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#64 Cade Mays

Exp  4 yrs NFLAge  27Ht / Wt  6'6" · 325 lbCollege  Tennessee

Depth-chart placement

Current role

Placement

Starter

Room

Offensive Line

Experience

YR 5

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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Cade Mays holds the C · Starter spot in Detroit Lions’s offensive line room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LT · StarterPenei SewellStarter

LG · StarterChristian MahoganyStarter

C · StarterCade MaysStarter

RG · StarterTate RatledgeStarter

RT · StarterBlake MillerStarter

LT · BackupGiovanni ManuBackup

LG · BackupBen BartchBackup

C · BackupJuice ScruggsBackup

RG · BackupMiles FrazierBackup

RT · BackupLarry BoromBackup

Cade Mays played 15 games in 2025 with a 84% snap share.

Background & career

Cade Mays is a center from Knoxville, Tennessee who played college football at Tennessee. Selected 199th overall in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by Carolina, Mays stands 6'6" and weighs 325 pounds. Entering his fifth season, he currently plays for the Detroit Lions on a three-year contract.

Tennesseethrough 2021

Panthers2022 – 2025

Lionspresent

College

TennesseeDraftRound 6 · No. 199 overall · 2022 · CARAcquiredAcquired from Carolina Panthers · drafted thereHometownKnoxville, TN