Cooper McDonald stats

Chiefs

Linebacker · #44

Age 25 · 6' 3" · 240 lbs

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Cooper McDonald recorded 5 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 4 games of 2026 for the Kansas City Chiefs. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
4
TOT
5
SOLO
0
AST
5
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2025KC172510150.0000
2026KC45050.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
21
TOT
30
SOLO
10
AST
20
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
4
TOT
1.3
SOLO
0
AST
1.3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2025KC171.50.60.90.0000
2026KC41.30.01.30.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
21
TOT
1.4
SOLO
0.5
AST
1.0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Bio

Age
25 yearsAug 7, 2001
Height
6' 3"
Weight
240 lbs
Experience
2 years
Birthplace
Haslet, TX
College
TCU
Salary
$885,3532026

Latest performance

Cooper McDonald

Nov 08 · vs NYJ · W 35-12

TOT
2
SOLO
0
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

56% of his club's special-teams snaps a game (59 in 4 games); 76% in week 9.

His special-teams snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %
1DEN27%
7SEA1263%
8DEN2377%
9NYJ2276%

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Cooper McDonald has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601Knee

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

Games

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Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 08vsNYJW 35-122000
Sun, Nov 01atDENL 28-242000
Sun, Oct 25atSEAL 20-30000
Mon, Sep 14vsDENW 31-101000
Sun, Jan 04atLVL 14-127300
Thu, Dec 25vsDENL 20-133000

What are Cooper McDonald's career stats?

Cooper McDonald has played 2 seasons for the Chiefs. He has recorded 30 tackles. His best season so far is 2025: 25 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 7 @ LV on Jan 4, 2026, L 14-12
Cooper McDonald's best game in each stat, by season
SeasonTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20257

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2025.

Cooper McDonald college stats

Cooper McDonald played 5 seasons at Washington Huskies and San Diego State Aztecs and TCU Horned Frogs (2020 to 2024): 134 tackles, 7.5 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Cooper McDonald's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020Washington Huskies211100000
2021Washington Huskies25187010000
2022San Diego State Aztecs412615220000
2023San Diego State Aztecs41192221.50000
2024TCU Horned Frogs251114131000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Cooper McDonald's college game log.

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