019est pas facile \u00e0 faire tomber.<br \/><br \/><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2744\" data-end=\"3636\">Sur le run block, je trouve que Loveland a altern\u00e9 le bon et le moins bon in-line. Il doit travailler techniquement sur son placement des mains et sur la bataille de levier. Son manque de puissance et son pad level contre de gros IDL en NFL pourrait \u00eatre un probl\u00e8me s\u2019il est trop utilis\u00e9 dans cet aspect du jeu, mais il a flash\u00e9 suffisamment de bonnes choses et d\u2019agressivit\u00e9 dans ce domaine pour \u00eatre tr\u00e8s optimiste. En mouvement ou dans le slot, il a fait du bon boulot et s\u2019est montr\u00e9 \u00eatre un bon space blocker, il poss\u00e8de un bon IQ dans cet aspect de son jeu.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"2744\" data-end=\"3636\"><br data-start=\"3310\" data-end=\"3313\" \/><strong>Colston Loveland est le prototype de TE moderne, excellent athl\u00e8te avec de tr\u00e8s bons ball skills. Il sera principalement utilis\u00e9 en TE Y mais avec du progr\u00e8s sur sa puissance, il pourra tr\u00e8s bien \u00eatre utilis\u00e9 souvent in-line. <\/strong><strong>Il a un plancher assez haut, mais poss\u00e8de \u00e0 mon sens encore une belle marge de progression.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"3638\" data-end=\"3686\"><strong>Grade : 1st round<\/strong><br data-start=\"3655\" data-end=\"3658\" \/><strong>Draft Projection : 1st round<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan (Junior) La Draft NFL 2025 approche \u00e0 grand pas et malgr\u00e9 une cuv\u00e9e qui de prime abord semblait manquer de talent, l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de The Trick Play s&rsquo;est \u00e0 nouveau plong\u00e9 dans les tapes afin de pouvoir vous proposer les scouting reports des joueurs qui porteront bient\u00f4t le maillot de vos Franchises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[262,270],"tags":[299,77,300,105,79,75,72,140],"class_list":["post-24272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scouting-2025","category-te-2025","tag-colston","tag-draft","tag-loveland","tag-michigan","tag-ncaa","tag-nfl-draft","tag-scouting","tag-te"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24272"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24279,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24272\/revisions\/24279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetrickplay.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}