Nick Arbuckle


Nicholas Arbuckle is a professional Canadian football quarterback for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League. Arbuckle played college football at Georgia State. During his time playing for the Panthers, he was first-team All-Sunbelt Conference in 2015. Also in 2015, Arbuckle set a Sun Belt record 3,368 passing yards along with school records in completions and touchdowns. He has also been a member of the Calgary Stampeders.

Professional career

Pittsburgh Steelers

After going undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft Arbuckle spent mini-camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL.

Calgary Stampeders

Arbuckle signed with the Calgary Stampeders in March 2017. He quickly became the Stampeders' backup quarterback behind Bo Levi Mitchell. Arbuckle played sparingly in 2018, completing 17 of 25 pass attempts for 144 yards with one touchdown: He also ran for 5 touchdowns as a short-yardage quarterback. Arbuckle lead the Stamps to an improbable come-from-behind victory in Week 3 of the 2019 season after Bo Levi Mitchell left with a shoulder injury. Mitchell was subsequently placed on the six-game injured reserve, making Arbuckle the interim-starting quarterback. Arbuckle led the Stamps to an impressive 37-10 victory the following week over conference rivals the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Stamps won four of their seven matches with Arbuckle under centre, before Mitchell returned to the starting lineup for the Labour Day game. He finished the season having completed 174 of 238 pass attempts for 2,103 yards with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions.

Ottawa Redblacks

On January 3, 2020, Arbuckle was traded to the Ottawa Redblacks for a third-round pick and another conditional pick in the 2020 CFL Draft. After a lengthy negotiation, he re-signed with Ottawa on January 31, 2020 to a two-year contract and triggered the conditional draft pick trade that saw Ottawa and Calgary swap first-round draft picks in the 2020 draft.