Dores in the NFL

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This information on former Vanderbilt student-athletes on current National Football League and additional professional rosters was updated Oct. 26.

Khari Blasingame (2015-18) // Tennessee // In 21 career games with Tennessee coming into the 2021 season the former Vandy running back had eight receptions for 93 yards, five total tackles and a 11-yard kick return while serving on special teams and as a fullback.

Blasingame has made two tackles and played 110 total snaps in six games this season.

Oren Burks (2014-17) // Green Bay // Burks was a third-round pick of the 2018 NFL Draft and had played in 42 games with the Packers registering 56 tackles and forced two fumbles before the start of the 2021 season.

Burks made 17 tackles – one for a loss – and has been credited with half a sack in seven games for the Packers.

Adam Butler (2013-16) // Miami // Butler is entering his fifth NFL season in 2021 after signing as an undrafted free agent with New England in 2017. Butler played 63 games with the Patriots as a defensive lineman and made 96 tackles and 15 sacks.

Butler has made five tackles in seven games with the Dolphins and has been credited with three quarterback hurries.

Zach Cunningham (2013-16) // Houston // The 57th overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft, Cunningham has made 503 tackles – 22 for a loss – in 62 career games.

Cunningham has made 36 tackles – one for a loss – in six games for the Texans and has also defended two passes.

Casey Hayward (2008-11) // Las Vegas // Hayward has been in the NFL for a decade after being selected 62nd overall by the Green Bay Packers in the 2012 NFL Draft. He had appeared in 129 games with Green Bay, San Diego and Los Angeles, respectively, and recorded 385 tackles coming into 2021.

Hayward has made 18 tackles – two for a loss – and defended four passes in seven games with the Raiders. He also recorded a safety in Week 3 against Miami.

Casey Hayward on how that safety turned everything around: pic.twitter.com/bQwvxVIeav

— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) September 27, 2021

Casey Hayward read it perfectly for the safety 🙏 @show_case29 #RaiderNation

📺: #MIAvsLV on CBS
📱: NFL app pic.twitter.com/UIRfsHC2zZ

— NFL (@NFL) September 26, 2021

Most coverage snaps without allowing a TD this season

🔒 Casey Hayward – 237 pic.twitter.com/54ugRrYJ59

— PFF (@PFF) October 18, 2021

Tre Herndon (2014-17) // Jacksonville // Herndon begins his fourth NFL season in 2021 and has played in 43 games, made 144 tackles and grabbed three interceptions.

Herndon has made 13 tackles – one for a loss – in three games for the Jaguars.

Will Holden (2013-16) // Detroit // A fifth-round draft pick by Arizona in 2017, Holden has played with the Cardinals, Baltimore and Indianapolis, respectively.

The offensive tackle is on the practice squad with the Lions.

Jordan Matthews (2010-13) // San Francisco // Matthews signed a one-year contract with San Francisco in July. Matthews will be shifting to tight end after seven years in the league as a wide receiver and has been assigned to the team’s practice squad.

In his career, Matthews has played in 75 career games. In his first three NFL seasons, with the Philadelphia Eagles, he caught 225 passes for 2,673 yards and 19 touchdowns.

Andre Mintze (2016-20) // Denver // Mintz signed with Denver in 2021 as an undrafted free agent.

Mintze has made two tackles in five games for the Broncos.

Dayo Odeyingbo (2017-20) // Indianapolis // Selected 54th overall by the Colts in the 2021 NFL Draft, Odeyingbo played in 44 games for Vanderbilt as a defensive linemen.

Odeyingbo made 125 tackles – 31 for a loss – and 12 sacks during his Vandy career. He’ll miss the first half of the 2021 season while recovering from a torn Achilles tendon.

Jared Pinkney (2015-19) // Detroit // Pinkney signed a free agent deal with Atlanta in April and spent the 2020 season with the Falcons practice squad.

Pinkney set the Vanderbilt record for career receiving yards by a tight end with 1,560. He signed with the Detroit Lions in September to be on the practice squad.

Trent Sherfield (2014-17) // San Francisco // Sherfield, who signed with the 49ers in March, enters his fourth season after spending the first three with the Arizona Cardinals. He has 28 career receptions for 340 yards and one career touchdown reception.

Sherfield has made four receptions for 41 yards and hauled in a touchdown pass in six games for the 49ers.

6 points for the new guys 🙌@treylance09 x @Channel_10

📺 #SFvsDET on FOX pic.twitter.com/sCTf65lfav

— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) September 12, 2021

Kyle Shurmur (2015-18) // Washington // Shurmur put together one of the more impressive careers in a Vanderbilt uniform by passing for more than 8,800 yards in 44 careers games. He also completed 64 touchdown passes.

Shurmur originally signed with Kansas City in 2019. He signed with Washington on Sept. 13 to be on the team’s practice squad.

Justin Skule (2015-18) // San Francisco // Skule was selected in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the 49ers.

The left tackle has played in 31 career games for the 49ers and is currently on injured reserve.

Ke’Shawn Vaughn (2017-19) // Tampa Bay // Vaughn was selected 76th overall in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Vaughn ranks fifth all-time at Vanderbilt with 2,272 rushing yards despite making just 24 appearances. He made five receptions for 34 yards and 31 carries for 130 yards in 11 games during his rookie season.

Vaughn has played in four games this season, played on 63 special teams snaps and rushed five times for 27 yards.

Stephen Weatherly (2012-15) // Minnesota // Weatherly is going into his sixth NFL season, the first four of which were in Minnesota. He spent the 2020 campaign with the Carolina Panthers and has played in 62 career games and has 87 career tackles to go along with seven sacks.

Weatherly has made nine tackles – and one for a loss – in six games for the Vikings this season.

Your punt coverage play of the week goes to Stephen Weatherly. 2nd from the right at the start, watch him the whole way! Pick his angle and burst pic.twitter.com/vyPXiasEYJ

— Luke Braun (@LukeBraunNFL) September 21, 2021

Per @pff grades, these are the best players on the Vikings thru two weeks:

Kirk Cousins = 85.9
Xavier Woods = 81.9
Danielle Hunter = 74.7
Michael Pierce = 74.7
Ezra Cleveland = 74.1
Eri Kendricks = 72.8
Stephen Weatherly = 72.5
Justin Jefferson = 71.1
K.J. Osborn = 70.1

— Dustin Baker (@DustBaker) September 20, 2021

Joejuan Williams (2016-18) // New England // Williams was selected as the 45th overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Patriots. Williams, a cornerback, had played 24 games and made 23 career tackles coming into 2021.

Williams has made eight tackles, defended a pass and recorded a quarterback hit in five games this season for the Patriots.

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