Blake Cashman

CAREER NOTES

• In three seasons with the New York Jets (2019-21), started seven of the 14 games he played, registering 49 total tackles, including three for loss, 0.5 sack, one pass defensed and a fumble recovery.
• Spent two seasons with the Houston Texans (2022-23) and totaled 132 combined tackles, including 13 for loss, 5.0 sacks, one interception, seven passes defensed and a pair of fumble recoveries in 30 games played, including 14 starts.
• Joined Patrick Willis (2007) and Shaquille Leonard (2018) as the only players in NFL history to record at least 19 tackles, 1.0 sack and one pass defensed in a single game with his performance in Week 11 against Arizona in 2023.
• Recorded 1.5 sacks vs. Green Bay in Week 17 (12/29/24), bringing his single season total to a career-high 4.5. His previous best was 3.0 sacks during the 2022 season in Houston. It also marked the first game of his career with more than 1.0 sack.
• In his first season in Minnesota in 2024, concluded the regular season with single-season career highs in total tackles (112), sacks (4.5), QB hits (11) and passes defensed (eight).

CAREER NOTES

• In three seasons with the New York Jets (2019-21), started seven of the 14 games he played, registering 49 total tackles, including three for loss, 0.5 sack, one pass defensed and a fumble recovery.
• Spent two seasons with the Houston Texans (2022-23) and totaled 132 combined tackles, including 13 for loss, 5.0 sacks, one interception, seven passes defensed and a pair of fumble recoveries in 30 games played, including 14 starts.
• Joined Patrick Willis (2007) and Shaquille Leonard (2018) as the only players in NFL history to record at least 19 tackles, 1.0 sack and one pass defensed in a single game with his performance in Week 11 against Arizona in 2023.
• Recorded 1.5 sacks vs. Green Bay in Week 17 (12/29/24), bringing his single season total to a career-high 4.5. His previous best was 3.0 sacks during the 2022 season in Houston. It also marked the first game of his career with more than 1.0 sack.
• In his first season in Minnesota in 2024, concluded the regular season with single-season career highs in total tackles (112), sacks (4.5), QB hits (11) and passes defensed (eight).

2024 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started all 14 games in which he played in his first season with the Vikings in 2024, missing Weeks 7-9 due to injury. Recorded 112 total tackles, including eight for loss, 11 QB hits, eight passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
• Played in his third career postseason game in the Wild Card round vs. the L.A. Rams in Arizona (1/13), making his first start in a playoff game. He tallied a postseason career-high 11 tackles and 1.0 sack.
• Recorded 1.5 sacks vs. Green Bay in Week 17 (12/29), bringing his single season total to a career-high 4.5. It also marked the first game of his career with more than 1.0 sack. Also led the Vikings with 11 tackles and registered two QB hits.
• Led all defenders with 12 tackles, including one for loss, and one pass defensed in Week 16 at Seattle (12/22).
• In Week 15 vs. Chicago on Monday Night Football, notched his first fumble recovery of the season, returning it 17 yards. He concluded the night with eight tackles, the second most among Vikings defenders.
• Tied for the team lead with seven tackles in Week 14 vs. Atlanta (12/8) and added one QB hit and a pass defensed.
• Led all defenders with 11 tackles in Week 13 vs. Arizona (12/1), playing 100% of defensive snaps for a third-consecutive week.
• Had six tackles, including one for loss, in Week 12 at Chicago (11/24). Was one of two Vikings defenders (S Harrison Smith) to play 100% of defensive snaps.
• Recorded his third sack of the season at Tennessee in Week 11 (11/17), tying his single-season career high from 2022. Also had four tackles and a QB hit.
• Playing in his 50th career game in Week 10 at Jacksonville (11/10), recorded five tackles, including two for loss, and 1 sack.
• Inactive in Weeks 7-9 due to injury (vs. Detroit, at Los Angeles and vs. Indianapolis).
• In Week 5 vs. the New York Jets in London (10/6), had five tackles, a quarterback hit and a pass defensed.
• Led all defenders with 11 total tackles at Green Bay in Week 4 (9/29), including one for loss. He also had two quarterback hits and one pass defensed.
• Paced all defenders with 13 tackles, 1.0 sack and a single-game career high three passes defensed in Week 2 vs. San Francisco (9/15). Became the first player to post the stat line in a game since 2013 (Vincent Ray, CIN).
• Made his Vikings debut in Week 1, starting at LB at the New York Giants (9/8), and tallying six tackles.

