{"id":580539,"date":"2026-04-02T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/580539\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:27:08","slug":"steelers-2026-nfl-draft-scouting-report-wr-brenen-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/580539\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers 2026 NFL Draft scouting report: WR Brenen Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> already addressed their wide receiver room in a major way<\/a> this offseason, there are a few exciting 2026 NFL Draft<\/a> prospects to keep a close eye on.<\/p>\n

Wide receiver Brenen Thompson of Mississippi State, widely considered the fastest receiver in his draft class, would be a solid Day 2 pickup for the Black and Gold brand of football.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at Thompson’s scouting report, containing information on his bio, strengths, concerns, stats, and highlights.<\/p>\n

Brenen Thompson, WR, Mississippi State<\/p>\n

40-yard dash: 4.26 seconds<\/p>\n

Strengths<\/p>\n

Lightning-fast 40 speed that’s evident on tape<\/p>\n

Concerns<\/p>\n

Major durability concerns over frame<\/p>\n

Route-running lacks polish<\/p>\n

Needs to improve run after catch<\/p>\n

Stats<\/p>\n

2022: 1 reception, 32 yards, 0 touchdowns<\/p>\n

2023: 7 receptions, 241 yards, 2 touchdowns<\/p>\n

2024: 19 receptions, 230 yards, 2 touchdowns<\/p>\n

2025: 57 receptions, 1,054 yards, 6 touchdowns<\/p>\n

Highlights<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Steelers NFL Draft scouting report: Brenen Thompson, Mississippi State<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Pittsburgh Steelers already addressed their wide receiver room in a major way this offseason, there are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,256033,90846,593,1241,256612,85,50435],"class_list":{"0":"post-580539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-brenen-thompson","11":"tag-mississippi-state","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","14":"tag-scouting-report","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-wide-receiver"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}