Blake Cashman

RILB1

Season

Tackles

52▼ 91 vs '25

17th of 123 LBs

Stops

37▼ 29 vs '25

4th of 123 LBs

Yards per run tackle

3.2▼ 0.6 vs '25

61st of 123 LBs

Missed tackle rate

1.8%▼ 3.4 vs '25

21st of 123 LBs

Coverage

19 targets

68.4 cmp% · 6.3 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 vs GBW	65	95.6	5	5	2	0	0.5	2	5	2	0.0	0.0	0	0
Wk 2 @ CHIW	66	89.2	10	7	0	0	1.0	1	1	2	50.0	3.5	0	0
Wk 3 @ TBW	67	97.1	8	6	1	0	1.0	2	2	3	66.7	9.0	0	1
Wk 4 vs MIAW	38	97.4	8	5	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	100.0	10.5	0	0
Wk 5 @ NOW	45	100.0	9	5	1	1	0.0	1	1	5	100.0	8.4	0	0
Wk 7 vs INDW	58	95.1	12	9	2	0	2.0	3	3	5	60.0	4.6	0	4
Season	339	95.2	52	37	6	1	4.5	10	13	19	68.4	6.3	0	5

2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2024 with Vikings

$22.5Mover 3 years

2024

2025

2026 · now

Year 3 of 3 ·

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	6	339	95.2	52	37	6	1.8	4.5	10	13	19	85.4	0	5	0	0
2025	13	790	95.8	143	66	4	5.3	2.0	3	7	35	109.7	0	2	1	0
2024	14	895	93.9	103	57	8	4.3	4.5	11	18	57	103.0	0	8	0	0
2023	13	657	75.0	90	61	5	7.0	2.0	5	7	55	78.1	1	5	0	0
2022	16	149	15.8	23	14	2	0.0	3.0	5	5	5	70.4	0	2	0	0
2021	1	33	42.9	3	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	5	107.5	0	0	0	0
2020	4	3	3.0	6	0	0	–	0.0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0
2019	7	427	83.2	38	19	3	7.0	0.5	3	5	26	90.4	0	1	0	0
Career	74	3,293	70.9	458	255	28	5.0	16.5	37	55	202	93.4	1	23	1	0