DE · New York Jets · #9
Will McDonald IV
ROLB2- College
- Iowa State
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Experience
- 4th season
Sacks
2.0▼ 6.0 vs '25
31st of 118 DL
Pressures
8▼ 12 vs '25
38th of 118 DL
Pressure rate
3.7%▲ 0.6 vs '25
24th of 118 DL
Run stops
4▼ 13 vs '25
102nd of 118 DL
Tackling
12 tkl
1 tfl · 7 stops · 1 ff
Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ TENW | 25 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs GBL | 25 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ DETL | 22 | 33.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ CHIL | 66 | 71.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs CLEW | 29 | 43.3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ NEL | 23 | 33.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs MIAL | 27 | 42.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 217 | 46.5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 100.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2023 with Jets
$16.3Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $4.1M
- Guaranteed
- $16.3M 100%
- 2026 cap hit
- $5.2M 1.6% of the cap
- Signed
- 2023
- Runs through
- 2026
2023
2024
2025
2026 · now
Year 4 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 217 | 46.5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 15.4 | 2.0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 112.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 649 | 65.7 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 22.9 | 8.0 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 95.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 758 | 66.0 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 16.1 | 10.5 | 24 | 38 | 2 | 83.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 184 | 18.8 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 12.5 | 3.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 54 | 1,808 | 50.5 | 76 | 67 | 26 | 18.4 | 23.5 | 52 | 73 | 4 | 93.8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |