Winston Dimel
# Winston Dimel

Winston M. Dimel (born October 9, 1995) is a former American football fullback. He played college football at Kansas State and UTEP.

## College career

### Kansas State

After graduating high school, Dimel enrolled at Kansas State, where in his first year he redshirted.

After being a redshirt throughout the 2014 season, Dimel started 13 games at fullback, recording 28 rushing attempts for 86 yards and 6 touchdowns. Receiving, he had 8 catches for 261 yards and 2 touchdowns. By the end of the season he earned First-team All-Big 12 (Coaches) and First-team Academic All-Big 12.

In 2016, Dimel started 13 games again at fullback, making 30 rush attempts for 92 yards and 12 touchdowns. Receiving, he had 6 catches for 66 yards. At the end of the season he was named Second-team Academic All-Big 12, First-team All-Big 12 (Coaches) and Third-team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele).

For his last season at Kansas State, Dimel started all 13 games at fullback. He had 19 rush attempts for 63 yards and 4 touchdowns, while recording 8 catches for 91 yards and 1 touchdown receiving. At the end of the season he earned Second-team Academic All-Big 12, Preseason All-Big 12, Third-team All-Big 12 (Phil Steele), and Second-team All-Big 12 (Coaches).

### UTEP

After playing with Kansas State he transferred to UTEP, where his father Dana Dimel became the head coach. In his only season with the team, Dimel played in just 6 games. On the ground he had 4 rush attempts for -3 yards and receiving he had 9 catches for 89 yards. At the end of the season he was named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

## Profesional career

Pre-draft measurables :

| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 ft 0+1⁄8 in (1.83 m) | 232 lb (105 kg) | 28+3⁄4 in (0.73 m) | 8+5⁄8 in (0.22 m) | 4.78 s | 1.68 s | 2.76 s | 4.46 s | 7.20 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day |||||||||||

### Seattle Seahawks

After going undrafted in 2019 Dimel was signed by the Seattle Seahawks on May 3, 2019.

### Los Angeles Wildcats

On February 25, 2020, Dimel was signed by the Los Angeles Wildcats. He played in 2 games where he had 1 catch for 8 yards. He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.

### Pittsburgh Maulers

On March 10, 2022, Dimel was drafted by the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL).

