Kayden McDonald

lifecycle: rookie (no NFL regular season yet) — no NFL regular season yet (nflverse rookie_season 2026) (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20

Not yet available · No 2026 season total is reported for this player in the source snapshot checked 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z. Missing statistics are not zero. Earlier seasons remain in NFL by year. (asOf 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z)

• Signed through2029Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$3,226,188Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$2,346,318Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2030 · UFAOver The Cap · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-13 · LAC at HOUStarted. · 2 tackles (0-2)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-20 · LV at HOU1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · HOU at CARStarted. · 2 tackles (0-2)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

1. 2025 · Ohio State · defensive65 tkl · 3 sackHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
2. 2024 · Ohio State · defensive19 tkl · 0 sackHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
3. 2023 · Ohio State · defensive1 tkl · 0 sackHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

2026 · round 2 · pick 36 · HOU · Ohio St.

1. 2026 Combine · DT · Ohio St. · 6-2 · 326 lb

   Searched — none · in the combine table for this session with no drill value — did not participate or not recorded; the table does not say which

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file

• 2026-09-11 · HOU · Injured Reserveplaced DT Kayden McDonald on the Reserve/Injured list.HOU transactions (club-official) · 2026-09-20

Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

• 2026-09-11 · HOUplaced DT Kayden McDonald on the Reserve/Injured list.

window 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19

filings in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing); pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present