TicketsNov. 21, 2010
CINCINNATI - University of Cincinnati junior running back Isaiah Pead (Columbus, Ohio/Eastmoor Academy) was named Rivals.com's BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week Sunday after rushing for a career-best 213 yards and five touchdowns in the Bearcats' 69-38 win over Rutgers Saturday.
Pead had a career-high 31 carries, averaging 6.9 yards per rush on the way to his career high total. He had touchdown runs of 24, nine, 24, and 26 yards and also added a 34-yard touchdown reception, becoming the first UC player to score five TDs in a game since 1912.
Pead is the first player to rush for more than 200 yards in a game since Richard Hall tallied 238 rushing yards against Miami (OH) on Sept. 11, 2004. Pead also is the first UC player to rush more than 30 times in a game since Hall had 30 carries against Army on Oct. 25, 2003.
Pead has 909 rushing yards on the season, needing 91 yards over the final two games of the regular season to become UC's first 1,000-yard rusher since Hall in 2002.
UC is back in action Saturday, taking on Connecticut at Rentschler Field. Kickoff is set for noon as the BIG EAST Network Game of the Week.