Winston Dimel

Position:
Fullback
Height:
6-1
Weight:
235
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Manhattan, Kan.
High School:
Manhattan

CAREER HONORS
• 2017 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2017 Third Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)
• 2017 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2016 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2016 Third Team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele)
• 2016-17 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2016 Preseason All-Big 12
• 2015 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2015 First Team Academic All-Big 12

CAREER: A three-time All-Big 12 performer who was a valuable blocker in addition to being a weapon out of the backfield... One of 20 players in school history with three All-Big 12 honors in a career... Started all 39 career games played... Totaled Has 22 career rushing touchdowns, one of just 15 Wildcats ever with 20 in a career... Recorded 418 career receiving yards rank 10th in school history among running backs or fullbacks... Helped 2017 Senior Class earn a 32-20 record, four bowl berths and two bowl victories.

2017: Started all 13 games, rushing for 63 yards and four touchdowns while hauling in eight passes for 91 yards and another score en route to Second Team All-Big 12 honors... Tallied a sason-high 29 rushin gyards against Charlotte with a touchdown, while he also had a rushing score against Baylor... Set a season high with two rushing touchdowns against West Virginia... Long catch of the year was 33 yards against the Mountaineers, while he hauled in a touchdown pass against Iowa State from running back Alex Barnes... Helped the Wildcat offense finish the season rank second in the Big 12 in rushing yards per game, while the 4.98-yards per rush average ranked third in school history... Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2016: Started all 13 games, totaling 12 rushing touchdowns en route to First Team All-Big 12 honors from the league’s coaches... His 12 rushing scores tied for third in the Big 12 and were the third most in school history among sophomores... Also ranked fourth in K-State history among sophomores with 72 points scored... Recorded four rushing touchdowns against Florida Atlantic, tying for third in school history for a single game... Tallied two-touchdown games against Missouri State, Baylor and Kansas... Caught six passes for 66 yards, including a season long 26-yard catch against Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl... An integral part to K-State’s rushing attack, which set the school record for rushing yards per carry (5.27), ranked third in school history in total rushing yards (3,013) and rushing yards per game (231.8), and seventh in rushing touchdowns (39)... Also helped the offense rank sixth nationally in rushing touchdowns... A Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honoree.

2015: A 13-game starter at fullback who went on to earn First Team All-Big 12 honors from the league’s coaches... Became the first Wildcat freshman ever to earn First Team All-Big 12 honors (since 1996), while he was the only freshman on the 2015 All-Big 12 First Team... Recorded six rushing touchdowns to rank third in school history among freshmen, while he also finished his initial campaign ranked fifth in school history in receiving yards (261) and scoring (48) among freshmen... Had a pair of two-touchdown games, which came in the season opener against South Dakota and at Kansas... His 261 receiving yards came on only eight receptions, good for a 32.6-yard average, which is the highest average among all players in school history with eight or more receptions... Six of his catches went for 27 or more yards... Had a four-yard touchdown reception against Iowa State, which was thrown by fellow fullback Glenn Gronkowski, in addition to a 48-yard score in the 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Arkansas... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2014: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Manhattan under head coach Joe Schartz... Helped the Indians earn an 8-3 record and a trip to the sectional round of the Kansas 6A playoffs in 2013 by catching 13 passes for 234 yards and two touchdowns... Was a two-time honorable mention all-state selection by the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle... Also named to the 2013 all-state team by HovpenSports.com... Named to the All-Centennial League as both a junior and senior... Rated the 14th-best fullback nationally by Scout.com, 22nd-best tight end/H-Back by ESPN?and 10th-best player in the state by Rivals.com... Also lettered in basketball.

PERSONAL: Winston M. Dimel (DIM-ul) was born October 9, 1995, in Manhattan, Kansas... Son of Dana Dimel and Kim Iversen... A second-generation Wildcat as his father, Dana, was an offensive lineman for K-State from 1984-86 and is the current co-offensive coordinator/running backs/tight ends coach... Has three siblings, Josey Thompson, Lee Iversen and Cal Iversen... Majoring in management.