Player Dossier

2014-2018

UTEP

Winston Dimel

FB • 6'1" • 242 lbs • Manhattan, KS, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Winston Dimel leans balanced backfield option traits and 32.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

15

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

26

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kansas State • UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri State

Player Story

Winston Dimel built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a FB from Manhattan, KS wearing No. 38, spending time with Kansas State and UTEP. The clearest part of Winston Dimel's career was his backfield work:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8596

Rickards · Tallahassee, FL

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Winston Dimel, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Kansas State. Winston Dimel leans balanced backfield option traits and 32.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
745
Rushing yards
238
Receiving yards
507
Touchdowns
25

Quick Answers

Winston Dimel quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · FB
Career Scrimmage Yards
745
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 39 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Kansas State
Top game
Missouri State
Recruit profile
3-star · Rickards
High school pipeline
Rickards · 22 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 38 · Senior
2018 Scrimmage yards rank
86 scrimmage yards · FB 11th (top 32%) · Conference USA 158th (top 50%) · National 1,470th (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonKansas State00000-
2015 PostseasonKansas State11581048254.5
2015 Regular SeasonKansas State1128976213654.5
2016 PostseasonKansas State1226026036.8
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State1213292401236.8
2017 PostseasonKansas State11909037.4
2017 Regular SeasonKansas State111456382537.4
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP586-389026.5

Related Context

Winston Dimel played FB for Kansas State and UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, Winston Dimel recorded 238 rushing yards, 507 receiving yards, and 25 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Kansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Kansas State paired 347 primary output with 52.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 32.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kansas State, UTEP.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Loss with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

17.2

Efficiency

32.6

Usage

4.9

Consistency

34.7

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 11. Tennessee: -4. New Mexico State: 30. UTSA: 2. North Texas: 47

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. Northern Arizona: 3 by 21.5. Tennessee: 2 by 0. New Mexico State: 5 by 25. UTSA: 1 by 16.7. North Texas: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

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

First Half12.3 · Games = 3 · -12.2 vs Second Half
Second Half24.5 · Games = 2 · +12.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

100 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 10/6vs North TexasL 24-2724723.5
Sat 9/29@ UTSAL 21-30122
Sat 9/22vs New Mexico StateL 20-273-4-1.3002346
Sat 9/15@ TennesseeL 0-242-4-2
Sat 9/1vs Northern ArizonaL 10-3011102103.7

Player Story

Winston Dimel story

Winston Dimel built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a FB from Manhattan, KS wearing No. 38, spending time with Kansas State and UTEP. The clearest part of Winston Dimel's career was his backfield work: 238 rushing yards, 81 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 507 receiving yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Kansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 507 receiving yards and 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State and UTEP.

The arc is straightforward: Winston Dimel 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

    Kansas State

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UTEP

    2018

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201520162016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonKansas State0
2015 PostseasonKansas State34752.96.4347
2015 Regular SeasonKansas State34752.96.40
2016 PostseasonKansas State15840.86-189
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State15840.860
2017 PostseasonKansas State15451.64.6-4
2017 Regular SeasonKansas State15451.64.60
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP8632.64.9-68

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Missouri State

Week 4 · W 35-0

Win with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

38

Scrimmage Yards

71.6 takeover

38 scrimmage yards and 28.1 usage.

#2

vs North Texas

Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game

47

Scrimmage Yards

71 takeover

Loss with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

47 scrimmage yards and 4.5 usage.

#3

@ UTSA

Week 2 · W 30-3

98

Scrimmage Yards

68.7 takeover

Win with 98 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

98 scrimmage yards and 17.9 usage.

#4

@ Kansas

Week 13 · W 45-14 · Conference game

69

Scrimmage Yards

59.6 takeover

Win with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

69 scrimmage yards and 10.2 usage.

#5

@ Arkansas

Week 1 · L 23-45 · Postseason

58

Scrimmage Yards

58.7 takeover

Loss with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 5.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Kansas State

347 primary output · 52.9 efficiency · 6.4 usage

54.5

#2

2015 Regular Season · Kansas State

54.5

347 primary · 52.9 efficiency · 6.4 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Kansas State

37.4

154 primary · 51.6 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

8

2+ TD games