After finishing his sophomore season with the Bulldogs, offensive lineman Cade Mays is transferring from Georgia to Tennessee.
Once the news of Mays hitting the transfer portal broke, records from the Athens Clark-County State Court surfaced, revealing that Mays’ family has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Athletic Association due to an incident in 2017 during a recruiting visit.
Mays’ father, former Tennessee All-SEC offensive lineman Kevin Mays, saw part of his right pinky finger amputated in an accident with a folding chair at a Georgia team gala in December of 2017.
Cade Mays' father had part of his pinky finger amputated at an #UGA athletic event when the folding chair he was in got wedged against a column. Sam Pittman put the finger on ice.
The Mays are suing the UGA and the chair manufacturer it appears.https://t.co/g5j35JItWS pic.twitter.com/t9FE6OT0js
— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) January 8, 2020
“Plaintiff Kevin Mays’ right pinky finger was partially amputated as the subject folding chair wedged against the column,” says the complaint.
The lawsuit, filed two years after the incident on Dec. 5, 2019, is also against Dekalb Office Environments, Inc, and the Board of Regents at the University of Georgia, among others.
It is unclear whether this is a direct reason for Mays’ transfer, but the former five-star prospect will be joining his younger brother Cooper, who is an early enrollee in Tennessee’s 2020 recruiting class.