Matt Zimmerman

Position:
Running Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
220
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Mountainside, N.J.
High School:
Gov. Livingston

At Princeton - 2009: rushed the ball 27 times for 141 yards and a touchdown and caught 23 passes for 153 yards in his second season as the starting fullback ... ran for 90 of his 141 yards in Princeton's final two games ... scored on 30-yard touchdown run in victory over Yale ... had season-best nine rushes in 23-11 win at Dartmouth ... caught a career-best seven passes for 51 yards against Brown... caught a career-high five receptions for 42 yards against The Citadel. 2008: rushed 18 times for 73 yards and caught 14 passes for 58 yards in first season as the starting fullback ... recorded season highs in rushes (five), rushing yards (34) and long rush (13) in Ivy-opening victory at Columbia ... caught four passes for 29 yards in season opener at The Citadel; scored first career touchdown on a six-yard touchdown pass with 18 seconds remaining in first half ... averaged 13.1 all-purpose yards per game ... had multiple rushing attempts in five of 10 games.

At Gov. Livingston – earned all-state and all-county honors as a running back and defensive back … served as team captain … rushed for 1,000 yards and 20 touchdowns … earned all-county honors as a centerfielder … earned varsity letters in basketball and track … National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member.

Personal – born Aug. 23, 1988 … son of Charles and Laura Zimmerman … father is a sales representative, mother is a teacher … has an older brother Gregory.

Zimmerman's Career Rushing Statistics