NO

Will McDonald IV

LEDGE #98 · Saints · OVR 78 · Compare

Drafted: Madden 27 Fantasy Draft, Round 24, Pick 12 (#748 overall) by NO · 78 OVR then

Also in Madden 26: Will McDonald IV · 81 OVR →

Player Info

Age
27
Height / Weight
75" / 241 lbs
College
Iowa State
Hometown
Pewaukee
Years Pro
3
Draft
Round 25, Pick 13 (2022)

Contract

Cap Hit
$1.8M
Salary
$1.6M
Bonus
$0.2M
Years Left
1 of 1

Trade Value

126

overall 26.97 × star 1.35 × age 27 1 × LEDGE 1.15 × contract 1.16

A bargain: $1.8M against the $4.1M a player this good usually costs. Expiring, so it barely moves the number.

This league's own model, not Madden's — EA publishes no trade value. It prices the contract as well as the player, because a team trading for him takes the number on too. How it works.

Market Value

Going rate

—/yr

no comparable player is negotiating right now

Currently paid

$0.9M/yr

median of 26 comparable contracts, including rookie deals still running

His deal

$1.8M/yr

not in a negotiating window

Going rate drawn from same position, any rating, what is paid from same position, ±5 OVR, same age group. Each group widens until it holds at least five players, so a small count means this profile is rare in the league and the figure deserves less weight. Annual value is total salary plus bonus over the length of the deal — not the cap hit, which Madden back-loads.

Ratings

Physical

SPD82
ACC87
AGI88
STR69
JMP86
STA78

Defense

TAK77
HIT87
PUR82
PRC72
MCV38
ZCV50
BSH72
PMV74
FMV83

Progression

Tracking began Oct 4, 2026 at 78 OVR. Changes will show here as later imports arrive.

Season 9 · Madden 27

Regular season + playoffs

No stats captured for this season yet.

In the Chronicle

  • Vol. 2, Issue 18 · Cincinnati and Denver both finish the regular season 17-0 — the first double-perfect season in league history — Jahmyr Gibbs closes with 3,126 rushing yards to shatter the single-season record, and Joe Burrow throws for 370 yards and four touchdowns to send Carolina into the offseason on a high note.
  • Vol. 2, Issue 17 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 16-0 with one week left, Jahmyr Gibbs runs for 221 yards and four touchdowns to close in on the rushing record, and Riley Leonard's near-flawless day leads the Jets to a 37-0 shutout of New England.
  • Vol. 2, Issue 16 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 15-0, a one-point classic decides the Game of the Week, and Warren Davis and Marvin Daniels turn a Broncos-Titans shootout into the highest-scoring game of the week.
  • Vol. 2, Issue 15 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 14-0, Dallas is shut out in the Game of the Week, and Jahmyr Gibbs runs for 324 yards to put the single-season rushing record within reach.
  • Vol. 2, Issue 14 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 13-0, Green Bay routs San Francisco in the Game of the Week, and a Jaguars running back breaks two all-time records in the same afternoon.
  • Vol. 2, Issue 13 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 12-0, New England and Seattle combine for 115 points in the season's second-biggest shootout, and Jahmyr Gibbs closes in on the single-season rushing record with five games to play.
  • Vol. 2, Issue 12 · Denver and Cincinnati both push to 11-0, Josh Allen throws for 501 yards and seven touchdowns and still loses, and a Cardinals quarterback outlasts a shootout in Carolina.