Timmy Dimbi
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| No. 26 – Tijuana Luchadores | |
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| Position: | Defensive Tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 13, 2019 (aged 42) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 308 lb (140 kg) |
| Username: | Tylar |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Canisius High School |
| College: | Notre Dame |
| ISFL Draft: | 25 / Round: 4 / Pick: 54 |
| Career history | |
| Roster status: | Retired |
Timmy Dimbi (born January 13, 2019) was an American football defensive tackle. He played college football for Notre Dame (ND).
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Early years
Timmy Dimbi was born in Buffalo New, York to parents Jimmy and Kimmy Dimbi. Growing up, Timmy's life revolved around football due to his father being an avid Buffalo Bills fan. The Dimbi family are full blown Bills fans and are known to tailgate at New Era Field with their season tickets that they have owned for many years. Like his parents, Timmy is a massive Buffalo Bills fan. Timmy played football since his father was able to sign him up. Both of Timmy's parents were teachers therefore making school a big priority in his life alongside football. Timy attended Canisius High Schooled which is a private school for Roman Catholics and Jesuit. Timmy was able to play football while at Canisius and was a star player for the team. While playing football, Timmy was also an honor roll student and made the dean's list every year. Timmy has always wanted to play in the National Football League which the first step was to be recruited. When Brian Kelly came knocking, it was a dream come true for the Dimbi family. Once Notre Dame was interested, the recruiment tour was over for Timmy. Notre Dame was his dream school.
College career
Timmy was recruited by Notre Dame's Brian Kelly as a relativiely high-end recruit out of New York. After being recruited, Timmy spent most of his freshman year watching from the sidelines. Throughout the season, Timmy spent his time training and practicing with the team. Timmy was able to put on muscle as well as tone his body a bit. An injury allowed Timmy to start in 5 games near the end of the seson. In those five games, Timmy was able to record 6 tackles and 1 sack. In his sophmore season, Timmy earned a starting role as defensive tackle and started in all of Notre Dame's games. He recorded 45 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks. Timmy was nominated for defensive player awards for the conference. Timmy is known for his football IQ, compete and willingness to battle. This is what made Brian Kelly interested in Timmy, and what drives Timmy to become a better player.
Professional career
DSFL Career
In week four of the Season 25 DSFL season, Timmy Dimbi joined the Tijuana Luchadores via waiver claim. Dimbi went on to play 11 games for the Tijuana Luchadores who finished first in the DSFL with a 10-4 record. While finishing first in the league, the playoffs were a different story. The Tijuana Luchadores fell in the semi-finals to the Norfolk Seawolves in an overtime heartbreaker 20-17. In that game, Timmy Dimbi recorded 3 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 fumble recover while having 1 penalty for 5 yards as a defensive end. This Tijuana Luchadores team was extremely talented with many high ends draftees. Throughout the season Timmy Dimbi continued to learn the playbook and grow. He played as a defensive tackle in the Nickle formation. Near the end of the season, Timmy Dimbi switched to playing defensive end which turned out to be a solid move for Dimbi. Timmy Dimbi had a much stronger end of the season than the beginning of the season which reflects his development and passion for learning the game. Overall, Timmy Dimbi's first season in the Developmental Simulation Football League was successful as it was more about development than statistical. Many National Simulation Football League scouts took notice of Dimbi's development heading into the International Simulation Football League. Dimbi had an impressive scouting combine which helped his draft stock and had good interviews with almost all the teams in the International Simulation Football League. In the Season 25 International Simulation Football League Draft Dimbi went in the fourth round at number 54 overall to the Chicago Butchers.
| Ht | Wt | 40‑yd dash | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
308 lb (140 kg) |
4.4 s | 4.40 s | 7.65 s | 27.6 in (0.70 m) |
118.4 in (3.01 m) |
32 reps | 12 |
Professional career statistics
| Career statistics | Defense | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | Games | Tck | TFL | FF/FR | Sck | Int | PD | Sfty | TD | Blk P/XP/FG |
| 2039 (S24) | Luchadores | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 |
