#11

Isaiah Winstead

Senior wide receiver for East Carolina. 2022: 88 catches, 1,085 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · East Carolina · Sr. · #11

6′4″ · 213 lb · Richmond, VA

CFB Index 89 · #8 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceEast Carolina 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for East Carolina. 2022: 88 catches, 1,085 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Transferred from Toledo to East Carolina in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at East Carolina, 2,034 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 154 yds vs Memphis.Memphis · W 47-452022

20206 games

All-MACthird

202213 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-AAChonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Mike Houston

East Carolina

Played his entire career under Mike Houston.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

89All-Conference level #8 of 488?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	6.6	92.2	13.5	0.5
Road5g	7.0	69.4	10.2	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #8 of 488 WRs

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2022

W 34–13

vs UCF

7 rec · 89 yds

Dominant 21-point win at home against UCF.

With H. Ahlers — 311 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · 6 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · C. Johnson — 11 rec · 140 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Navy · 3&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 · 4&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 · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.53Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 34 yds to the Camp 30 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · UCF · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.53Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 19 yds to the UCF 39 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Memphis · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 23 yds to the Memph 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · NC State · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 12 yds to the NCSt 44 for a 1ST down NC STATE Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the NCSt 41 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 11 yds for a TD (Andrew Conrad KICK)
Week 13 · Temple · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 14 yds for a TD, (Andrew Conrad KICK)
Week 5 · South Florida · 2&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 · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Holton Ahlers pass complete to Isaiah Winstead for 28 yds to the BYU 24 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21vs 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 48-28@ 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	12.2	6	67

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