Blake Cashman

Minnesota Vikings

Pos LB

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

83.1 MODEL

2023

83.1

2024

87.2

2025

80.5

2026

83.1

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

2023 tier 1 (#2) Texans STTM peak plus 2024 tier 2 (#15) Vikings finish puts Cashman in the rare LB class with sustained top-15 ceiling. The 32-spot regression from tier 2 (#15) in 2024 to tier 6 (#47) in 2025 flags either injury, scheme shift, or one-year context spike. The 2026 question is whether Cashman returns to tier 2 territory with Minnesota or whether the structural mid-career instability returns.

Cashman came out of Minnesota as the New York Jets' 5th-round pick (157th overall) in 2019 and bounced through the Jets, Texans, and now Vikings across seven NFL seasons. He delivered a tier 1 (#2) STTM peak in 2023 with the Texans. His STTM career runs tier 5 (#34) rookie, tier 1 (#2) peak in 2023, tier 2 (#15) in 2024, and tier 6 (#47) collapse in 2025.

Strengths

2023 tier 1 (#2) STTM peak as a 157th overall 5th-round pick puts him in the rarest outlier-positive class at the LB position.
Minnesota Big Ten UDFA-tier 5th-round origin plus seven years of NFL survival gives him real journeyman veteran market value.

Concerns

32-spot regression from tier 2 (#15) in 2024 to tier 6 (#47) in 2025 flags either injury, scheme shift, or one-year context spike.
Minnesota's broader defensive identity around Brian Flores's exotic scheme puts continued Cashman ceiling partly scheme-dependent.

What to watch: Whether Cashman returns to tier 2 (top 15) in 2026 with the Vikings, the threshold for confirming the 2023 ceiling can be recaptured.