{"id":506487,"date":"2026-03-06T03:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/506487\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T03:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:45:10","slug":"kc-concepcion-decided-not-to-skip-scouting-combine-media-over-his-stutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/506487\/","title":{"rendered":"KC Concepcion decided not to skip Scouting Combine media over his stutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Texas A&amp;M receiver KC Concepcion decided to embrace the media portion of the Scouting Combine despite a stutter. He <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/kc-concepcion-hopes-to-inspire-others-with-speech-impediments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">previously addressed<\/a> the situation on social media. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, he appeared on NFL Network to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeGarafolo\/status\/2029617390573482020?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">explain why he did it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was thinking about not appearing at the podium or participating in interviews. He said he decided to be a \u201crole model\u201d for people who can\u2019t speak in front of large crowds and who lack the confidence to try.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s admirable that Concepcion embraced his speech impediment. It\u2019s part of who he is, and millions have similar issues. It\u2019s nothing to be ashamed of. Concepcion\u2019s willingness to speak in his own unique voice will inspire others who have such struggles to remain true to who and what they are.<\/p>\n<p>The courage and grace to be his true and authentic self is a sign of the kind of character that any organization should be looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Texas A&amp;M receiver KC Concepcion decided to embrace the media portion of the Scouting Combine despite a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-506487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}