March 24, 2026, 12:09 p.m. PT

Wide receiver has become the most logical position for the Los Angeles Rams to target in Round 1 of the NFL draft this year, having already addressed cornerback and safety. In a class that’s rich with receiver talent, the Rams could also wait a bit longer to take one, rather than grabbing a wideout at No. 13 overall.

In a scenario where the Rams do take a receiver with their top pick, Yahoo Sports’ Matt Harmon shared his take on who would be the best fit. He excluded Carnell Tate from this exercise, expecting him to be gone before No. 13, but there are plenty of other options, including Makai Lemon and Jordyn Tyson. But Harmon believes a different receiver would be an ideal fit in Los Angeles.

He says KC Concepcion should garner some consideration at No. 13, despite experts projecting him to go closer to the end of Round 1.

“For me, it would either be Makai Lemon if you want more of what you already have. But I think they make so much sense as a KC Concepcion team,” Harmon said. “And I’m a big KC fan and they need speed, he brings a lot of speed to the table. He already has a lot of experience running routes off full-speed motion. He did a lot of that at Texas A&M last year, so you could immediately do some of that here. He could do some of the stuff underneath, he can win downfield. I’m a big fan of his and I think he could make a lot of sense in an offense like this. Thirteen would be higher than where most people have him ranked. Not for me, this would be perfectly, like, the range that in this draft, where I think you could take a player like this.”

Fellow Yahoo Sports analyst Nate Tice agreed, picking Concepcion or Tyson as the best fits for the Rams at wide receiver – over Lemon and others.

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“Just the twitchiness, their explosiveness, as opposed to – I’m a high guy on Denzel Boston, but he’s a little too hat-on-a-hat, ‘samey’ with Puka,” Tice added.

Concepcion is mostly being projected as a late first-round pick but if there’s an early run on receivers with Tate, Lemon, Tyson and even Omar Cooper Jr., Concepcion could go earlier than expected.

And though 13 would be early according to the general consensus, if the Rams like a guy, they’re going to take him at that spot. Of course, there’s a possibility that they could trade back and land him more in the middle of the first round or in the 20s somewhere, but that might not be a risk they’re willing to take if they covet Concepcion.