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Running back, Cincinnati, 2008–⁠11

Isaiah Pead

Number: No. 23
Height: 5′11″
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Born: Dec 14, 1989, in Columbus, Ohio

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Isaiah Pead played running back at Cincinnati (2008–⁠11). The St. Louis Rams took Pead in round 2, No. 50 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Best season: 1,259; Rushing yards, 2011 (Cincinnati, 10–⁠3)
Best game: 213 yards; Vs. Rutgers, week 12, 2010: No. 2 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 50; Round 2, 2012 NFL Draft (St. Louis Rams)

213rushing yards, career highvs. Rutgers, 2010 4rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Rutgers, 2010 9catches, career highat Syracuse, 2011 112receiving yards, career highat Syracuse, 2011

Honors

2011Big East Offensive Player of the Year

Team titles: Big East champions, 2008, 2009 and 2011

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

194

806

1,029

1,259

11–⁠3AP 1712–⁠1AP 84–⁠810–⁠3AP 25

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2008*	Cincinnati	30	194	6.5	0	38
2009	Cincinnati	121	806	6.7	9	67
2010	Cincinnati	157	1,029	6.6	6	80
2011	Cincinnati	237	1,259	5.3	12	65
Career		545	3,288	6.0	27	80

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2008*	Cincinnati	2	11	5.5	0	8
2009	Cincinnati	20	201	10.1	2	41
2010	Cincinnati	26	190	7.3	1	34
2011	Cincinnati	39	319	8.2	3	69
Career		87	721	8.3	6	69

Returns

Season	Team	PR	Yds	TD
2011	Cincinnati	10	74	0

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	Cincinnati	23	RB
2009	Cincinnati	23	RB
2010	Cincinnati	23	RB
2011	Cincinnati	23	RB	5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Cincinnati 13 games, 1,259 rushing yards, 12 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 3	vs.Austin Peay	W 72–⁠10	7	87	2	1	10	0
Sep 10	atTennessee	L 23–⁠45	14	155	1	2	15	0
Sep 17	vs.Akron	W 59–⁠14	6	15	1	–	–	–
Sep 22	vs.NC State	W 44–⁠14	27	167	1	3	24	1
Oct 1	atMiami (OH)	W 27–⁠0	18	49	2	2	5	0
Oct 15	vs.Louisville	W 25–⁠16	20	151	1	3	4	0
Oct 22	atSouth Florida	W 37–⁠34	22	79	0	4	48	1
Nov 5	atPittsburgh	W 26–⁠23	22	118	0	4	20	0
Nov 12	vs.West Virginia	L 21–⁠24	19	113	2	5	67	0
Nov 19	atRutgers	L 3–⁠20	14	28	0	–	–	–
Nov 26	atSyracuse	W 30–⁠13	17	80	1	9	112	1
Dec 3	vs.UConn	W 35–⁠27	23	68	0	3	−1	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Vanderbilt	W 31–⁠24	28	149	1	3	15	0

2010 Cincinnati 10 games, 1,029 rushing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 4	atFresno State	L 14–⁠28	10	36	0	4	28	0
Sep 25	vs.Oklahoma	L 29–⁠31	21	169	0	4	9	0
Oct 9	vs.Miami (OH)	W 45–⁠3	10	197	1	–	–	–
Oct 15	atLouisville	W 35–⁠27	21	145	0	2	0	0
Oct 22	vs.South Florida	L 30–⁠38	15	48	0	2	27	0
Oct 30	vs.Syracuse	L 7–⁠31	11	23	0	4	28	0
Nov 13	atWest Virginia	L 10–⁠37	8	78	1	4	19	0
Nov 20	vs.Rutgers	W 69–⁠38	31	213	4	2	36	1
Nov 27	atUConn	L 17–⁠38	11	23	0	2	36	0
Dec 4	vs.Pittsburgh	L 10–⁠28	19	97	0	2	7	0

2009 Cincinnati 13 games, 806 rushing yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 7	atRutgers	W 47–⁠15	8	47	1	2	52	1
Sep 12	vs.Southeast Missouri State	W 70–⁠3	11	45	0	–	–	–
Sep 19	atOregon State	W 28–⁠18	11	46	1	3	39	0
Sep 26	vs.Fresno State	W 28–⁠20	4	27	1	–	–	–
Oct 3	atMiami (OH)	W 37–⁠13	5	60	0	3	40	0
Oct 15	atSouth Florida	W 34–⁠17	12	55	0	3	30	0
Oct 24	vs.Louisville	W 41–⁠10	6	88	2	2	14	1
Oct 31	atSyracuse	W 28–⁠7	16	77	0	1	−2	0
Nov 7	vs.UConn	W 47–⁠45	10	67	2	–	–	–
Nov 13	vs.West Virginia	W 24–⁠21	18	175	1	2	13	0
Nov 27	vs.Illinois	W 49–⁠36	4	−5	0	1	6	0
Dec 5	atPittsburgh	W 45–⁠44	9	76	1	2	2	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Florida	L 24–⁠51	7	48	0	1	7	0

2008 Cincinnati 6 games, 194 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 27	atAkron	W 17–⁠15	1	2	0	–	–	–
Oct 3	atMarshall	W 33–⁠10	11	59	0	–	–	–
Oct 25	atUConn	L 16–⁠40	–	–	–	1	8	0
Nov 29	vs.Syracuse	W 30–⁠10	8	49	0	–	–	–
Dec 6	atHawai’i	W 29–⁠24	8	74	0	1	3	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Virginia Tech	L 7–⁠20	2	10	0	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

MVP of the 2012 Senior Bowl.

Drill	Combine 2012
Height	5′10⅛″
Weight	197 lb
Arm length	31″
Hand size	8⅝″
40-yard dash	4.47 s
10-yard split	1.55 s^W
Vertical jump	33″
Broad jump	9′8″
3-cone drill	6.95 s
20-yard shuttle	4.32 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 23 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

Season	Team	G	Car	Yds	Rec	Rec yds
2012	St. Louis Rams	10	10	54	3	16
2013	St. Louis Rams	9	7	21	11	78
2015	St. Louis Rams	2	2	3	0	0
2016	Miami Dolphins	2	8	22	1	6
NFL career		23	27	100	15	100

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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At a glance

Career highs