Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan shekararsa ta farko a Michigan State, McCauley ya zaba ta Detroit Red Wings a zagaye na 8 na
Ƙaddamarwar NHL ta 1990. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga jami'a, ya buga wasan hockey na kananan kungiyoyi tare da Las Vegas Thunder da Fort Wayne Komets na International Hockey League, da Knoxville Cherokees na East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), da Muskegon Fury na Colonial Hockey League da Milan a gasar Serie A ta Italiya. Ya ƙare aikinsa na wasa a 1997 saboda raunin da ya samu.