Player file
Kayden McDonald
DT Defensive Tackle · Ohio State · #93 · PRO
6' 3" · 326 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)
age 21 · born 2005-03-12 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20
HOU · active
Formal report: Practice: not reported · Game designation not reported. Check next report · Plan coverage
Inspect file assembly
lifecycle: rookie (no NFL regular season yet) — no NFL regular season yet (nflverse rookie_season 2026) (nflverse players.csv) · card built 2026-09-20
#88 sacks · 3 g2026where he ranks at Sacks among 177 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-10-26
Inspect season and contract figures
1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF2026 DT
nflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-26T20:11:05.827Z2029Signed through
APY $3,226,188 · cap hit $2,346,318
Over The Cap · 2026-09-20Season stats
- 2026 · HOU · DT · 3 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-26T20:11:05.827Z
Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts. The scheduled season-total refresh is overdue.
Contract
- 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)
NFL by year
- 2026 · HOU · DT · 3 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved1 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.
Official games
- 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
NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-13as of 2026-08-28College by year
- 2025 · Ohio State · defensive65 tkl · 3 sackHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2024 · Ohio State · defensive19 tkl · 0 sackHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
- 2023 · Ohio State · defensive1 tkl · 0 sackHC Ryan DayCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
Combine / pro day
- 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
Injuries
Weekly injury report
- Kayden McDonald2026-10-09 · Ankle · Practice: FP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLEHOU official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-09
- Kayden McDonald2026-10-08 · Ankle · Practice: FP · Game designation not reportedHOU official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-08
- Kayden McDonald2026-10-07 · Ankle · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedHOU official Week 5 injury report · 2026-10-07
- Kayden McDonald2026-09-10 · Practice: DNP · Game designation not reportedHOU official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-10
- Kayden McDonald2026-09-09 · Practice: LP · Game designation not reportedHOU official Week 1 injury report · 2026-09-09
- 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.
Suspensions / discipline
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)
Transactions
- 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
Awards
0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started
nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present