CB · New Orleans Saints · #1
Kool-Aid McKinstry
LCB1- College
- Alabama
- Height
- 5'11"
- Weight
- 199 lb
- Experience
- 3rd season
Passer rating allowed
97.6▼ 2.8 vs '25
51st of 86 CBs
Y/TGT
7.5▼ 0.7 vs '25
48th of 86 CBs
Completion % allowed
51.6%▼ 7.1 vs '25
19th of 86 CBs
Passes defended
6▼ 11 vs '25
17th of 86 CBs
Tackling
23 tkl
5 stops · 0 mtkl · 0 ff
Ranks compare against the 86 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ DETL | 77 | 100.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 57.1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 2 @ BALW | 58 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.0 | 11.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 3 vs LVL | 70 | 100.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37.5 | 6.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wk 4 vs ATLL | 57 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 vs MINL | 71 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75.0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 @ NYGW | 32 | 42.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs PITL | 64 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Season | 429 | 90.7 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 51.6 | 7.5 | 0 | 6 |
How he compares
2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Saints
$9.2Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $2.3M
- Guaranteed
- $7.3M 80%
- 2026 cap hit
- $2.5M 0.8% of the cap
- Signed
- 2024
- Runs through
- 2027
2024
2025
2026 · now
2027
Year 3 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 7 | 429 | 90.7 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 97.6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,075 | 97.7 | 75 | 15 | 3 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 100.5 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 680 | 69.3 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 89.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 38 | 2,184 | 85.5 | 139 | 32 | 5 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 96.2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |