{"id":863410,"date":"2026-04-10T20:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/863410\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:51:27","slug":"49ers-heavily-connected-to-wrs-with-919-yard-texas-am-rookie-a-name-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/863410\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers’ heavily connected to WRs with 919-yard Texas A&M rookie a ‘name to watch’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco 49ers<\/a>, coming into the 2026 NFL Draft, have a few positions they could address with their first-round pick at No. 27 overall.<\/p>\n

One of those positions they could target is wide receiver. Despite signing Mike Evans and Christian Kirk, and having Ricky Pearsall under contract, the 49ers could use another WR.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN’s Matt Miller<\/a>, the 49ers have been “heavily connected” to wide receivers in this year’s draft class, and Texas A&M WR KC Concepcion is a name to watch in Round 1 this year.<\/p>\n

KC Concepcion ‘name to watch’ with 49ers’ 27th pick<\/p>\n

“Instead, they have been heavily connected to wide receivers by teams when running through mock draft exercises,” Miller writes. “KC Concepcion (Texas A&M) is a name to watch.”<\/p>\n

With the 49ers seemingly showing interest in wide receiver options in Round 1, there are a few names that would be very appealing.<\/p>\n

Carnell Tate, Makai Lemon, or Jordyn Tyson would be great picks at this draft slot. But of those three WRs, none are likely to make it to the 49ers’ pick.<\/p>\n

Concepcion is different, as the Texas A&M receiver has been available for the 49ers with the 27th pick, often in many mock draft exercises from experts. He’s even fallen into Round 2 as well, so the 49ers should have a chance at him.<\/p>\n

More:\u00a049ers searching for possible Brandon Aiyuk trade instead of a simple release<\/a><\/p>\n

Last season for the Aggies, Concepcion caught 61 passes for 919 yards and nine touchdowns. He was a great receiving threat, and also has seen some work in the rushing game, scoring a touchdown and running for 75 yards on 10 attempts this season.<\/p>\n

But another key part of his game is punt returning, as he returned two touchdowns this past year, and could be a quality pickup for the special teams unit, not just the WR room.<\/p>\n

If the 49ers went into 2026 with a WR room of Mike Evans, Ricky Pearsall, KC Concepcion, and Christian Kirk, there wouldn’t be many concerns about Brock Purdy’s supporting cast.<\/p>\n

Concepcion is someone to keep a close eye on for the 49ers’ first-round pick, as he’d be a quality option to bolster the offense in San Francisco this offseason.<\/p>\n

More 49ers news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers, coming into the 2026 NFL Draft, have a few positions they could address with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-863410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","13":"tag-sanfrancisco","14":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116382392920417943","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863410","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=863410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}