2023 | HOUSTON TEXANS

• Started 13 of the 14 games he played, tallying a career-high 106 total tackles, including nine for loss, 2.0 sacks, five passes defensed, one interception and a fumble recovery.
• Finished with four solo tackles, including two for loss, and 1.0 sack in the AFC Divisional Round at Baltimore (1/20).
• Played in his first postseason contest in the AFC Wild Card contest against Cleveland (1/13), recording 10 total tackles, including one for loss.
• Totaled a career-high 19 tackles against Arizona in Week 11 (11/19), marking the second-most tackles in a single game in franchise history, trailing only LB Kamu Grugier-Hill (20 on 12/5/21 against Indianapolis).
• Notched 15 tackles, including two for loss in Week 6 against New Orleans (10/15).
• In Week 3 at Jacksonville (9/24), hauled in his first career interception and also recovered a fumble.

2022 | HOUSTON TEXANS

• Appeared in 16 games, including one start, and registered 26 total tackles, including four for loss, 3.0 sacks, five quarterback hits, two passes defensed.
• Recovered his first career fumble on a special teams muffed punt which set up a touchdown at Dallas in Week 14 (12/11).
• Posted his first career full sack, two tackles, one tackle for loss and a quarterback hit in Week 10 at the New York Giants (11/13).

2021 | NEW YORK JETS

• Played in three games, starting one, making three total tackles.

2020 | NEW YORK JETS

• Started one of the four games he appeared, notching six total tackles.

2019 | NEW YORK JETS

• Played in seven games with five starts, recording 40 tackles, including three for loss, 0.5 sack, one pass defensed and recovered a fumble.
• Tallied his first career fumble recovery and posted six tackles at Jacksonville in Week 8 (10/27).
• Made his NFL debut against Buffalo in Week 1 (9/8), logging two tackles, including one for loss.

COLLEGE - MINNESOTA

• In four seasons (2015-18) at Minnesota, appeared in 48 games and totaled 183 tackles, including 31 for loss, 12.0 sacks, seven passes defensed, two forced fumbles and returned a fumble for a touchdown.
• Started 11 of the 12 games he played as a senior in 2018 and led the team with 104 tackles, including 15 for loss, 2.5 sacks.
• Played in all 12 games as a junior in 2017, notching 30 tackles, including five for loss, and 2.0 sacks.
• As a sophomore in 2016, played in all 13 games and recorded 45 tackles with a team-leading and single-season career-high 7.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
• Saw action in 11 games as a freshman, primarily on special teams.
• Two-time Gary Tinsley Award winner, given annually to the player who best embodies the underdog spirit of the late former Gopher Gary Tinsley.

HONORS

• Second-Team All-Big Ten, Media (2018)
• Third-Team All-Big Ten, Coaches (2018)
• Defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl (2016)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2016)

PREP - Eden Prairie (Minn.)

• Helped lead Eden Prairie to a 13-0 record and a state championship as a senior, the team's fourth-straight state title, playing both cornerback and linebacker.
• Named Associated Press First-Team All-State as a senior and was named to the 2014 KARE11 All-Metro Defensive Team.
• Also lettered in basketball.

OFF THE FIELD

• Son of Steve and Sarah Cashman.
• Father played football at St. Thomas University.
• Has one brother, Austen, and three sisters - Isabelle, Claire and Lyla.