Loveland suffered an AC joint dislocation last season with the Michigan Wolverines, which required surgery in January. The timeline for recovery is six months, which would put him on track to be full-go for training camp. For now, it’s all about the mental reps for Loveland, who was limited during Friday’s rookie minicamp practice.

“That’s a priority for us, is getting him back healthy,” head coach Ben Johnson said. “Because the sooner he gets healthy, then we get the full-speed reps and that’s where it really all comes together. It’s more mental and we’re going to take full opportunity with the time we have with him (during the offseason program) in terms of getting him up to speed with not only what the veterans know mentally but how much can we walk through with him on the side to speed up the learning process.”

After he was drafted, Loveland told reporters he’s right on schedule in his recovery, where he’s currently got full range of motion, can run and catch balls and can do everything but left super heavy weight. For Loveland, he’s using this rookie minicamp to get mental reps, which he says are “just as important” as physical reps.