Receiver, Vanderbilt and Ohio, 2018–⁠22

James Bostic

Number: No. 18
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 230 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL

James Bostic played receiver at Vanderbilt (2018–⁠20), Ohio (2021), Vanderbilt (2021) and Ohio (2021–⁠22).

6catches, career highvs. Florida Atlantic, 2022 136receiving yards, career highvs. Florida Atlantic, 2022

Receiving

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

112

607

3–⁠90–⁠93–⁠910–⁠4

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2019	Vanderbilt	11	112	10.2	0	17
2020	Vanderbilt	1	12	12.0	0	12
2021	Ohio	5	34	6.8	0	10
2022	Ohio	33	607	18.4	1	54
Career		50	765	15.3	1	54

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Vanderbilt	18	WR	RS
2019	Vanderbilt	18	WR	Fr.
2020	Vanderbilt	18	WR	So.
2021	Ohio	18	WR	Jr.
2021	Vanderbilt	18	WR	Jr.
2022	Ohio	18	WR	Sr.	6′3″	230

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.

Per play

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage
2019	Vanderbilt	19	0.22	–	–	4.1	–
2020	Vanderbilt	2	0.45	–	–	0.9	–
2021	Ohio	8	-0.07	–	–	-0.6	–
2022	Ohio	47	0.83	66th (n=683)	0.71	38.8	5%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2022 Ohio 13 games, 33 catches, 607 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Sep 3	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 41–⁠38	6	136	1	54
Sep 10	atPenn State	L 10–⁠46	3	31	0	14
Sep 24	vs.Fordham	W 59–⁠52	3	90	0	38
Oct 1	atKent State	L 24–⁠31	1	25	0	25
Oct 8	vs.Akron	W 55–⁠34	2	25	0	13
Oct 15	atWestern Michigan	W 33–⁠14	2	50	0	48
Oct 22	vs.Northern Illinois	W 24–⁠17	1	38	0	38
Nov 1	vs.Buffalo	W 45–⁠24	3	39	0	25
Nov 8	atMiami (OH)	W 37–⁠21	5	83	0	25
Nov 15	atBall State	W 32–⁠18	2	21	0	16
Nov 22	vs.Bowling Green	W 38–⁠14	2	37	0	32
Dec 3	vs.Toledo	L 7–⁠17	2	17	0	10
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Wyoming	W 30–⁠27	1	15	0	15

2021 Ohio 4 games, 5 catches, 34 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	Long
Sep 4	vs.Syracuse	L 9–⁠29	2	8	6
Sep 16	atLouisiana	L 14–⁠49	1	8	8
Oct 23	vs.Kent State	L 27–⁠34	1	10	10
Nov 16	vs.Toledo	L 23–⁠35	1	8	8

2020 Vanderbilt 1 game, 1 catch, 12 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	TD	Long
Oct 31	vs.Ole Miss	L 21–⁠54	1	12	0	12

2019 Vanderbilt 6 games, 11 catches, 112 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Yds	Long
Aug 31	vs.Georgia	L 6–⁠30	1	8	8
Sep 7	atPurdue	L 24–⁠42	2	13	9
Sep 21	vs.LSU	L 38–⁠66	1	12	12
Oct 12	vs.UNLV	L 10–⁠34	4	36	16
Nov 2	atSouth Carolina	L 7–⁠24	1	11	11
Nov 9	atFlorida	L 0–⁠56	2	32	17