#10

Derrick Canteen

Former defensive back at Cincinnati. 2024: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

DB · Cincinnati · Sr. · #10

5′11″ · 197 lb · Evans, GA

CFB Index 51 · #161 of 327 cornersLow confidenceCincinnati 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive back at Cincinnati. 2024: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2019.
Transferred from Virginia Tech to Cincinnati in 2024.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2839 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Cincinnati, 195 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

2019

Signed with Georgia Southern2-star out of Evans

202012 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

2021

The snaps went the other way.

All-Sun Belt

202211 games

The role got bigger.

All-Sun Beltthird

202312 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2839 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

2023–2024

Scott Satterfield

Cincinnati

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2021Georgia Southern3-9HC: Kevin Whitley · Run-heavy

2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2024Cincinnati5-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #161 of 327?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (90th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#225 / 2892 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#566 / 2892 · 80th pct

Tackles#782 / 2892 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.7
Road6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #161 of 327 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #161 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Cincinnati	44	29	3.0	0.0	5	1	--
2023	Virginia Tech	34	18	2.0	0.0	5	1	--
2022	Georgia Southern	64	39	2.0	1.0	11	1	--
2021	Georgia Southern	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Georgia Southern	48	34	0.5	0.0	9	6	--
Career		195	123	7.5	1.0	30	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 38–20

vs Towson

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

With B. Sorsby — 383 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.3 · 5 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · E. Pryor — 105 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week