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Who Did the Chicago Bears Draft?

In the 2025 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears selected …

• Colston Loveland | TE
• Luther Burden III | WR
• Ozzy Trapilo | OT
• Shemar Turner | DL
• Ruben Hyppolite II |LB
• Zah Frazier | CB
• Luke Newman | OG
• Kyle Monangai | RB

Grading the Bears NFL Draft

Chicago Bears | Draft Grade: A-

Many pegged the Bears for an offensive tackle in Round 1 – that became non-viable at 1.10 after the class’ top-3 consensus OTs went in the first nine picks. So Chicago audibled to TE Colston Loveland, a decision that Caleb Williams will appreciate.

Standing a hair under 6-foot-6 with long arms and baseball-mitt-sized hands, Loveland’s catch radius is enormous. He maximizes every inch by extending to the ball, and meeting it at its highest point downtown.

You can send him anywhere on the field running a receiver’s route tree. Loveland is a sleek athlete for his size, quick-footed and fluid. Loveland is difficult to impede off the snap, and he pushes the envelope immediately. He’s got the speed to get downtown, where he’s a problem for one defender—Loveland converted 7-of-7 targets 20+ yards downfield in 2023.

Loveland turned 21 a few weeks before the NFL Draft. His skillset makes him a potential matchup nightmare in the NFL, with too much size and catch radius for defensive backs, and too much athleticism for linebackers.

WR Luther Burden was taken in Round 2 to address the departure of Keenan Allen. They are both slot receivers, but couldn’t be more different. With the ball in his hands, Burden looks like a star running back—he’s extremely sudden, with a NAS acceleration button.

Burden is very much like Percy Harvin in that his north/south explosion not only chews up yards quickly, but it converts into an element of power that gives him a little tackle-breaking juice. When Burden gets chugging, he’ll bounce off off-angle attempts from defensive backs.

Burden could be a flammable third banana in this offense. 

Colston Loveland's Fantasy Football Value

Ian Hartitz: With Loveland, the talent is easy to get behind. I would rank him behind only Brock Bowers and Trey McBride in dynasty. That said, Bears GM Ryan Poles gave incumbent starter Cole Kmet a four-year, $50 million extension for a reason, and it tentatively doesn't look like Chicago can get out of that contract until 2026 at the earliest. Accordingly, Loveland could have a tough time earning the sort of 70-80% route rate that is almost essential to high-end fantasy production, and that's before considering the reality that he would still almost certainly be behind DJ Moore and Rome Odunze in Caleb Williams' pecking order. I'm tentatively sticking with my pre-draft TE15 ranking for Loveland due to this depressed target ceiling.

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