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As of week 7, Kool-Aid McKinstry was a CB for NO, age 23.9, 2 seasons of experience, drafted in round 2. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 6 games on 90% of snaps; his line was 3.7 tackles a game, 0 sacks a game and 0.7 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 32 games (postseason included) over 2 seasons. His injury history held 2 episodes (hamstring 1, shoulder 1), 1 of them reaching OUT; the last was a shoulder injury in 2024 week 16.
The full read
In short
Kool-Aid McKinstry is a starter at left cornerback for NO — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 6. He left last week's game. Of players in that position who did play the following week, 45% took under 70% of their usual snaps. This week he practised in full every day the report covers. His team has not listed him on the final report.
What the reports say
our calls for this week are for members
The reports, quoted
What was reported
Source
1
“a lengthy practice report, just two players are designated as questionable.”
Where he sits on this scale is published with the call.
Practice this week
Fri
Thu
Wed
FPdated Fri Oct 23
FPdated Fri Oct 23
FPdated Fri Oct 23
Shape of the week: steady. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game3.7 range 1.0–7.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Sacks / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Passes defended / game0.7 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snap share90.3% range 42–100
wk 1–6 · 6 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
100%wk 2
100%wk 3
100%wk 4
100%wk 5
42%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 7
concussion
1
—
2024 · wk 16
shoulder
1
—
2024 · wk 9
hamstring
3
Out
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 3 episodes · 5 weeks on a report
2024
shoulder · 1whamstring · 3w
2026
concussion · 1w
Weeks 1–18
ruled out
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 7locked
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Mason Tipton
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Jordyn Tyson
WR
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Profile — as of week 7
Role
CB1 · 90% snaps
Season
2026 · 6 games through wk 6
Per game
3.7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0.7 passes defended
Career
2 seasons · 32 games before 2026
Injuries
2 episodes · last: shoulder, 2024 wk 16
Bio
age 23.9 · 2 seasons' experience · drafted round 2
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.