Player Dossier

2009-2013

Nebraska

C.J. Zimmerer

FB • 6'0" • Omaha, NE, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

C.J. Zimmerer leans balanced backfield option traits and 16.7 efficiency.

Usage Score

0.5

Efficiency

16.7

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

9.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season · Nebraska

0910111213

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

C.J. Zimmerer, FB. Best season Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season · Nebraska. C.J. Zimmerer leans balanced backfield option traits and 16.7 efficiency.

C.J. Zimmerer played FB for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, C.J. Zimmerer recorded 18 rushing yards and 8 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 24 primary output with 46.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Loss with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2013 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

3

Scrimmage Yards / G

0.7

Efficiency

16.7

Usage

0.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Unknown

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. UCLA: 2. Unknown: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 2
All Games0.7 · Games = 3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs UCLA

Result
Sat 9/21vs Unknown
Sat 9/14vs UCLAL 21-41122
Sun 9/1vs WyomingW 37-34

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Nebraska

    2009-2013

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20092010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2010 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2011 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2012 Regular SeasonNebraska2446.82.724
2013 Regular SeasonNebraska216.70.5-22

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

14

Primary metric

14 scrimmage yards and 4.7 usage.

#2

UCLA

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

2 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.

#3

Michigan

6

Primary metric

Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

6 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.

#4

Southern Miss

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

4 scrimmage yards and 1.4 usage.

#5

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

0 scrimmage yards and 0 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2012 Regular Season · Nebraska

24 primary output · 46.8 efficiency · 2.7 usage

49.2

#2

2013 Regular Season · Nebraska

9.1

2 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 0.5 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Nebraska

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8533

Daniel J Gross · Omaha, NE

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

26

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 6 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.