Sophomore linebacker for New Mexico. 2023: 9 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.
6′1″ · 221 lb · Irvine, CA
The story
2 linebacker for New Mexico. 2023: 9 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack.
Recruiting
LB recruit
No. 2973 nationally · Signed with New Mexico
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonTate Zimmerman
2 stars out of high school, two seasons of real snaps at New Mexico since. The receipt: 2 tackles against Wyoming — Week 5, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico, 10 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Danny Gonzales — 6-18 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New Mexico | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 56–10
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Dominant 46-point win at home against Tennessee Tech.
With D. Hopkins — 273 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.1 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · J. Merritt — 162 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 56-10vs Tennessee Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-27vs New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-35@ Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 24-52vs San José State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-21vs Hawai'i | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-42@ Boise State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 25-17@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 41-44vs Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
9 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.