The Bears’ first-round draft pick was named Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after catching 62 passes for 968 yards and 14 TDs.
Yet when Loveland’s high school coach, Cam Andersen, was asked about his favorite moment of Loveland’s career, it wasn’t a big catch or game-winning TD.
“My favorite moment of Colston is a growth moment,” Andersen said. “His sophomore year, we had a great, big game against a state rival, and we lost on the last play of the game. In that game, Colston had over 200 yards and four touchdowns, but he didn’t make the last catch—and I don’t know that I’ve seen him drop a ball since.
“He [said], ‘I cost us the game.’ [I was] like, ‘Listen, dude, if you don’t have 200-plus yards and four touchdowns, we’re not in the game.’ But it did reflect how important a single moment is within the big game and he, from that moment, I didn’t see him drop a ball. He was just so focused on every individual moment, so growth moments like that are huge.”