LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Two days before he was drafted with the 10th pick by the Chicago Bears, Colston Loveland was back home in Gooding, Idaho, branding cattle.
Every April, Loveland and his brothers venture down the road to their aunt and uncle's farm nestled in the southern Idaho town of 3,800 for an annual cattle branding. It's a job they'd do in groups to make for efficient work to brand, vaccinate and clip the ear of the calves. The tight end and his two brothers, Cayden and Cash, loved these days because it meant they got to skip school.