LB · Kansas City Chiefs · week 7 vs Seattle Seahawks · Sun Oct 25 · 8:20 PM ET
As of week 7, Cooper McDonald was an LB for KC, age 25.1, 1 season of experience. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 1 game on 0% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 17 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.
Cooper McDonald is a backup at strong-side linebacker for KC — 0% of the snaps in his best week of 1. He has a knee injury. His team has listed him Questionable.
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
fewer than 2 games this season
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
Medical history
| When | Injury | Weeks on a report | Worst status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · wk 7 | knee | 1 | Questionable |
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 1 episode · 1 week on a report
Weeks 1–18
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylon Moore | T | DNP | team's word | Out | ||
| Rashee Rice | WR | DNP | team's word | Out | ||
| Brashard Smith | RB | DNP | team's word | Out | ||
| Josh Simmons | T | DNP | team's word | — | ||
| Omarr Norman-Lott | DT | UNK | team's word | — |
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
Profile — as of week 7
| Role | LB3 · 0% snaps |
| Season | 2026 · 1 game through wk 6 |
| Career | 1 season · 17 games before 2026 |
| Injuries | none on file |
| Bio | age 25.1 · 1 season' experience |
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.
About him
| About him | As the record holds it |
|---|---|
| His role | a backup at strong-side linebacker — 0% of the snaps in his best week of 1 |
| Listed on the depth chart | second at strong-side linebacker |
| Last week | He did not dress last week |
| Snaps played | 0% a week on average over 1 week, 0% at his highest, 7% on special teams |
| Build | 6 ft 3 in · 240 lb |
| College | TCU; San Diego State |
| Drafted | undrafted |
| Age | 25-28 at the season's start |
| Experience | 1 season |
When this call was made, and when the world knew
His record this season
| Wk | Practice | Chance he plays | Call | Source | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | UNK | — | his team's word | his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended) | no |
| 7 | LTD | — | his team's word | his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended) | — |
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.