Player Dossier

2019-2023

Memphis

Geoffrey Cantin-Arku

LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Levis, PQ, Canada

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Geoffrey Cantin-Arku shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

69%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

94

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

67

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Syracuse • Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Player Story

Geoffrey Cantin-Arku built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Levis, PQ wearing No. 9, spending time with Memphis and Syracuse. The clearest part of Geoffrey Cantin-Arku's career was his...

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Geoffrey Cantin-Arku, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Syracuse. Geoffrey Cantin-Arku shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
251
TFL
17.5
Sacks
7.5
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
4
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Geoffrey Cantin-Arku quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · LB
Career Tackles
251
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 47 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Syracuse
Top game
Charlotte
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
79 tackles · LB 108th (top 9%) · American Athletic 11th (top 2%) · National 155th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse11-0--036.7
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse11616441163
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse1044411-038.9
2022 Regular SeasonMemphis126631.521037.4
2023 PostseasonMemphis13710--050.9
2023 Regular SeasonMemphis13723.5112050.9

Related Context

Geoffrey Cantin-Arku played LB for Syracuse and Memphis. Across 5 tracked seasons, Geoffrey Cantin-Arku recorded 251 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Syracuse paired 15 primary output with 36.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 36.7 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Syracuse, Memphis.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2020 Regular Season · Syracuse

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

36.7

Usage

9.4

Consistency

36.6

Best Game by takeover score

Louisville

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Pittsburgh: 3. Georgia Tech: 2. Duke: 0. Liberty: 0. Clemson: 1. Wake Forest: 0. Boston College: 1. Louisville: 4. NC State: 0. Notre Dame: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 8 by 33.3. Pittsburgh: 7 by 59.2. Georgia Tech: 7 by 49.2. Duke: 8 by 33.3. Liberty: 5 by 20.8. Clemson: 4 by 26.7. Wake Forest: 4 by 16.7. Boston College: 5 by 30.8. Louisville: 5 by 60.8. NC State: 5 by 20.8. Notre Dame: 3 by 52.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2 · Games = 1 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 10 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Louisville

Result
Sat 12/5@ Notre Dame2+ sacks · Splash gameL 21-4533220
Sat 11/28vs NC StateL 29-3654000
Sat 11/21@ Louisville2+ sacks · Splash gameL 0-3055220
Sat 11/7vs Boston CollegeL 13-1654000
Sat 10/31vs Wake ForestL 14-3843000
Sat 10/24@ ClemsonL 21-4743001
Sat 10/17vs LibertyL 21-3854000
Sat 10/10vs DukeL 24-3888000
Sat 9/26vs Georgia TechSplash gameW 37-2076000
Sat 9/19@ PittsburghSplash gameL 10-2175200
Sat 9/12@ North CarolinaL 6-3187000

Player Story

Geoffrey Cantin-Arku story

Geoffrey Cantin-Arku built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Levis, PQ wearing No. 9, spending time with Memphis and Syracuse. The clearest part of Geoffrey Cantin-Arku's career was his defensive production: 251 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Memphis. 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 Geoffrey Cantin-Arku's production has multiple signals. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Memphis and Syracuse.

The arc is straightforward: Geoffrey Cantin-Arku 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. 1

    Syracuse

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Memphis

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSyracuse04.20.7
2020 Regular SeasonSyracuse1536.79.415
2021 Regular SeasonSyracuse624.35.6-9
2022 Regular SeasonMemphis7.529.26.81.5
2023 PostseasonMemphis9.532.68.62
2023 Regular SeasonMemphis9.532.68.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Charlotte

Week 11 · W 44-38 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#2

@ East Carolina

Week 7 · L 45-47 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Louisville

Week 12 · L 0-30 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Notre Dame

Week 14 · L 21-45

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Virginia Tech

Week 8 · W 41-36 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Syracuse

15 primary output · 36.7 efficiency · 9.4 usage

63

#2

2023 Postseason · Memphis

50.9

9.5 primary · 32.6 efficiency · 8.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Memphis

50.9

9.5 primary · 32.6 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

8

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games