Receiver, Holy Cross, 2021–⁠24

Justin Shorter

Number
No. 19
Height
5′11″
Weight
176 lb
Class (2024)
Sophomore
Hometown
Swedesboro, NJ

Justin Shorter played receiver at Holy Cross (2021–⁠24).

Career highs

7catches, career highfour times; last at Colgate, 2024127receiving yards, career highvs. Fordham, 20222receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last at Colgate, 2024

Team titles: Patriot League champions, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Holy Cross3243113.5439
2023Holy Cross3444313.0367
2024Holy Cross3436710.8352
Career1001,24112.41067

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Holy Cross163980–––
2023Holy Cross142880–––
2024Holy Cross1140181240
Career317000181240

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Holy Cross19WRYr 1
2022Holy Cross19WRYr 2
2023Holy Cross19WRYr 3
2024Holy Cross19WRSo. (Yr 4)5′11″176

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Holy Cross (FCS)390.001st (n=683)0.710.19%
2023Holy Cross (FCS)380.7847th (n=681)0.8029.76%
2024Holy Cross (FCS)460.6417th (n=581)0.9229.27%

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

2024 Holy Cross 12 games, 34 catches, 367 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31atRhode IslandL 17–⁠20240––1
Sep 7vs.New HampshireL 20–⁠215950–––
Sep 14atBryantW 43–⁠2211301142
Sep 21vs.YaleL 31–⁠382170––1
Sep 28atSyracuseL 14–⁠421170–––
Oct 5atColgateW 38–⁠77722––2
Oct 12vs.FordhamW 19–⁠164370––2
Oct 19atHarvardL 34–⁠354250––2
Oct 26atLafayetteW 34–⁠286511––1
Nov 9vs.LehighL 7–⁠10–––––2
Nov 16vs.BucknellW 40–⁠382360––1
Nov 23atGeorgetownW 34–⁠0–––––4
2023 Holy Cross 11 games, 34 catches, 443 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.MerrimackW 42–⁠201110–––
Sep 9atBoston CollegeL 28–⁠312370–––
Sep 16atYaleW 49–⁠245220229–
Sep 23vs.ColgateW 47–⁠771122238–
Sep 30vs.HarvardL 28–⁠382710–––
Oct 7atBucknellW 55–⁠277530–––
Oct 21vs.LafayetteL 35–⁠38190126–
Oct 28atFordhamW 49–⁠473380490–
Nov 4atLehighW 28–⁠242160256–
Nov 11atArmyL 14–⁠173481–––
Nov 18vs.GeorgetownW 31–⁠101260349–
2022 Holy Cross 13 games, 32 catches, 431 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2atMerrimackW 31–⁠171130256–
Sep 10atBuffaloW 37–⁠313300124–
Sep 17vs.YaleW 38–⁠142440–––
Sep 24atColgateW 35–⁠102211–––
Oct 1atHarvardW 30–⁠212460223–
Oct 8vs.BucknellW 57–⁠0–––112–
Oct 22atLafayetteW 24–⁠211161276–
Oct 29vs.FordhamW 53–⁠5271271279–
Nov 5vs.LehighW 42–⁠143360–––
Nov 12vs.BryantW 36–⁠296491379–
Nov 19atGeorgetownW 47–⁠103330–––
Dec 3vs.New HampshireW 35–⁠191110116–
Dec 10atSouth Dakota StateL 21–⁠41150233–
2021 Holy Cross 1 game, 2 tackles
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4atUConnW 38–⁠28––––––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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