Top NFL Draft prospect writes moving letter about growing up with a stutter, the adversity he faced

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Top NFL Draft prospect KC Concepcion opened up about growing up with a stuttering issue in a letter to general managers.

Concepcion, a former Texas A&M Aggies wide receiver, opened his letter acknowledging his stuttering issues. The 21-year-old talked about being made fun of at school because of his stutter.

"The other kids at school, they’d notice how I’d get stuck on certain words. Or that it would take me a second to respond to the teacher, or to tell them my name," Concepcion wrote in The Players Tribune. 

"And look — kids are mean sometimes. Simple as that. They’d point at me, or make faces, or raise their eyebrows, and then it’d be like, ’What’s wrong with you?!??!'" 

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Texas A&M Aggies wide receiver KC Concepcion runs for a touchdown against the Missouri Tigers at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., Nov. 8, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

"Or, ‘Why can’t you talk normal? Are you dumb or something????’ Dead in my face. While cracking up laughing. Not with me, or even about me…. At me. Man … it was tough. 

"But that’s how it went for me as a little kid. Every day. Monday through Friday at school. There were so many afternoons where I’d come home from school just totally beat down. I’d be crying my eyes out to my mom, for real."

Concepcion wrote that his mom would do everything she could to boost his confidence. The Rochester, New York, native said he looked forward to weekends because it meant he could be himself and would get to play football.

However, as the quarterback of the team, he said he would have trouble getting the words out when trying to call plays. Concepcion said