* First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] ([[2025 All-SEC football team|2025]])
* First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] ([[2025 All-SEC football team|2025]])
* Second team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football season|2023]])
* Second team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] ([[2023 Atlantic Coast Conference football season|2023]])
* First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[2025 All-SEC football team|2025]])
* [[Paul Hornung Award]] (2025)
* [[Paul Hornung Award]] (2025)
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American football player (born 2004)
Kevin “KC” Concepcion (born September 24, 2004)[1] is an American college football wide receiver for the Texas A&M Aggies. He previously played for the NC State Wolfpack.
Concepcion was born in Rochester, New York and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina when he was three.[2] Concepcion attended Julius L. Chambers High School in Charlotte.[3] As a junior, he had 36 catches for 458 yards and eight touchdowns while also returning three punts for touchdowns.[4] In his high school career, Concepcion caught 65 passes for 977 yards and 12 touchdowns.[5] He was also a member of the school’s back-to-back North Carolina 4AA state championship teams in 2019 and 2020.[6] Concepcion was a four-star recruit and was the No. 8 player in North Carolina and the No. 50 wide receiver in the nation according to Rivals.[7]
He committed to play college football at NC State over offers from North Carolina, Boston College, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Duke, East Carolina, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Marshall, Maryland, Memphis, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Old Dominion, Penn State, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and West Virginia.[8][9]
Concepcion joined NC State as an early enrollee in January 2023.[10]
During the 2023 season against rivals North Carolina Concepcion hauled in seven receptions for 131 yards and two touchdowns.[11] During his freshman season in 2023, he played in 12 games and started 11 of them, finishing the season with 64 receptions for 767 yards and 10 touchdowns.[12] He also rushed 38 times for 297 yards.[13] Concepcion set NC State freshman records for receptions and receiving yards.[3][14]
On December 3, 2024, Concepcion announced that he would enter the transfer portal.[15]
On December 29, 2024, Concepcion announced that he would transfer to Texas A&M.[16] He received first-team All-SEC honors and won the Paul Hornung Award.[17]
| Season | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Punt Returns | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Y/Ret | PRTD | ||
| 2023 | NC State | 13 | 12 | 71 | 839 | 11.8 | 10 | 41 | 320 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | NC State | 12 | 12 | 53 | 460 | 8.7 | 6 | 19 | 36 | 1.9 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Texas A&M | 8 | 8 | 36 | 545 | 15.1 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 14 | 309 | 22.1 | 2 |
| Career | 33 | 32 | 160 | 1,844 | 11.5 | 23 | 65 | 403 | 6.2 | 2 | 19 | 354 | 18.6 | 2 | |
- ^ a b “Kevin Concepcion Wide Receiver Texas A&M”. nfldraftbuzz.com. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ Ortiz, José de Jesus (October 17, 2025). “Familia: KC Concepcion embraces Boricua, Latino love”. Our Esquina. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
- ^ a b Jacobs, David (October 10, 2024). “Kevin Concepcion carries freshman-season success into matchup vs. SU”. The Daily Orange. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
- ^ Pope IV, Jonas. “UNC, NC State football are final choices for 3-star Charlotte high school recruit”. The News & Observer. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ “Kevin Concepcion’s Chambers High School Football Stats”. MaxPreps.com. October 10, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023. [better source needed]
- ^ Blake, J. Mike. (May 8, 2021). Vance pulls away from Rolesville, wins second straight 4AA state championship. highschoolot.com. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
- ^ “Kevin Concepcion, 2023 Wide Receiver, NC State”. Rivals.com. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ “Kevin Concepcion, Julius L. Chambers, Wide Receiver”. 247Sports.com. January 9, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ McDowell, Ethan (August 22, 2022). “Kevin Concepcion commits to the Wolfpack”. TheWolfpacker.com. On3.com. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ “Kevin “KC” Concepcion”. NC State Wolfpack.
- ^ Watson-Fisher, Jadyn. “NC State star freshman receiver KC Concepcion to stay with program”. The News & Observer. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ “Kevin Concepcion 2023 Gamelog”. The Football Database. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ Davis, Spenser (November 28, 2023). “Kevin Concepcion indicates plans for 2024, future at NC State”. Saturday Road. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ “N.C. State’s Kevin Concepcion adds to historic season”. Our Esquina. November 27, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ Giles, Matt (December 3, 2024). “Outbound NC State Football Transfer KC Concepcion Eyes Five Programs”. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ Grubbs, Grant (December 29, 2024). “NC State transfer WR KC Concepcion commits to Texas A&M”. On3.com. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ https://www.secsports.com/news/2025/12/2025-all-sec-football-team-presented-by-allstate-announced
