Cawley is married to Katie Schumacher-Cawley, the head volleyball coach at Penn State.
[1] Cawley was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round (205th overall) of the 1996 NFL draft.
[4][5] On March 21, 2000, his AFL rights were traded to the Florida Bobcats for Braniff Bonaventure.
During the 1998 season, Cawley saw action in two games for Hamilton completing five of eight passes for 47 yards.
Cawley was selected 13th overall by the Las Vegas Outlaws in the XFL supplemental draft on December 29, 2000.