Isaiah Winstead

#11 · WR · Sr. · East Carolina6′4″ · 213 lb · Richmond, VA

Isaiah Winstead: WR · East Carolina · #11.

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Isaiah Winstead

WR · East Carolina · Sr · #11

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. All-AAC in 2022 was the second season with an honor. A game that shows it: 154 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Memphis — Week 7, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	East Carolina	88	1,085	12.3	6	67
2021	Toledo	38	520	13.7	1	55
2020	Toledo	25	429	17.2	3	55
Career		151	2,034	13.5	10	67

Season	Team
2022	East Carolina	−2
2021	Toledo	--
2020	Toledo	--
Career		−2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21vs No. 13 NC State	6	58	9.7	0	16	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 39-21vs Old Dominion	5	89	17.8	0	25
Wk 3	W 49-10vs Campbell	6	112	18.7	0	34
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Navy	11	143	13.0	1	67	143-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 48-28vs South Florida	6	73	12.2	1	24
Wk 6	L 9-24@ Tulane	9	90	10.0	0	15
Wk 7	W 47-45vs Memphis	9	154	17.1	1	30	Season-high 154 yds
Wk 8	W 34-13vs UCF	7	89	12.7	0	29
Wk 9	W 27-24@ BYU	5	63	12.6	0	28
Wk 11	L 25-27@ Cincinnati	8	58	7.3	0	14
Wk 12	L 3-42vs Houston	3	21	7.0	0	12
Wk 13	W 49-46@ Temple	7	63	9.0	1	14
Bowl	W 53-29vs Coastal Carolina	6	72	12.0	2	27
Total		88	1085	12.3	6	67

Signature game

Week 7 · 2022

W 47-45

vs Memphis

9 rec · 154 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With H. Ahlers — 304 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.5 · 10 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · K. Mitchell — 149 rush yds (29 car) · 3 TD · 4 rec · 28 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Navy · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +6.30H.Ahlers pass complete to ECU 33. Catch made by I.Winstead at ECU 33. Gain of 67 yards. I.Winstead for 67 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 4th and 6 · Q1 · EPA +4.37Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 27 yds for a TD COASTL CAROLINA Penalty, Defensive Offside ( Yards) declined (Andrew Conrad KICK)
Week 3 · Campbell · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.53Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 34 yds to the Camp 30 for a
Week 8 · UCF · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.53Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 19 yds to the UCF 39 for a
Week 7 · Memphis · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 23 yds to the Memph 39 for a
Week 1 · NC State · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 12 yds to the NCSt 44 for a NC STATE Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the NCSt 41 for a

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Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 11 yds for a TD (Andrew Conrad KICK)
Week 13 · Temple · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 14 yds for a TD, (Andrew Conrad KICK)
Week 5 · South Florida · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.99H.Ahlers pass complete to USF 22. Catch made by I.Winstead at USF 22. Gain of 22 yards. I.Winstead for 22 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 9 · BYU · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 28 yds to the BYU 24 for a

Teams and coaches

2020Toledo4-2HC: Jason Candle · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 89 (#8 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

89All-Conference level #8 of 488 · 2022?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (92nd percentile). Strength: catch rate (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#53 / 636 · 92nd pct

1.10

Catch rate#57 / 636 · 91st pct

92.2%

Explosive rate#198 / 636 · 69th pct

16.9%

Yards / catch#296 / 636 · 54th pct

12.4

TD rate#367 / 636 · 42nd pct

5.2%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#8 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec yards#17 / 550 · 97th pct

1085

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 84th pct

Rec TDs#73 / 550 · 83rd pct

Long catch#111 / 550 · 79th pct

Yards / catch#318 / 550 · 42nd pct

12.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

24th → 92nd percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 69th percentile

Catch rate

8th → 91st percentile

TD rate

15th → 42nd percentile

Yards / catch

66th → 54th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.7	95.1	13.7	0.3
Road4g	7.2	68.5	9.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.2	98.9	13.8	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	6.0	58.8	9.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Mike Houston

Pass share

53.7%

482 pass / 415 run

Plays / game

69.0

13 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

505 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 488 FBS receivers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

89 · #8 of 488 WRs · 2022

Isaiah Winstead

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Signature game

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Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons, three schools

Moves

2020 6 games

2022 13 games