Wide receiver Brock Rechsteiner had been turning heads at the New Orleans Saints’ training camp. Signed as an undrafted rookie this year, he had his work cut out. However, the young wideout was in for a tough reality while still in the fight to make the active roster.

The New Orleans Saints wide receiver, son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner, has been suspended for the first six games of the 2026 regular season, Ari Meirov confirmed. Initially, the reason was not revealed. But the team later announced that Rechsteiner had violated the NFL-NFLPA performance-enhancing substances policy.

Rechsteiner can still practice through camp and play in every preseason game. The suspension only kicks in when rosters get cut to 53 players on August 30. But for a guy already fighting for a roster spot, that is about the worst timing imaginable.

Six games is notable too. The standard suspension for PED violations starts at four games under NFL policy. It jumps to six when there is evidence of attempted test manipulation. The league has not shared the details of Rechsteiner’s infractions.

Rechsteiner was signed on May 12 after a strong showing at rookie minicamp. He flew under the radar before the draft, with The Athletic’s Dane Brugler ranking him 159th among this year’s wide receiver prospects. But Saints beat reporter Nick Underhill had singled Rechsteiner out as one of the standout performers in the team’s offseason program, and he had been working through each of the first seven training camp practices before this hit.

He posted 629 receiving yards in a four-year career at Jacksonville State from 2021-25. His career highlight came in 2024, when he scored a touchdown and then caught an 85-yard touchdown pass against Southern Miss. ESPN cameras caught his dad going absolutely wild on the sideline watching it all go down. And that spread fast on social media.

Scott Steiner was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022 after a legendary wrestling career. His brother Rick Steiner was Scott’s tag-team partner, and they were better known as the iconic Steiner Brothers. Brock’s cousin Bronson Rechsteiner now wrestles as Bron Breakker in WWE and is the reigning Intercontinental Champion.

Scott Steiner spoke about his son’s path back in 2024 and made clear where he saw things heading.

“He’ll be a Steiner, so that helps out, ” he told ESPN in 2024. “But he’s a good athlete, so the sky’s the limit for him. I’ll help him out any way I can. I’m happy for him, watching him fulfill his athletic dreams. So once football is over, he’ll do it with wrestling.”

Brock has the huge advantage of his famous family name and “genetic freak” athleticism, but it takes decades of intense hard work to make the transition from football to wrestling.

Why football always came first for Brock Rechsteiner despite his wrestling lineage

Wrestling has always been part of Brock’s plan, just not his present one. Football came first, and that was never up for debate. In early 2025, he signed a WWE NIL deal that gave him access to training at the WWE Performance Center while he was still playing college ball at Jacksonville State, a deal that came together through conversations between his father and WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H.

Bron Breakker has been the one nudging him toward that future when the time comes.

“I work out with him all the time back home. I go fishing with him a lot,” Rechsteiner said of Breakker. “And he really convinced me to, once I’m done playing football, get into the wrestling business.”

That future can wait. Right now, Rechsteiner has a six-game suspension hanging over a roster spot that was never guaranteed to begin with. How the Saints handle his situation between now and August 30 will tell you everything about whether he makes the 53-man roster.