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Pro Football Network’s T.J. Randall predicted the Pittsburgh Steelers to select wide receiver KC Concepcion at No. 21 in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
The Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> hosted Washington wide receiver Denzel Boston<\/a> for a pre-draft visit this week. But Pro Football Network\u2019s T.J. Randall projected the Steelers to go with a different wideout at No. 21 overall in the 2026 NFL<\/a> Draft \u2014 KC Concepcion.<\/p>\n Randall admitted he also contemplated cornerbacks for the Steelers. But Randall slotted Concepcion to Pittsburgh in the first round of his newest 2026 NFL mock draft.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s fair to say that the Pittsburgh Steelers, or potentially another team at 21, are on Ty Simpson watch at this point in the draft. It just feels too uncertain to pull the trigger as it stands. It\u2019s split between going corner or receiver here having gone both directions in mocks prior for good reason: it would be prudent to add youth to the secondary and speed to the receiving corps,\u201d wrote Randall<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll return to my roots here, so-to-speak, by revisiting the pairing made back in January with the selection of Concepcion, who, truthfully, may be off the board when Pittsburgh rolls around.\u201d<\/p>\n Randall raved about Concepcion\u2019s speed. NFL.com\u2019s Lance Zierlein was very complimentary for the Texas A&M product\u2019s elusiveness and acceleration.<\/p>\n \u201cConcepcion offers immediate burst and separation into space. He\u2019s elusive in beating press and getting into breaks with minimum damage from handsy coverage,\u201d Zierlein wrote<\/a>. \u201cConcepcion\u2019s ability to quickly uncover should be very appealing to teams with spotty protection and a young quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tDave Holcomb<\/a> is a sports reporter covering the NFL and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers and a variety of other NFL teams. Originally from Pittsburgh, Holcomb has covered college and professional sports for outlets including FanSided, Rotowire and Yardbarker. More about Dave Holcomb<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Steelers\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Pro Football Network’s T.J. Randall predicted the Pittsburgh Steelers to select wide receiver KC Concepcion at No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-860413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","13":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116367738936188566","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860413","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=860413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}