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Retrospective scouting report · Class of 2012Consensus #050
RB· Round 2

Isaiah
Pead.

Isaiah Pead
Sickos Grade
72.3/100
Pre-draft #50

Cincinnati official athletic logoCincinnati· 5'10"· 197 lb· 4.39s 40

R2 · #50 · St. Louis Rams
02Scheme fit
Ideal system

Pead fits best in a zone-heavy scheme that prioritizes speed and agility to read and react to developing lanes rather than relying on brute force.

One-cut zone RBReceiving back3rd down back
Best role

Year 1: rotation back, gadget player, returner. Ceiling: starting zone-scheme RB.

Wrong fit

Any power-heavy scheme that requires him to consistently run between the tackles against stacked boxes.

Pead's combination of speed and agility makes him a dynamic weapon in space, but his lack of size limits his effectiveness in power-running concepts.

04The evaluation

Selected #50 overall in Round 2 of the 2012 NFL Draft by St. Louis Rams out of Cincinnati.

07Athletic testing
Height
5'10"
Weight
197 lb
40 yd
4.39s
Vertical
33"
Broad
9'8"
3-cone
6.95s
Shuttle
4.32s
Relative Athletic Score
6.12
/10 · official

Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.

06Athletic profilevs. RB on Big Board
40VERTBRD3CSHTLBNCH

— — — positional median (p50)

40 yd
4.39sp50
Vertical
33inp50
Broad jump
116inp50
Three-cone
6.95sp50
Shuttle
4.32sp50
Bench
rep
08College production
YrTeamGAttYdsTDRecRecYds
2008Cincinnati7301940211
2009Cincinnati13121806920201
2010Cincinnati111571029626190
2011Cincinnati1323712591239319
Career4454532882787721

A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.

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