Blake Cashman on switching from safety to LB: Kill approached and said: “Son, I am going to make you a linebacker.”

[BleedGopher]

Per Shama:

Cashman played on state championship teams at Eden Prairie including a 13-0 club his senior year. He was a walk-on safety at Minnesota under former head coach Jerry Kill. Then one day at practice Kill approached him and said: “Son, I am going to make you a linebacker.”

Later awarded a scholarship by head coach P.J. Fleck, Cashman was named second team All-Big Ten by the media his senior season of 2018. He was drafted by the Jets in the fifth round of the NFL Draft in 2019.

Asked what player over his six-year pro career was most frustrating to play against, Cashman didn’t hesitate in naming quarterback immortal Tom Brady. He said Brady stood over the line of scrimmage and not only knew what kind of blitz was coming but also from where.

Cashman remembers a Jets coach telling him in jest that Brady’s preparation and knowledge of an opponent was so thorough he knew on Tuesday what kind of “underwear” you wore.

David Shama's Minnesota Sports Headliners

Go Gophers!!

 

[Unregistered User]

Why is underwear in quotes?

What is Shama implying?

 

[gopherphil]

And a fine one on top of it.

 

[UpAndUnder43]

What you all may not know is that ol Jer is a ball coach. He makes boys into men and makes men into bricks. Those bricks are what we build with. Now heck, was he the first choice? Nah? Not even the second or third. But ol jer didn’t care. He just wanted to be a ball coach. That’s what he does. And he builds those bricks into 10 jobs in 10 years. That’s what he does.

 

[50PoundHead]

What you all may not know is that ol Jer is a ball coach. He makes boys into men and makes men into bricks. Those bricks are what we build with. Now heck, was he the first choice? Nah? Not even the second or third. But ol jer didn’t care. He just wanted to be a ball coach. That’s what he does. And he builds those bricks into 10 jobs in 10 years. That’s what he does.

Never gets old.

I will say that Kill's defense relied on solid LB play and he had an eye for the position.

 

[UpAndUnder43]

Never gets old.

I will say that Kill's defense relied on solid LB play and he had an eye for the position.

I actually liked kill a lot but it’s a good bit. He turned a very down program to a respectable program.

 

[Ron Johnson Super Fan]

What you all may not know is that ol Jer is a ball coach. He makes boys into men and makes men into bricks. Those bricks are what we build with. Now heck, was he the first choice? Nah? Not even the second or third. But ol jer didn’t care. He just wanted to be a ball coach. That’s what he does. And he builds those bricks into 10 jobs in 10 years. That’s what he does.

Scrolled down hoping I’d find this. Thank you. Brightens my day everytime.