Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Minnesota
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.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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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
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- 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...
Read the storyNFL 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
Featured Highlight
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Blake Cashman Minnesota Highlights
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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Minnesota | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 63 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Minnesota | 11 | 33 | 8.5 | 6.5 | - | - | 0 | 63 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Minnesota | 10 | 30 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Minnesota | 12 | 104 | 15 | 2.5 | - | 5 | 1 | 72.6 |
Related Context
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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
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.5 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: Nebraska
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Minnesota
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
21.5
Usage
6
Consistency
35.2
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 2. Maryland: 0. Michigan State: 1. Illinois: 0. Iowa: 0. Michigan: 2. Nebraska: 3. Northwestern: 1. 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 2 by 8.3. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 32.5. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 2 by 18.3. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Michigan: 6 by 45. Nebraska: 5 by 50.8. Northwestern: 2 by 18.3. Wisconsin: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Wisconsin | L 0-31 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Northwestern | L 0-39 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs NebraskaSplash game | W 54-21 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | @ MichiganSplash game | L 10-33 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Iowa | L 10-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Illinois | W 24-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | vs Michigan State | L 27-30 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Maryland | L 24-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 34-3 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | @ Oregon State | W 48-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | Minnesota | 18 | 33.4 | 10.5 | 18 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Minnesota | 18 | 33.4 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Minnesota | 9 | 21.5 | 6 | -9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Minnesota | 22.5 | 50.9 | 15.4 | 13.5 |
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
5
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
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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
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#2
2016 Postseason · Minnesota
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18 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 10.5 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Minnesota
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18 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 10.5 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
14
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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