Bears rookie Colston Loveland wins NFC Offensive Player of Week award
Colston Loveland‘s big game Sunday is being recognized league-wide.
The Chicago Bears rookie tight end was awarded as the NFC’s Offensive Player of the Week after catching six passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns in a thrilling 47-42 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Loveland hauled in the game-winning 58-yard touchdown pass from Caleb Williams with 17 seconds left in the game.
He’s the second Bears player to win the award this season, joining Williams, who did so for his Week 3 performance against the Dallas Cowboys.
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Loveland, a University of Michigan product, is the first Bears rookie to be named NFC Offensive Player of the Week since running back Jordan Howard took home the honors in Week 8 of the 2016 season. He’s just the third Bears rookie ever to win it.
He set single-game highs in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions on Sunday. It also marked the third-longest game-winning touchdown reception by a rookie in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter or in overtime since 1970.
Loveland also became the fifth rookie tight end in the Super Bowl era with at least 100 receiving yards and multiple touchdown receptions in a game.
The last rookie tight end to be named an Offensive Player of the Week was the New York Giants’ Jeremy Shockey in Week 17 of the 2002 season. He’s just the third rookie tight end in NFL history to win the award, with the other being Mike Dyal in 1989.
Loveland’s 58-yard touchdown saved the Bears from what would have been a heartbreaking defeat.
“I got no idea what’s behind me,” Loveland told Marquee Sports Network’s Jeff Joniak. “I’m kind of gassed … so, yeah, just digging. Like, man, pick the legs up, try to get in this end zone. Luckily, I did.”


