LB · Kansas City Chiefs · #44
Cooper McDonald
ROLB1Questionable · Kneewk 7 report- College
- San Diego State
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Experience
- 2nd season
Tackles
1▼ 23 vs '25
124th of 124 LBs
Stops
0▼ 6 vs '25
124th of 124 LBs
Yards per run tackle
–
Missed tackle rate
–%
Coverage
0 targets
– cmp% · – y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard plus McDonald.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs DENW | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ SEAL | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2025 with Chiefs
$3Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $988K
- Guaranteed
- $0 0%
- 2026 cap hit
- $566K 0.2% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2027
2025
2026 · now
2027
Year 2 of 3
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 57 | 19.6 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 14 | 58 | 14.8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |