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

2025: 21Week 10Week 7

2026 game log

UsageTacklingPass rushCoverage
Game
Wk 1 vs DENW––1–0–0.00––––00
Wk 7 @ SEAL11.000000.0000––00
Season11.010000.0000––00

How he compares

2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

1.43.96.59.111.6−1.31.23.86.49.0ABOVE AVG ON BOTHBELOW AVG ON BOTHJordanDavisMackLawrenceSingletonWilsonWattAnzaloneHendricksonMuhammadLuvuNwosuSweatOluokunFranklinEdmundsSpillaneWarnerChubbSmithGaryGreenlawWilsonAl-ShaairPhillipsTranquillVan GinkelCashmanEllissEdwardsBushBartonJonesWilliamsOkerekeUcheChaissonDavis-GaitherQueenHighsmithBrooksBaunStrnadSherwoodBoltonMcDuffieEllissRousseauWernerCollinsPhillipsOwehBarnesDeabloJonesBrowningJones IIWalkerEnagbareLloydBonittoBernardJacksonHansenLandmanGibbensThibodeauxDeanEbiketieSimpsonRobinsonHenleyWilliamsMillerHerbigTo'oTo'oWintersThomasSmithCampbellHallDiabyTuipulotuVan NessYoungCarliesHuntWilsonSpeightsEllissCooperGrayRobinsonTurnerJamesUmanmielenBurchStutsmanCarterRobinsonPonderSchwesingerStewartCarterCampbellGreenEzeiruakuKnight Jr.BarhamDennis-SuttonBaileyStylesBain Jr.DanielsDuggerPerkins Jr.Hill Jr.TrotterReeseRodriguezLawrenceMesidorJacas↑ RTKL YDSStop rate →

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

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallTacklingPass rushCoverage
Season
2026211.0100–0.0000–0000
2025125719.6246116.70.000291.70000
Career145814.8256116.70.000291.70000