2018: In his redshirt junior season,  Antonio Wimbush received national recognition for his efforts to return to the field from a torn ACL and meniscus.  Wimbush has was named one of three inaugural winners of the Mayo Clinic's Comeback Player of the Year.  Wimbush shares the honor with Antwan Dixon of Kent State University and Seth Simmer of Dartmouth College.  Dixon and Simmer were selected in a vote of AP College Football Writers, while Wimbush was chosen by vote of the CoSIDA small college advisory board. Wimbush tore his ACL and meniscus in a week two contest in 2017 against Saint Augustine's.  The junior was bullish in the offseason with his rehab and work ethic.  Within six months of his surgery, he was squatting 525 pounds.  Carson-Newman Director of Sports Performance Johnny Long has called Wimbush, pound-for-pound, the strongest player on the football team. After a hard offseason rehab, imbush turned in another stellar season to earn All-SAC first team honors for the second time in his career to go along with all-region accolades from the D2CCA and All-America honors from Don Hansen's Football Gazette.  He finished the season with 1,206 rushing yards to lead the South Atlantic Conference. The season-ending total represents the 18th best single-year on the ground for an Eagle rusher.  He found the end zone seven times on the ground and once more through the air.  Wimbush had a string of four straight 100-yard games at the mid-point of the season and finished the year with 100-yard rushing efforts in five of Carson-Newman's final six games.  He moved up to 11th on both Carson-Newman's career rushing yards and rushing touchdown charts. Wimbush earned South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week honors following his performance at Virginia Union when he had 21 carries for 184 yards and three scores.  That rushing tally marked a career high for Wimbush.  He also went for more than 150 yards rushing against both Limestone and Virginia-Lynchburg. His 8.0 yards per carry are the eighth highest single-season total in Carson-Newman football history and the second highest total in NCAA Division II this year.

HONORS: 

• Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year
• Don Hansen All-American
• Don Hansen All-Region
• D2CCA All-Region 
• All-SAC First Team 
• SAC Player of the Week (9/10)

2017: Rushed for 149 yards in two games in an injury-shortened junior campaign.  He took a medical redshirt.  He rushed for 118 yards on 15 carries in the opener against Pikeville for his fifth straight 100-yard rushing performance.  He also scored three touchdowns agains the Bears.  The next week against Saint Augustine's, Wimbush carried the ball twice for 31 yards before leaving the game with an injury.  

Honors: 

• Preseason All-SAC First Team 
• AFCA Good Works Team Nominee

2016: Wimbush piled up 941 yards rushing and nine touchdowns to lead the Eagles' veer-option attack.  The sophomore tallied four 100-yard rushing performances on the year, including a career best 148 yards in the opener against Humboldt State.  Wimbush closed the season with three straight 100-yard games against Limestone (10/29), North Greenville (11/5) and Tusculum (11/12).  He tallied multi-TD efforts against Catawba (9/17), Mars Hill (9/24) and Limestone.  Wimbush was also prolific through the air, catching 20 passes for 257 yards and a score.  He was the Eagles third leading receiver.  He caught his only touchdown pass of the season against North Greenville.  He also completed 2-of-3 passes for 98 yards, including a 75-yarder for a score agaisnt Newberry.  Wimbush made 11 plays of 20 yards or longer, the second most on the team.  

Honors: 

• All-SAC First Team 
• Don Hansen All-Region Team 

2015:  Wimbush turned in the best rushing season by a freshman for Carson-Newman football since Tyron Douglas in 2010. Wimbush tallied 584 yards on the ground and 11 touchdowns.  Wimbush had more touchdowns in the SAC than any other freshman and ranked fourth in the league overall.  He crested the 100-yard mark twice, gaining 111 yards against North Greenville (11/7) and 108 yards against Tusculum (11/14).  Wimbush scored six touchdowns between those two games.  He is the first Eagle running back since Tyron Douglas to have multiple three-rushing touchdown performances in his freshman season.   He completed a halfback pass against Wingate for 36 yards.  He caught two passes for 42 yards.  He appeared in all 12 games for the Eagles with three starts. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Rushed for  more than 1500 yards in his high school career, including 24 touchdowns.