Career
He went undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft. He played college football at Notre Dame. Johnson played for Penn High School in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Cave was selected to play in the first Under Armour All-America Game in Orlando, Florida.
Cave played college ball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in nearby South Bend, Indiana. He was a starter beginning in 2010, his junior year.
He was injured in 2011, missing the rest of the year, and played as a fifth-year senior in 2012. He was named a third-team Associated Press All-American.
Cave went undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft.
He was signed by the Cleveland Browns for the preseason but did not make the team In 2014 he was a preseason signing of the New England Patriots, but again was cut. Cave was a final cut of the Detroit Lions in 2015, but made the team"s practice squad.
He was signed to the active roster off the practice squad on December 30, before the Lion"s final game of the 2015-2016 season.