Will McDonald IV

lifecycle: veteran — 4 NFL regular-season line(s) 2023–2026 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

1. 2026 · NYJ · DE · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-09-20T14:36:04.573Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

• Signed through2027Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• APY$4,080,416Over The Cap · 2026-09-09
• Cap hit$5,193,257Over The Cap · 2026-09-20
• Free agency2028 · 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)

1. 2026 · NYJ · DE · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
2. 2025 · NYJ · DE · 12 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved17 solo tkl · 2 ast · 8 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
3. 2024 · NYJ · DE · 16 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved13 solo tkl · 5 ast · 10.5 sk · 0 INT · 3 PD · 2 FF
4. 2023 · NYJ · DE · 11 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved8 solo tkl · 1 ast · 3 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 1 FF

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-14 · TB at NYJStarted. · 1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-14
• Preseason week 1 · 2026-08-21 · NYJ at PIT1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-21
• Preseason week 3 · 2026-08-28 · NYG at NYJDid not play. On the official DNP list.Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-28
• Week 1 · 2026-09-13 · NYJ at TEN1 tackles (1-0)Open the book · NFL Game Summary · 2026-09-13

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. 2022 · Iowa State · defensive36 tkl · 5.0 sackHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
2. 2021 · Iowa State · defensive36 tkl · 11.5 sackHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
3. 2020 · Iowa State · defensive33 tkl · 10.0 sackHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
4. 2019 · Iowa State · defensive15 tkl · 6 sackHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
5. 2018 · Iowa State · defensive3 tkl · 1 sackHC Matt CampbellCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15

2023 · round 1 · pick 15 · NYJ · Iowa St.

Searched — none · searched nflverse combine 2000–2026 (8968 rows) by pfr_id McDoWi00: no recorded combine row in the covered dataset; invitation status is not established (a pro-day-only workout is not in this table and stays unknown) (asOf 2026-09-20)

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

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)

• 2026-04-29 · NYJExercised the fifth-year option on DE Will McDonald IV.

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 · 2 seasons started · career through 2026

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