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).
• Finished the 2025 season with a career-high 144 tackles. His 144 total tackles are tied for the fifth-most in a single season by a Viking. He missed four games this season due to injury.
• In Weeks 8-17 of 2025, he had 10-consecutive games with at least nine tackles, becoming the fourth player since 1994 to record a 10-game streak of 9+ tackles in a single-season league wide. He was the first to do it since Jerod Mayo had a 10-game streak in 2010. Only Chris Spielman (12 games in 1994) and Chad Brown (11 games in 1998) have had longer single season streaks.
• Has appeared in 27 games over his first two seasons in Minnesota, logging 255 tackles, including 12 for loss, 6.5 sacks, 14 QB hits, 10 passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. His 255 tackles through his first 27 games as a Viking are the most through a player's first 27 games with the team since at least 2000.

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).
• Finished the 2025 season with a career-high 144 tackles. His 144 total tackles are tied for the fifth-most in a single season by a Viking. He missed four games this season due to injury.
• In Weeks 8-17 of 2025, he had 10-consecutive games with at least nine tackles, becoming the fourth player since 1994 to record a 10-game streak of 9+ tackles in a single-season league wide. He was the first to do it since Jerod Mayo had a 10-game streak in 2010. Only Chris Spielman (12 games in 1994) and Chad Brown (11 games in 1998) have had longer single season streaks.
• Has appeared in 27 games over his first two seasons in Minnesota, logging 255 tackles, including 12 for loss, 6.5 sacks, 14 QB hits, 10 passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. His 255 tackles through his first 27 games as a Viking are the most through a player's first 27 games with the team since at least 2000.

2025 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started all 13 games he appeared in, finishing with a career-high 144 tackles, including four for loss, 2.0 sacks, three QB hits, two passes defensed and one forced fumble. His 144 tackles ranked ninth among defenders league wide in 2025.
• In Week 18 vs. Green Bay (1/4), totaled seven tackles, including one for loss, and 1.0 sack. It marked his second sack in as many games.
• Recorded 17 tackles, including one for loss and 1.0 sack in Week 17 vs. Detroit (12/25). It was his first sack of the season and the 11th of his career. He notched his ninth game this season with 10+ tackles, passing Chad Greenway (eight games in 2012) as the only Vikings to record 10+ tackles in at least eight games in a season since 1987. It marked his most tackles in a single game as a Viking.
• In Week 16 at the New York Giants (12/21), notched 16 tackles, marking his eighth game this season with 10+ tackles. He joined Chad Greenway (eight games in 2012) as the only Vikings to record 10+ tackles in at least eight games in a season since 1987. His 120 tackles this season are a career high.
• Paced the Vikings defense with 11 tackles in Week 15 at Dallas (12/14) on Sunday Night Football, his seventh game with 10+ tackles this season. With 104 tackles on the season, Cashman reached the 100-tackle threshold for the third consecutive year.
• Led the defense with 10 tackles in Week 14 vs. Washington (12/7). It marked his sixth game with 10+ tackles this season, a career best.
• Logged nine tackles and a pass defensed in Week 13 at Seattle (11/30).
• Recorded 16 tackles in Week 12 at Green Bay (11/23), his most as a Viking and the second most of his career. It was his fifth-straight game with 10+ tackles, the longest active streak in the NFL. It also marked the longest such streak by a Viking in the same season since at least 2000.
• Totaled 15 tackles in Week 11 vs. Chicago (11/16), tied for the second most in a game in his career. It was the fourth-straight game he has logged at least 10 tackles, the longest streak by a Viking since Eric Kendricks also recorded four consecutive games with double-digit tackles in Weeks 1-4 of the 2021 season. It is the longest active streak of games with at least 10 tackles in the NFL.
• Posted 11 total tackles in Week 10 vs. Baltimore (11/9), marking his third-straight game with at least 10 tackles. It is the second longest active streak league wide (Tatum Bethune, four) and the first three-game streak by a Viking since LB Jordan Hicks during the 2023 season in Weeks 4-6.
• Led the team with 14 tackles, including nine in the first half, in Week 9 at Detroit (11/2). His 14 total tackles were the third most in his career and most in a game during his tenure as a Viking. He also recorded one tackle for loss and his first career forced fumble in the third quarter to set up QB J.J. McCarthy's 9-yard rushing touchdown.
• Paced the defense with 11 tackles, including one for loss, in Week 8 at the Los Angeles Chargers (10/23) on Thursday Night Football. It marked his 10th career outing with at least 10 tackles.
• Had four tackles and a QB hit in Week 7 vs. Philadelphia (10/19).
• Registered three tackles before leaving the game due to injury in the fourth quarter in Week 1 at Chicago on Monday Night Football (9/8).

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), who was also acquired in 2024 by the Vikings during free agency.
• 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.
• Shares one son, Crew, with his fiancee, Taylor.