William Nimmo Jr.

Former safety at San Diego State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

S · San Diego State · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 205 lb · Corona, CA

CFB Index 16 · #513 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceSan Diego State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 572 nationally · Signed with Mater Dei

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at San Diego State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mater Dei in 2019.
Transferred from UCLA to San Diego State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at San Diego State, 69 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2019

Recruited3-star out of Mater Dei

202410 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#572 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

2022–2023

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

2024

Sean Lewis

San Diego State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UCLA3-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2022UCLA9-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2023UCLA8-5HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2024San Diego State3-9HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

16Below cohort / limited sample #513 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1048 / 2892 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1544 / 2892 · 46th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

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QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 7th pct

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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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

16 · #513 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #513 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	San Diego State	27	20	0.0	--	--	--
2023	UCLA	21	11	2.0	--	--	--
2022	UCLA	10	7	0.0	1	--	--
2020	UCLA	11	8	1.0	3	--	--
Career		69	46	3.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 45–14

vs East Texas A&M

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 31-point win at home against East Texas A&M.

With M. Cooper — 223 rush yds (27 car) · 2 TD · D. O'Neil — 214 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.8 · 18 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-14vs East Texas A&M	2	2	—
Wk 2	L 0-21vs Oregon State	2	0	—
Wk 3	L 10-31@ California	3	3	—
Wk 5	L 21-22@ Central Michigan	6	5	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 6	W 27-24vs Hawai'i	4	2	—
Wk 9	L 26-29vs Washington State	1	1	—
Wk 10	L 24-56@ Boise State	3	2	—
Wk 12	L 20-41@ UNLV	1	1	—
Wk 13	L 20-41@ Utah State	2	1	—
Wk 14	L 20-31vs Air Force	3	3	—
Total		27	20	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

William Nimmo Jr.

2019

202410 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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