{"id":872259,"date":"2026-04-22T23:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872259\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:12:17","slug":"nfl-writer-compares-potential-patriots-draft-pick-to-stefon-diggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872259\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Writer Compares Potential Patriots Draft Pick To Stefon Diggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/new-england-patriots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patriots<\/a> parted ways with Stefon Diggs this offseason, but could there be a prospect in the 2026 NFL Draft who plays a similar game to Diggs that New England could consider?<\/p>\n<p>CBS Sports draft analyst Mike Renner compared Texas A&amp;M wide receiver KC Concepcion&#8217;s<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/features\/2026-nfl-draft-comparisons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> playing style to<\/a> that of Diggs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Concepcion is the type of athlete and route runner who can get open against any corner you put in front of him,&#8221; Renner wrote on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The former Aggie wide receiver played three seasons of college football \u2014 two at North Carolina State before transferring to Texas A&amp;M last season. He recorded 185 receptions, totaling 2,218 yards and 25 touchdowns over the course of 38 games.<\/p>\n<p>Many experts expect Concepcion to be a middle to late first-round pick, which means he could still be available for the Patriots to select at No. 31.<\/p>\n<p>If New England were to acquire Concepcion, he could potentially fill Diggs&#8217; role.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/Patriots Predicted To Add 21.5-Sack Edge Rusher In Draft To Upgrade Defense\" rel=\"nofollow\">Patriots Predicted To Add 21.5-Sack Edge Rusher In Draft To Upgrade Defense<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Patriots parted ways with Stefon Diggs this offseason, but could there be a prospect in the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-872259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-newengland","12":"tag-newenglandpatriots","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116450895012865945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872259","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=872259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}