Brock Rechsteiner’s NFL future is already complicated, and now his fiancée’s joke about the whole situation has added another layer of noise.
Neva Clark posted a clip that quickly made the rounds on X, where she joked, “When all I wanna do is film WAG content but my fiancé decided to get suspended from the NFL for 6 weeks.” The comment spread widely after aggregator accounts picked it up as the 2026 NFL season got underway. Clark later said she was only kidding and asked people not to read too much into it.
The reaction came even though Rechsteiner isn’t on an NFL roster at the moment. He went undrafted in April after four seasons at Jacksonville State, where he finished his college career with 53 catches for 629 yards and seven touchdowns. He got a look from the Tennessee Titans at rookie minicamp before the New Orleans Saints signed him on May 12 after he tried out at their rookie camp.
That chance didn’t last long. New Orleans waived him Aug. 30 as the team cut down to 53 players.
Rechsteiner’s suspension was announced earlier, with the NFL handing him the first six regular-season games on Aug. 6 for violating the NFL-NFLPA policy on performance-enhancing substances. He was still allowed to take part in training camp and preseason games, but the suspension took effect once roster cuts were made. He has not played in an NFL regular-season game, and he cannot sign with another team and play until he serves the suspension.
The name has drawn extra attention because of his family ties. His father, Scott Rechsteiner, became a Hall of Fame wrestling star as Scott Steiner and “Big Poppa Pump.” His uncle, Rick Steiner, also had a long wrestling career, and his cousin, Bronson Rechsteiner, wrestles in WWE as Bron Breakker.
Brock Rechsteiner has shown interest in that world too. While in college, he signed a WWE Next In Line NIL deal and has said he wants to move into wrestling after football.
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