Kool-Aid
McKinstry
CB
#1
Kool-Aid McKinstry
New Orleans SaintsHeight : 5' 11" · Weight : 199 lbs · Age : 24
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Orleans Saints | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | New Orleans Saints | 17 | 76 | 59 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | New Orleans Saints | 15 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contract
New Orleans Saints payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 2.50 M$
- Average per year
- 2.29 M$
- Total value
- 9.2 M$
- Seasons left
- 2 · through 2027
2026
2.50 M$
Guaranteed
2027
2.91 M$
Partially guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
Advanced stats, 2026 Cornerbacks
NFL stats →2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular cornerbacks: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Interceptions
0
40th percentile
Passes defended
4
91th percentile
Targets in coverage
20
Yards allowed
149 yd
Yards allowed per target
7.5 yd
50th percentile
Passer rating allowed
91.5
51th percentile
Tackles
15
77th percentile
Missed tackle rate
—
Tackles for loss
0
31th percentile
Defensive snaps
205
88th percentile
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
2026 end-of-season projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
0.1
Games
17
WAR 2026
0.0
Games played
3
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
→ Stable (0)
- 20240.0 WAR · 0.000 per game
- 20250.2 WAR · 0.012 per game
- 20260.0 WAR · 0.000 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+25 · 23 y.o. · usually still improving
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026
All ratings →Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
77
Established starter
- COV
- Coverage
- 72
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 80
- TCK
- Tackling
- 73
- DUR
- Durability
- 80
- EX
- Experience
- 40
Why these ratings?Hide details
- COV — Coverage : Yards and passer rating allowed per target
- BAL — Ball skills : Ball carrier: fumbles avoided. Defender: interceptions and passes defended
- TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
- DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL
WAR and PAL Rating, 2026
How we rate →WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.
Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).
Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.
How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.
The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | INT | PD | Yds/tgt | Rtg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NO | 3 | 0.0 | 73 | 77 | 0 | 4 | 7.5 | 91.5 |
| 2025 | NO | 17 | 0.2 | 49 | 76 | 3 | 17 | 8.2 | 100.5 |
| 2024 | NO | 15 | 0.0 | 36 | 70 | 0 | 6 | 7.3 | 89.0 |
Kool-Aid McKinstry in five questions
What are Kool-Aid McKinstry's stats in 2026?
Kool-Aid McKinstry has 0 interceptions and 4 passes defensed in 3 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is Kool-Aid McKinstry?
Kool-Aid McKinstry is 24 years old. He is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 198 lb (90 kg).
How good is Kool-Aid McKinstry?
Kool-Aid McKinstry produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 51st of 77 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 73 out of 100: very good for his position.
What number does Kool-Aid McKinstry wear, and what team does he play for?
Kool-Aid McKinstry plays for New Orleans Saints in the NFL, at CB, and wears number 1.
What is Kool-Aid McKinstry's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at 0.1 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
