Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 11 | W 44-37@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-19@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#37
Cai Mayowa
Senior safety on Jacksonville State's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 220 lb · Hoover, AL · Hoover HS
Returning to Jacksonville State for 2026
The story
4 safety on Jacksonville State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearCai Mayowa
One game to point at: 2 tackles against Western Kentucky — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Jacksonville State
NFL
NFL Draft
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2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Jacksonville State9-5HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Pass share
43.2%
79 pass / 104 run
Plays / game
61.0
3 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
88 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Jacksonville State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Jacksonville State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +7 net (21 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #86
Background
2025: Made two appearances, seeing time against UCF (8/28) and Liberty (9/6). 2024: Saw time in six games mostly on special teams coverage...Recorded three tackles including two solo stops...Had first tackle of the season in overtime win at LA Tech (11/9)...Added two solo tackles in regular seaso...
The linebacker corps · Jacksonville State
- #59Mac Sanders83 tackles · 2025
- #40Walker O'Steen78 tackles · 2025
- Myles Butler19 tackles · 2025
- #13Jacob Cruz14 tackles · 2025
- #37Cai Mayowano box-score line yet
13 more on the roster · Jacksonville State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology