Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Cincinnati
Derrick Canteen
DB • 5'11" • 197 lbs • Evans, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derrick Canteen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Georgia Southern • Virginia Tech • Cincinnati
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: James Madison
Player Story
Derrick Canteen built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Evans, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Cincinnati, Georgia Southern, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Derrick...
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- Committed To
- Georgia Southern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Derrick Canteen, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Derrick Canteen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 195
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 30
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Derrick Canteen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Cincinnati · DB
- Career Tackles
- 195
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
- Top game
- James Madison
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Evans · Georgia Southern
- High school pipeline
- Evans · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · DB 191st (top 20%) · Big 12 90th (top 13%) · National 794th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 13 | 45 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 9 | 1 | 57.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 11 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 58.3 |
| 2023 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 12 | 33 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 12 | 44 | 3 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 41.7 |
Related Context
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Derrick Canteen played DB for Georgia Southern, Virginia Tech, and Cincinnati. Across 6 tracked seasons, Derrick Canteen recorded 195 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Georgia Southern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Georgia Southern paired 16 primary output with 37.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.8 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Southern, Virginia Tech, Cincinnati.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.8
Usage
4.6
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Towson: 0. Pittsburgh: 3. Miami (OH): 1. Houston: 1.5. Texas Tech: 0. UCF: 0. Arizona State: 0. Colorado: 0. West Virginia: 0.5. Iowa State: 1. Kansas State: 1. TCU: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Towson: 2 by 8.3. Pittsburgh: 8 by 63.3. Miami (OH): 4 by 26.7. Houston: 4 by 31.7. Texas Tech: 3 by 12.5. UCF: 5 by 20.8. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5. Colorado: 7 by 29.2. West Virginia: 2 by 13.3. Iowa State: 2 by 18.3. Kansas State: 1 by 14.2. TCU: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
63.3 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs TCU | L 13-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | @ Kansas State | L 15-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Iowa State | L 17-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs West Virginia | L 24-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/27 | @ Colorado | L 23-34 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Arizona State | W 24-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ UCF | W 19-13 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | @ Texas Tech | L 41-44 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Houston | W 34-0 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Miami (OH) | W 27-16 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs PittsburghSplash game | L 27-28 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Towson | W 38-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Derrick Canteen story
Derrick Canteen built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Evans, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Cincinnati, Georgia Southern, and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Derrick Canteen's career was his defensive production: 195 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 9 interceptions across 50 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Georgia Southern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Derrick Canteen's production has multiple signals. With 50 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati, Georgia Southern, and Virginia Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Derrick Canteen moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Georgia Southern
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia Tech
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Cincinnati
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 15.5 | 27.3 | 5.5 | 15.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 15.5 | 27.3 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | 10.5 | 2.3 | -15.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 16 | 37.9 | 7.3 | 16 |
| 2023 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 8 | 18.5 | 3.9 | -8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 8 | 18.5 | 3.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 9 | 22.8 | 4.6 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs James Madison
Week 7 · W 45-38 · Conference game
Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
100 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
vs Troy
Week 10 · W 20-13 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Ball State
Week 4 · W 34-23
3
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Pittsburgh
Week 2 · L 27-28
3
Havoc Plays
73 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 14 · W 20-3
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Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
16 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 7.3 usage
58.3
#2
2020 Postseason · Georgia Southern
57.6
15.5 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 5.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
57.6
15.5 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 5.5 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
9
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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