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Kaleb McGary

RT·Atlanta Falcons
Tier 8Round 1, pick 31 in 2019
Updated November 12, 2026
85.0
Model Score
Down from 93.0 last year

Kaleb McGary is an RT for the Atlanta Falcons (updated November 12, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 8.0 from last season.

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How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

A durable long-time starting right tackle who is solidly mid-tier.

The case for

  • Seven straight years as Atlanta's starting RT plus the multi-year contract extension stability puts him in the rare durability-and-stability RT class.
  • Washington Pac-12 31st overall draft pedigree plus seven years of Falcons starter reps gives him real veteran market value.

The worry

  • Career STTM range mostly tier 5-7 confirms the structural ceiling has rarely climbed above mid-tier RT territory.
  • $15M 2026 cap hit creates moderate contract-value risk if McGary cannot return to tier 5 territory.

What to watch: Whether McGary holds tier 5 or better in 2026 at age 30, the threshold for confirming the structural ceiling holds.

Full take and bio

Seven straight years as Atlanta's starting RT plus the multi-year contract extension stability puts McGary in the rare durability-and-stability RT class. The Washington Pac-12 31st overall draft pedigree plus seven years of Falcons elite production give him real career foundation. The 2026 question is whether McGary holds tier 5 or better at age 30 or whether the structural late-career decline reasserts.

McGary came out of Washington as the Atlanta Falcons' 1st-round pick (31st overall) in 2019. He has been the Falcons' starting right tackle for seven straight seasons. He signed a three-year, $34.5M extension with the Falcons in 2023 plus a two-year, $30M extension in 2025.

Kaleb McGary Injury StatusNot listed

Kaleb McGary is not on the injury report as of Nov 11. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 31 to the Atlanta Falcons in 2019, out of WASHINGTON (Big Ten). He went earlier than consensus.

Taken#31
Consensus board56th
Our college model#103 OT

Coming out: 5.05s 40 yd, 23 reps bench, 33.5" vertical, 111" broad, 7.66s 3-cone, 4.58s shuttle.

What this pick usually becomes. Of the 220 players taken as a late first-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 70% earned a second contract and 72% became starters. The median one started 58 career games.

Contract2026 cap

2025 Cap Hit
$13.5M
APY
$15.0M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$28.5M
Years on Deal
1
Signed
2025
Est. Value
$20.8M/yr
underpaid by $5.8M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

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