Player Dossier

2015-2018

Minnesota

Blake Cashman

LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Eden Prairie, MN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Blake Cashman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Player Story

Blake Cashman built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Eden Prairie, MN wearing No. 36, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Blake Cashman's career was his defensive...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 19
Overall
No. 157
NFL Team
New York Jets

Blake Cashman, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Minnesota. Blake Cashman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
179
TFL
30.5
Sacks
12
Passes defended
7
Touchdowns
1
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2018 · Minnesota · Player Highlight

Blake Cashman college highlights at Minnesota.

Season
2018
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Blake Cashman quick answers

Latest team and position
Minnesota · LB
Career Tackles
179
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Minnesota
Top game
New Mexico State
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 5 · Pick 19 · New York Jets
Latest roster
No. 36 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
104 tackles · LB 44th (top 4%) · Big Ten 5th (top 1%) · National 50th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonMinnesota00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonMinnesota111221--063
2016 Regular SeasonMinnesota11338.56.5--063
2017 Regular SeasonMinnesota103052-2036.7
2018 Regular SeasonMinnesota12104152.5-5172.6

Related Context

Blake Cashman played LB for Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, Blake Cashman recorded 179 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Minnesota.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Minnesota paired 22.5 primary output with 50.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 50.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Minnesota

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

50.9

Usage

15.4

Consistency

39.5

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 6. Fresno State: 1.5. Miami (OH): 0. Maryland: 1. Iowa: 0. Ohio State: 3. Nebraska: 3. Indiana: 1. Illinois: 0.5. Purdue: 2. Northwestern: 4.5. Wisconsin: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 8 by 83.3. Fresno State: 10 by 56.7. Miami (OH): 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 6 by 35. Iowa: 7 by 29.2. Ohio State: 13 by 80. Nebraska: 11 by 75.8. Indiana: 10 by 51.7. Illinois: 4 by 21.7. Purdue: 9 by 57.5. Northwestern: 20 by 95. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.8 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

95 vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 11/24@ WisconsinW 37-1532000
Sat 11/17vs Northwestern10+ tackles · Splash gameL 14-242082.5011
Sat 11/10vs PurdueSplash gameW 41-10970.500.501
Sat 11/3@ IllinoisL 31-55420.5000
Sat 10/27vs Indiana10+ tacklesW 38-311010100
Sat 10/20@ Nebraska10+ tackles · Splash gameL 28-53115201
Sat 10/13@ Ohio State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 14-30139201
Sat 10/6vs IowaL 31-4877000
Sat 9/22@ MarylandL 13-4262100
Sat 9/15vs Miami (OH)W 26-330000
Sat 9/8vs Fresno State10+ tacklesW 21-141041.5000
Thu 8/30vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 48-1086411

Player Story

Blake Cashman story

Blake Cashman built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Eden Prairie, MN wearing No. 36, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Blake Cashman's career was his defensive production: 179 tackles, 30.5 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 7 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Minnesota. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Blake Cashman's production has multiple signals. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Minnesota.

The arc is straightforward: Blake Cashman moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Minnesota

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonMinnesota0
2016 PostseasonMinnesota1833.410.518
2016 Regular SeasonMinnesota1833.410.50
2017 Regular SeasonMinnesota921.56-9
2018 Regular SeasonMinnesota22.550.915.413.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico State

Week 1 · W 48-10

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Purdue

Week 10 · W 44-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Northwestern

Week 12 · L 14-24 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#4

vs Northwestern

Week 12 · W 29-12 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Washington State

Week 1 · W 17-12 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Minnesota

22.5 primary output · 50.9 efficiency · 15.4 usage

72.6

#2

2016 Postseason · Minnesota

63

18 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 10.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Minnesota

63

18 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 10.5 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

14

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games