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Newsstand: Jim Harbaugh raves about true freshman – 'Gonna be really good'

Anthony Broomeby:Anthony Broome•10/18/22•

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Michigan football has plenty of talent and depth at multiple positions, but always finds a way to have its true freshmen affect the game from the jump. Among them is tight end Colston Loveland, who grabbed his first career start in the 41-17 win over Penn State.

Loveland was a 4-star recruit out of Idaho during the 2022 recruiting cycle, but has found his way onto the field early in his career after enrolling last winter. Head coach Jim Harbaugh discussed his emergence during his weekly radio appearance on Inside Michigan Football with Jon Jansen.

“The way the freshman [he] is playing, I think just everybody sees it,” Harbaugh said. This player is gonna be really good. Probably the longer takes him to figure out how good he’s gonna be, the better off he’ll be. But yeah, he’s just got that mindset. You can tell him, ‘Good job.’ And he’s like, ‘Thanks.’ It’s nothing that’s going to his head. Just does it the way he’s supposed to be doing it.

“I noticed that about him when I went to recruit him in Gooding, Idaho. Great town, genuine, down-to-earth, good people everywhere. They really hadn’t — nobody had really seen a Colston Loveland-type athlete and football player. They don’t come around, they don’t come along every year.

“So you can imagine. I mean, everybody there really looked up to him, especially the younger kids. And adults, I mean, they love them, because he’s such a good young man and so respectful and everything. But if it didn’t go to his head coming out of that situation — kind of a once-in-a-generation type guy — then I had a good feeling that his head was screwed on his shoulders pretty darn well. Been raised really good.

“I think you’re just gonna see more and more of the same. Certainly not going to fall into the trap of getting a big head. That’s not his personality. But he’s been tremendous.”

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“We’re regrouping. We want to refresh. But we’re going to practice four times in this week. It’s all going to be Michigan State, except the practices we do with the young guys. Also, we want to get those guys getting reps and playing football, getting good at football, doing that this week. All of it is going to be getting ready for that game.”

– Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh on the plan for the bye week

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