#18

James Bostic

Senior wide receiver for Ohio. 2022: 33 catches, 607 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Ohio · Sr. · #18

6′3″ · 230 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 52 · #192 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceOhio 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Ohio. 2022: 33 catches, 607 receiving yards, 1 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Ohio, 765 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 136 yds vs Florida Atlantic.Florida Atlantic · W 41-382022

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2020

Frank Solich

Ohio

2021–2022

Tim Albin

Ohio

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Solich → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Vanderbilt3-9HC: Derek Mason · Balanced, slow tempo

2020Vanderbilt0-9HC: Derek Mason · Balanced

2021Ohio2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced

2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #192 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (93rd percentile). Strength: explosive rate (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#45 / 636 · 93rd pct

17.2

Explosive rate#82 / 636 · 87th pct

22.0%

EPA / target#201 / 636 · 68th pct

0.83

Catch rate#429 / 636 · 33rd pct

73.2%

TD rate#530 / 636 · 17th pct

2.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#37 / 550 · 93rd pct

18.4

Rec yards#155 / 550 · 72nd pct

607

Long catch#219 / 550 · 59th pct

Receptions#250 / 550 · 54th pct

Rec TDs#382 / 550 · 21st pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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
Home7g	2.7	54.6	20.5	0.1
Road6g	2.3	37.5	17.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	53.1	20.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	39.2	17.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #192 of 488 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Ohio	33	607	18.4	1	--
2021	Vanderbilt	5	34	6.8	0	--
2020	Vanderbilt	1	12	12.0	0	--
2019	Vanderbilt	11	112	10.2	0	--
Career		50	765	15.3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022

W 59–52

vs Fordham

3 rec · 90 yds

Edged out Fordham at home in a shootout.

With K. Rourke — 537 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.0 · 45 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · K. Wilburn — 1 rec · 34 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Western Michigan · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +4.52Kurtis Rourke pass complete to James Bostic for 48 yds to the WMich 21 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida Atlantic · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.40Kurtis Rourke pass complete to James Bostic for 54 yds to the FlAtl 26 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Miami (OH) · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Kurtis Rourke pass complete to James Bostic for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Kurtis Rourke pass complete to James Bostic for 38 yds to the NoIll 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Miami (OH) · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Kurtis Rourke pass complete to James Bostic for 18 yds to the MiaOh 47 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.90CJ Harris pass complete to James Bostic for 32 yds to the Ohio 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Fordham · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.89K.Rourke pass complete to OHI 25. Catch made by J.Bostic at OHI 25. Gain of 35 yards. J.Bostic ran out of bounds.
Week 10 · Buffalo · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Kurtis Rourke pass complete to James Bostic for 25 yds to the Ohio 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida Atlantic · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Kurtis Rourke pass complete to James Bostic for 15 yds for a TD, (Nathanial Vakos KICK)
Week 4 · Fordham · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.50K.Rourke pass complete to OHI 42. Catch made by J.Bostic at OHI 42. Gain of 38 yards. Tackled by B.Ferguson at FOR 20.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 41-38vs Florida Atlantic	6	136	22.7	1	54	Season-high 136 yds
Wk 2	L 10-46@ Penn State	3	31	10.3	0	14
Wk 4	W 59-52vs Fordham	3	90	30.0	0	38
Wk 5	L 24-31@ Kent State	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 6	W 55-34vs Akron	2	25	12.5	0	13
Wk 7	W 33-14@ Western Michigan	2	50	25.0	0	48
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Northern Illinois	1	38	38.0	0	38
Wk 10	W 45-24vs Buffalo	3	39	13.0	0	25
Wk 11	W 37-21@ Miami (OH)	5	83	16.6	0	25
Wk 12	W 32-18@ Ball State	2	21	10.5	0	16
Wk 13	W 38-14vs Bowling Green	2	37	18.5	0	32
Wk 14	L 7-17vs Toledo	2	17	8.5	0	10
Bowl	W 30-27@ Wyoming	1	15	15.0	0	15
Total		33	607	18.9	1	54

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

James Bostic

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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