*** 2016 Honors Candidate ***

Career: Has started 13 of the 40 games he has played in his career.
 
2016: Listed as a starter at tight end on the preseason depth chart. He caught five passes for 56 yards in three spring scrimmages.
 
2015: Wimberly was selected as EWU’s 2015 Special Teams Player of the Year. He played in all 11 games, starting two, and finished with seven catches for 81 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He caught two passes for 38 yards against Sacramento State (10/26/15), and combined that with games in which he had touchdown catches versus Montana State (9/19/15) and Cal Poly (10/10/15). He also had six tackles on special teams, and was the team’s special teams player of the week against Northern Iowa (9/12/15). As a blocking tight end, he helped Eastern rank eighth in FCS in total offense with an average of 478.5 yards per game, including the nation’s top passing offense (353.3 per game). Eastern was also 19th in scoring offense (34.6). Eastern had two of the top six performances for total offense in school history in 2015, including 667 against Montana State (9/19/15) to rank fourth.
 
2014: Earned honorable mention All-Big Sky honors, finishing the season with 20 receptions for 267 yards and three scores. He also played as a fullback, and had a touchdown against Sam Houston State (8/23/14) on his first career rushing attempt. Wimberly finished the season with five yards on three carries. He played in all 14 Eagle games, starting 10 of them. Wimberly had a career-high five catches for 78 yards (also a career high) with a touchdown against Southern Utah (10/11/14). He caught a 15-yard TD pass from Jordan West to give EWU a 35-24 lead in the third quarter of the 42-30 win, which marked the first career start for West. Wimberly also had three catches for 42 yards versus Portland State (11/21/14). He helped lead Eastern’s offense to new heights in 2014, especially on the scoreboard. For the first time in school history, Eastern scored at least 50 points in six games, including outings of 56, 54, 52, 52, 56 and 56. The Eagles were first in FCS in scoring offense (44.1 per game) and first downs (361 total), second in passing efficiency (163.52), third in total offense (513.4) and second in passing offense (328.2). Eastern’s red zone offense was second in FCS, scoring 94.9 percent of the time.
 
2013: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He saw extensive action as a tight end in all 15 games, including one start versus Toledo (9/14/13). Wimberly had a catch for 12 yards against Western Oregon (9/7/13) and his other reception in 2013 was a 3-yard TD catch in the FCS Playoffs versus South Dakota State (12/7/13). He moved from the defensive line in the fall because of a season-ending dislocated patella suffered by senior Cody Humphrey during preseason practices on Aug. 21, 2013. 2012: Redshirted. Was selected as the team’s defensive scout team player of the week once, and special teams once.
 
HS: Graduated from Tumwater HS in 2012. Selected among “others to watch” on Ron Siegel’s pre-season All-State team (seniors only). He was the Evergreen 2A Conference MVP despite missing the last two games of the season with an injury. In a 41-13 win against Black Hills, the tight end/defensive end injured his tibia and was lost for the season. In seven games, he caught 10 passes for 201 yards (20.1 per reception), four touchdowns and a long reception of 38 yards. He also rushed 16 times out of the Wildcat Formation for 199 yards (12.4 per carry), with six touchdowns and a long rush of 59 yards. He scored four of his rushing touchdowns in a 42-7 win against Chehalis. Defensively, he had 21 tackles, two sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. The Thunderbirds finished the season 7-2, losing to Archbishop Murphy in the first round of the State 2A Playoffs. As a junior, Tumwater was 12-1 and won the State 2A title with a 34-14 victory over Archbishop Murphy in the championship game. Wimberly earned all-conference honors and finished with 27 catches for 587 yards (21.7 per catch), eight touchdowns and a long reception of 66 yards. He also had 34 tackles with four sacks and two passes broken up. His EWU teammates Nick Foerstel (’14) and Trevor Davis Jr. (’15) also attended Tumwater, as did former Eagle twins Zach and Matt Johnson (’07).
 
Personal: Interdisciplinary studies major.
 

Year	GP	PC	Hi	Yds	Apr	Apg	TD	Lg
2013	15	2	1	15	7.5	0.1	1	12
2014	14	20	5	267	13.4	1.4	3	34
2015	11	7	2	81	11.6	0.6	2	22
Totals	40	29	5	363	12.5	0.7	6	34

Rushing: 2014/3-5-1td (long of 2); 2015/1-1; Totals/4-6-1td (long of 2).