Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 235 lb · Eden Prairie, MN
Blake Cashman: LB · Minnesota · #36.
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Blake Cashman
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Blake Cashman has been at Minnesota through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 20 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Northwestern, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
104 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs New Mexico State | 8 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 4.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14vs Fresno State | 10 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 26-3vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-42@ Maryland | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-48vs Iowa | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-30@ No. 3 Ohio State | 13 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-53@ Nebraska | 11 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31vs Indiana | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-55@ Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-10vs Purdue | 9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-24vs No. 24 Northwestern | 20 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 20 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 37-15@ Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 104 | 62 | 15.0 | 2.5 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
104tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%15 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
5%5 pass breakups104 tackles · 15 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 9.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
40.2%
346 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
66.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
389 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
104 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Minnesota, 179 tackles — drafted at #157 overall by the New York Jets.
His career
He has a stat line in 33 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys, and P.J. Fleck. Multi-era developmental context.
Where he ended up · NFL
New York JetsEntering 8th NFL season
New York JetsEntering 8th NFL season
