Cade Mays reportedly already has transfer destination
Cade Mays is coming home.
If you missed the big news out of Athens on Wednesday, well, the other big news after starting quarterback Jake Fromm decided he will forego his senior season at Georgia to declare early for the 2020 NFL Draft, Mays is leaving Georgia and has entered the NCAA transfer portal.
According to Mark Schlabach of ESPN, there will be no second recruitment for Mays — he’s already made his decision when it comes to his next stop. Cade Mays will finally be a Vol.
This is quite the turn of events on Rocky Top as Mays was the cornerstone of Tennessee’s 2018 recruiting class for over a year before the end of the Butch Jones era came crashing down. Despite the fact he was a legacy to Tennessee, his father Kevin Mays played for Phillip Fulmer on Rocky Top and the family lives in Knoxville, Cade signed to play for Kirby Smart at Georgia following Jeremy Pruitt’s hire at Tennessee.
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Now with former Georgia offensive line coach Sam Pittman off to Arkansas, things apparently changed quickly for Cade.
The Vols recently signed Cade’s younger brother, Cooper Mays as a four-star member of the program’s 2020 recruiting class and now the two brothers will be reunited after sharing the same high school field at Knox Catholic back in 2017.
Unless Cade receives a waiver, he will have to sit out the 2020 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
Cade Mays was a five-star prospect and the nation’s No. 3 offensive tackle according to 247Sports Composite Rankings in the 2018 recruiting cycle.
Good for Cade. Family bonds should be the tighest bonds.
I hope he has a great career at UT and makes the NFL.
Thanks for being a Dawg!
Classy post. Many fans from any team would say something completely different
Very nice.
January 8th and you just won classiest post of the year!
Agreed.
All the Vol fans like your post. That should be a red flag.
Maybe he got tired of winning while at UGA, thought he would try something else at UT.
I don’t know how I feel about this. Cade talk mad shat about the Vols.
He’s a kid. You say and do stupid things at that age. Let it go
Tennessee fans (me included) were talking mad shat at the state of Tennessee football Butch Jones left behind. I don’t blame him for taking a shot at the then contender UGA, and first class oline coaching from Pittman.
I talked shat and hated the coach….not Tennessee. Big difference. Jones couldn’t coach his way out of a paper bag. All that talent he had. Most all fans talked shat about the coaching staff….not Tennessee.
my first thought was the same as bryanchip’s. But, kids will be kids… so if he plays hard for the Vols I will gladly look past it…
Time will tell. Being his family is from Tennessee and big UT fans, dad played at Tennessee….you just don’t do that.
Cade not the idiot that hired Butch Jones.
Cade is not the idiot(s) that ran the Butch Jones Replacement Cluster F Party.
Nope, you guys can thank Jimmy Haslam for the last 15 year cluster up hear, but he’s in the back seat now, and Fulmer is in control,now.
Everything Jimmy H. puts his hands on turns to crap.
lol
Hope he stays busy with his Browns.
So did Jauan Jennings.
Jennings talk shat about the coaching staff, not Tennessee. Big difference.
I doubt you’ll remember that when he’s out there kicking tail.
I’m torn. The man needs to do for himself what he feels is right. That’s okay.
I never fully believed he thought himself a Dawg though. He talked mad trash towards the Vols, and the Vols base talked trash towards him for his decision that went against his family history. And I honestly think that got in his head and he was never fully a Georgia player in his heart.
Now all that said, you’re gonna be forced to sit. Why bother at this point? Also think that the Vols turning around a 1-5 start to an 8-5 season had something to do with it. They have another crappy year with no bowl, I don’t think this conversation happens.
I don’t know about that. If I had a chance to go pay with my brother I’d do it…family first. Good for Cade. I’m sure it was a tuff decision.
True. I’m pretty sure he and maybe Cooper as well will play on Sundays no matter where they go.
I doubt they make him sit. He’s going to be closer to home to have an opportunity to play with his brother. Now the NCAA is dumb and makes stupid choices but let him play. He’s only gonna be there for a year any way. Best of luck to him. Thank you for your service.
There’s no loyalty anymore. Anywhere.
Best loyalty there is….family. Dawgs have very good young talent at O-Line. Will be fun to watch them develop.
Loyalty? This is a business. Look at these coaches and all the lies they tell to these kids. I believe Cade thought he would win a NC at Jawja. He seen that wasn’t gonna happen, so he transfered. If these kids are good enough, they can show off their talent on any team and go to the NFL.
Well he sure isn’t winning one at UT.
Maybe not but he can play with his brother and have all his family at his games which is huge. Keep on asking your grand pappys about Jawjas last NC son.
The 2020 game in Athens should be interesting for Cade. And not all in a positive way.
He could’ve won one at Georgia…
If he’d been born 60 years ago.
He just won two in a row against Rocky Flop.
Probably not, but not winning one at Jawja either is he… ?
UT’s last NC was only 18 years after ours. I know 18 years is like two generations in Tennessee, but it’s really not a lot of time.
Well, right now I’d say Pruitt has ‘turned the corner’ and gotten the program on a good course. Perfect? Nope! Plus, getting to Atlanta just to get beat down by the West winner annually? Big prize, right? I’m glad LSU broke the hold Bama’s had, but the conference just twisted the notch to crazier and crazier, but adding Lame Kitten and Leach. Lawd!
