NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Wednesday night the NFL released its schedule for the upcoming season, the first with 17 regular season games and 18 weeks. Vanderbilt’s 15 Commodores in the pros had their slates unveiled to them.
Many Vandy alums will face each other throughout the season. Week one of the NFL regular season will feature the first two matchups with the Jacksonville Jaguars (Tre Herndon) and Houston Texans (Zach Cunningham) and the New England Patriots (Joejuan Williams) welcoming the Miami Dolphins (Adam Butler). Butler signed with the Dolphins in the offseason after spending the previous four years with the Patriots.
Super Bowl LV champion Ke’Shawn Vaughn and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers open the NFL season and begin their title defense against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, Sept. 9 on NBC.
Each NFL Commodore is scheduled to have at least one matchup against one or more former teammates. Will Holden and Dayo Odeyingbo of the Indianapolis Colts lead the way with a total of 11 games against former Vanderbilt players.
Below is the list of current Vanderbilt student-athletes on NFL rosters and a list of each Commodore versus Commodore matchup.
Vanderbilt in the NFL
- Khari Blasingame, FB, Tennessee Titans
- Oren Burks, LB, Green Bay Packers
- Adam Butler, DT, Miami Dolphins
- Zach Cunningham, LB, Houston Texans
- Casey Hayward Jr., CB, Las Vegas Raiders
- Tre Herndon, CB, Jacksonville Jaguars
- Will Holden, OT, Indianapolis Colts
- Kalija Lipscomb, WR, Tennessee Titans
- Andre Mintze, LB, Denver Broncos
- Dayo Odeyingbo, DE, Indianapolis Colts
- Jared Pinkney, TE, Tennessee Titans
- Caleb Scott, WR, Las Vegas Raiders
- Trent Sherfield, WR, San Francisco 49ers
- Justin Skule, OT, San Francisco 49ers
- Ke’Shawn Vaughn, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Stephen Weatherly, DE, Minnesota Vikings
- LaDarius Wiley, S, Seattle Seahawks
- Joejuan Williams, CB, New England Patriots
Vanderbilt vs. Vanderbilt Games
Denver Broncos:
- Week 2 at Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Weeks 6 vs. Las Vegas (Casey Hayward Jr. & Caleb Scott)
- Week 16 at Las Vegas (Casey Hayward Jr. & Caleb Scott)
Green Bay Packers:
- Week 3 at San Francisco (Trent Sherfield & Justin Skule)
- Week 10 vs. Seattle (LaDarius Wiley)
- Week 11 at Minnesota (Stephen Weatherly)
- Week 17 vs. Minnesota (Stephen Weatherly)
Houston Texans:
- Week 1 vs. Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Week 5 vs. New England (Joejuan Williams)
- Week 6 at Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 9 at Miami (Adam Butler)
- Week 11 at Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 13 vs. Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 14 vs. Seattle (LaDarius Wiley)
- Week 15 at Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Week 17 at San Francisco (Trent Sherfield & Justin Skule)
- Week 18 vs. Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
Indianapolis Colts:
- Week 1 vs. Seattle (LaDarius Wiley)
- Week 3 at Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 4 at Miami (Adam Butler)
- Week 6 vs. Houston (Zach Cunningham)
- Week 7 at San Francisco (Trent Sherfield & Justin Skule)
- Week 8 vs. Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 10 vs. Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Week 12 vs. Tampa Bay (Ke’Shawn Vaughn)
- Week 13 at Houston (Zach Cunningham)
- Week 15 vs. New England (Joejuan Williams)
- Week 17 vs. Las Vegas (Casey Hayward Jr. & Caleb Scott)
- Week 18 at Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
Jacksonville Jaguars:
- Week 1 at Houston (Zach Cunningham)
- Week 2 vs. Denver (Andre Mintze)
- Week 5 vs. Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 6 vs. Miami (Adam Butler)
- Week 8 at Seattle (LaDarius Wiley)
- Week 10 at Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 11 vs. San Francisco (Trent Sherfield & Justin Skule)
- Week 14 at Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 15 vs. Houston (Zach Cunningham)
- Week 17 at New England (Joejuan Williams)
- Week 18 vs. Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
Las Vegas Raiders:
- Week 3 vs. Miami (Adam Butler)
- Weeks 6 at Denver (Andre Mintze)
- Week 16 vs. Denver (Andre Mintze)
- Week 17 at Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
Miami Dolphins:
- Week 1 at New England (Joejuan Williams)
- Weeks 3 at Las Vegas (Casey Hayward Jr. & Caleb Scott)
- Week 4 vs. Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 5 at Tampa Bay (Ke’Shawn Vaughn)
- Week 6 vs. Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Week 9 vs. Houston (Zach Cunningham)
- Week 17 at Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 18 vs. New England (Joejuan Williams)
Minnesota Vikings:
- Week 3 vs. Seattle (LaDarius Wiley)
- Week 11 vs. Green Bay (Oren Burks)
- Week 12 at San Francisco (Trent Sherfield & Justin Skule)
- Week 17 at Green Bay (Oren Burks)
New England Patriots:
- Week 1 vs. Miami (Adam Butler)
- Week 4 vs. Tampa Bay (Ke’Shawn Vaughn)
- Week 5 at Houston (Zach Cunningham)
- Week 12 at Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 15 at Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 17 vs. Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Week 18 at Miami (Adam Butler)
San Francisco 49ers:
- Week 3 vs. Green Bay (Oren Burks)
- Week 4 vs. Seattle (LaDarius Wiley)
- Week 7 vs. Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 11 at Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Week 12 vs. Minnesota (Stephen Weatherly)
- Week 13 at Seattle (LaDarius Wiley)
- Week 16 at Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 17 vs. Houston (Zach Cunningham)
Seattle Seahawks
- Week 1 at Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 2 vs. Tennessee (Khari Blasingame, Kalija Lipscomb & Jared Pinkney)
- Week 3 at Minnesota (Stephen Weatherly)
- Week 4 at San Francisco (Trent Sherfield & Justin Skule)
- Week 8 vs. Jacksonville (Tre Hendon)
- Week 10 at Green Bay (Oren Burks)
- Week 13 vs. San Francisco (Trent Sherfield & Justin Skule)
- Week 14 at Houston (Zach Cunningham)
Tennessee Titans:
- Week 2 vs. Seattle (LaDarius Wiley)
- Week 3 vs. Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 5 at Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Week 8 at Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)
- Week 11 vs. Houston (Zach Cunningham)
- Week 12 at New England (Joejuan Williams)
- Week 14 vs. Jacksonville (Tre Herndon)
- Week 16 vs. San Francisco (Trent Sherfield & Justin Skule)
- Week 17 vs. Miami (Adam Butler)
- Week 18 at Houston (Zach Cunningham)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
- Week 4 at New England (Joejuan Williams)
- Week 5 vs. Miami (Adam Butler)
- Week 12 at Indianapolis (Will Holden & Dayo Odeyingbo)