Will McDonald IV
New York JetsUNDERPAIDPos EDGE
Updated October 8, 2026
Model Score
80.5
MODEL
2024
85.8
2025
78.0
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 →
Will McDonald IV Injury StatusNot listed
Will McDonald IV is not on the injury report as of Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 15 · New York Jets · 2023
Iowa State (Big 12)
Taken
#15
where he actually went
Consensus board
13th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#131
among EDGE in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2018-2022 · 59 games
33.5 sacks, 40 TFL, 52 pressures, 123 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
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.