Northwest Missouri State Athletics

2016
MIAA Ken B. Jones Award Winner ... Kansas City Sports Commission Sportsman of the Year ... CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year for football ... MIAA Scholar Athlete ... Harlon Hill Second Place ... MIAA Offensive Player of the Year ... All-MIAA First Team ... AP, D2CCA and Don Hansen Second Team All-America ... NFF Hampshire Honor Society ... appeared in all 15 games ... completed 299-of-441 passes for 3,763 yards and 37 touchdowns ... ran 77 times fo 283 yards and seven touchdowns ... in Homecoming game against Pittsburg State (Oct. 29), set Northwest single game record with six passing touchdowns on 19-of-21 passing and had seven total touchdowns, throwing for a career-high 385 yards, named Don Black Award winner and earned MIAA Player of the Week honors ... threw at least one touchdown in 14-of-15 games and had multiple touchdown passes in 10 games ... final throw of his career in NCAA National Championship Game vs. North Alabama (Dec. 17) was a 13 yard touchdown to Shane Williams.

2015
MIAA Academic honor roll ... appeared in 10 games ... ran for 266 yards on 51 carries with three touchdowns ... completed 18-of-20 passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns ... ran for a touchdown against Nebraska-Kearney (Sept. 3) ... threw for a touchdown (3-of-3) and also ran for a scored at Northeastern State (Oct. 3) ... ran for 68 yards and a score and also threw for a touchdown against Lindenwood (Oct. 10) ... season-high 84 rushing yards at Northeastern State ... high of 51 passing yards and 11 rush attempts vs. Lindenwood.

2014
Appeared in 10 games ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll member ... ran for 272 yards on 47 carries with one touchdown ... completed 12-of-19 passes for 50 yards ... season-high 11 carries for 55 yards against Fort Hays State (Oct. 25) while completing 3-of-3 pass attempts ... had a season-best 65 rushing yards with a touchdown on 10 carries against Minnesota-Duluth (Nov. 22) ... had 20 yards passing on 4-of-6 completions against Lindenwood (Oct. 11) ... had one punt for 38 yards against Lindenwood.

2013
Saw time as Northwest’s third QB… Appeared in eight games…Finished the season with a 96.8 passing efficiency… Scored one rushing touchdown on six carries against Missouri Southern (10/26).

2012
Redshirted season

Blue Valley High School
Zimmerman helped lead the Tigers to back-to-back Kansas Class 5A State Championships earning a runner-up finish as a senior and capturing the title during his junior season … Was an Honorable Mention All-State selection as a senior and junior … Set school records for most passing touchdowns in a game and in a career … Finished second on the all-time passing yards list at Blue Valley … Was named Kansas City Star All-Metro Honorable Mention also earning second-team all-conference accolades … Named a finalist for Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year … Also a standout in the classroom as a four-year all-conference scholar athlete ... High school teammate of future Bearcats Justin Fulks and Chris Foster

Personal
Son of Duane and Barb Zimmerman