NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 27, 2026) – For the second straight day, a former ETSU football player earned a mini camp invite from an NFL team as quarterback
Cade McNamara accepted an offer from the Tennessee Titans on Monday. McNamara joins running back
Devontae Houston (Atlanta Falcons) as Bucs from last season's team that will get a chance in the NFL.
In his lone season with the Bucs, McNamara played in and started eight games for ETSU. Overall, McNamara completed 124-of-185 passes (67.0 completion percentage) for 1,283 yards, seven touchdowns against six interceptions. McNamara's completion percentage broke ETSU's single-season record.
That was not the only record McNamara set in his lone season with the Bucs as he tied the single-game program record with 30 completions in ETSU's victory over Elon in late September. A week later against eventual league champion Mercer, McNamara completed 29 of 46 passes for 398 yards and four touchdowns. The 398 passing yards were the second-most ever by an ETSU quarterback in a single game trailing only Austin Herink's 434 yards against Furman in 2017.
McNamara completed at least 61 percent of his passes in all but one of his starts in 2025. McNamara also found the end zone twice as a runner in 2025 in games against Elon and Chattanooga. In what proved to be his final game as a Buc, McNamara completed 12-of-13 passes for 103 yards against Wofford.
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