{"id":788406,"date":"2026-03-03T06:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/788406\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:28:20","slug":"texas-ams-kc-concepcion-talks-speech-impediment-after-nfl-combine-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/788406\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M’s KC Concepcion talks speech impediment after NFL Combine criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"

KC Concepcion has fired back at his haters.<\/p>\n

The former Texas A&M receiver was criticized by some for his stutter during media interviews at the 2026 NFL Combine. Concepcion posted on his Instagram story<\/a> Sunday morning to respond to his critics and offer himself as a role model to those going through the same thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanna say something, if you have a speech impediment, there\u2019s nothing wrong with us,\u201d Concepcion wrote. \u201cI have had this stutter since I remember talking. This is a part of me, this is who I am, I cannot control this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AKC Concepcion posted a career-high 15.1 yards per catch in 2025 with Texas A&M. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t let an outside person\u2019s thoughts, opinions get in the way of you being great, of you achieving something in life. I am blessed to be in the position that I am in, and I want to help give back to those who are scared to speak up, who aren\u2019t as confident.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time Concepcion has publicly addressed his impediment. He told the Associated Press<\/a> in September that he\u2019s come to embrace it. He also appeared on Shannon Sharpe\u2019s podcast in November to discuss the topic.<\/p>\n

Concepcion didn\u2019t participate in all drills at the combine, skipping the 40-yard dash and broad and long jump. But he impressed enough to likely make himself a Day 1 pick after entering the event as a borderline first-rounder.<\/p>\n

That development follows a strong junior season at Texas A&M after transferring from NC State. In his two years with the Wolfpack, he racked up 1,200-plus receiving yards and 18 total touchdowns.<\/p>\n

\"TexasWith the Aggies\u2019 season on the line, KC Concepcion didn\u2019t contribute much in their loss to Miami. Getty Images<\/p>\n

But with the Aggies, he turned in his best campaign yet, finishing with a career-high 919 yards on 61 catches for nine touchdowns. He also returned two punts to the house after rarely holding return duties for NC State.<\/p>\n

Concepcion helped Texas A&M go 11-2 and earn its first-ever College Football Playoff berth as the No. 7 seed in 2025. However, the Aggies fell 10-7 to Miami<\/a> in the first round in a highly contested defensive battle. Concepcion mustered only four catches for 33 yards in that game.<\/p>\n

Still, he decided to leave school early and enroll for the 2026 NFL Draft following the loss.<\/p>\n

And he\u2019s not letting his speech impediment hold him back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KC Concepcion has fired back at his haters. The former Texas A&M receiver was criticized by some for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[331,7,49,48,6,927,15,15729,9,7212],"class_list":{"0":"post-788406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-nfl-combine","14":"tag-nfl-draft","15":"tag-nfl-draft-2026","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-texas-am-aggies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116163833170793848","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}