I get that he has family ties to Tennessee, but I still don’t get the move. He would’ve started next year at UGA with a good chance of getting drafted after the season. Not to mention, he has talked more crap about UT than anyone on the team.
Anyways, good luck to him with the Vols except against UGA.
He’s gonna start at UT too and still get drafted but the plus is that he’s gonna get to play with his brother and keep the Mays name back in Tennessee.
I was thinking he was going to have to sit out a year but with this pinky thing with his dad he’ll probably get a waiver to play next year
He probably had a good case to get a waiver even before the finger thing. But then again so did Ford. Ford’s dad is probably kicking himself right now wishing he had 9 fingers.
If they make him sit, the NCAA will face bigger scrunity then they already have. Letting Fields transfer to OSU and not sit but everyone else has to.
We all know why Fields got the transfer, he had a certain trump card in his back pocket if he was denied.
Martel didn’t sit at Miami. If you can’t get a waiver because you want to be near a dying family member, the case with Ford, then why do you get a waiver over a hurt pinkie?? Wanting to play with your brother is absolutely ridiculous reason to grant a waiver.
Just imagine:
Trey Smith
Wanya Morris
Darnell Wright
Cade Mays
Cooper Mays
Aubrey Soloman
Hey Boxster do you remember when he committed to UGA and you and I had some troll-esque post battles going on. We have both mellowed since then but I just have to say “Cade Mays says Hi” LOL I think you sent that in your reply posts to me about a hundred times.
Ha, nice. I remember sparring with you, but I don’t remember the “Cade Mays says Hi” part, though that’s not saying much as I probably comment too much on this site to remember specifics from that long ago anyways. You are right that we’ve both mellowed since then. When I first created an account on SDS, I was a little too quick to draw blood. I’ve dialed back the throttle since then. Well, I guess I’m happy that Mays gets to be closer to family and play with his brother, I’m sure that’s a special opportunity for them. Tennessee’s OL will be in great shape next year.
Geez this stings. Tennessee’s o-line will be ridiculously loaded next year. The East looks wide open.
That’s what I’m sayin’
Brick by Brick?
I’ll say UGA wouldn’t have made it without Cade Mays in 2018 and 2019. He was a key piece and his versatility was needed. This year UGA certainly would have placed him at LT and played him every game there but I think losing Pittman stung and Fromm and Woerner were his good friends and the news that Fromm was leaving broke the camel’s back.
UGA made it where?
ATL
12 wins
Back to back Florida state champs
Farther than His Most Holy, All-Knowing Wizard Dan Mullen.
Florida would have loved to have made it where UGA made it the past 3 years. You guys are out of the CFP conversation by week 9 every year.
Sugar Bowl.
If he loved Pittman so much he should go to Arkansas.
So proud of all these comments, its easy to bash a kid, nice job all
Liked “Back to back Florida state champs”
Baby steps.
We should have a banquet for everyone who posts on SDS, wear name tags, reveal ourselves, and get drunk together. And not take this stuff so seriously. (And if anyone doesn’t drink, they can be designated driver.)
Like all Vol fans, I was disappointed in Cade’s decision to go to Georgia, but I could understand it based on where we were as a program at that point in time. I thought his comments regarding Tennessee at the time were classless and not necessary, but I also understand that he was 18 and immature at the time. I suspect that his parents and others had some discussions with him regarding those comments. I wished him well on his choice back then, and I welcome him home now and trust that he will work hard to represent himself, his family and The University of Tennessee to the best of his ability. Welcome home…glad to have you in orange and white. Go VOLS..
I have no hard feelings toward Cade; I understand wanting to play with his brother. His dad’s lawsuit 2 years later is the only part that annoys me. To me, it’s either a slimy attempt at a payday or a ploy to get Cade immediate eligibility to play.
100%
We’re going to miss him. Wish his dad knew how to operate a folding chair. Wish him the best…except against UGA of course
I tend to agree. These things are not rocket science… although his finger did “shoot across the room” similar to a rocket.
I’m thinking he REALLY didn’t want Cade going to UGA so he was willing to lose a finger to make that recruiting visit as bad as possible. Too bad it didn’t work immediately. I’m thinking I’d probably be okay losing the tip of my pinky to keep my son from going to Florida. i’d probably keep my finger if he wanted to go to UT.
You have to be smarter than the chair.
Sounds fishy how would he know the spot was even available to him without being in contact with the coaching staff ahead of time
Eh, he’s a legacy.
Congrats Bulldogs on that hire. We’re gonna have plenty of footballs flying in the SEC West. Bring it on home Monday TIGERS !!!!
One must wonder, at least a little bit, about what is going through this kid’s mind. I’m a Vol fan so I guess I’m ok with this. But it sure seems to be an incredible change of mind after he took every opportunity to slam UT. Perhaps that was teenage hubris and revolt against Dad, but who knows. Something huge certainly has changed with his thinking.
I dont care one bit. Matter of fact this whole recruiting transfer crap is senseless and not worth worrying about.
Well lets be floored forever. I’m sure “the dad” had something to do with this. Frankly, kinda wondering why he came to UGA in the first place? (understand the Chaney, Pittman thing) I wish him nothing but the best. UGA will be fine.
I like turtles
I guess I get being homesick but to leave a national title contender to go to a trashcan fire doesn’t seem like a great decision.