Richie Hoskins

#5 · WR · Sr. · Vanderbilt6′1″ · 196 lb · Lake Forest, IL

Richie Hoskins is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Vanderbilt.

Hoskins moves the chains on third down. Third year in the same receiving corps at Vanderbilt. One game to point at: 70 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Utah State — Week 5, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Devin GandyLouisiana Tech · 2025 · 87% season match
Jake ThawDelaware · 2025 · 87% season match
Tyson MorrisArkansas · 2021 · 85% season match
Kobe PaysourNorth Carolina · 2022 · 84% season match
Moose Muhammad IIITexas A&M · 2023 · 84% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Vanderbilt	28	321	11.5	3	53
2024	Vanderbilt	11	131	11.9	2	31
2023	Vanderbilt	6	83	13.8	2	27
Career		45	535	11.9	7	53

Season	Team
2025	Vanderbilt	1	15
2024	Vanderbilt	--	--
2023	Vanderbilt	--	--
Career		1	15

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Charleston Southern	2	9	4.5	0	8
Wk 3	W 31-7@ No. 11 South Carolina	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 4	W 70-21vs Georgia State	3	26	8.7	0	14
Wk 5	W 55-35vs Utah State	4	70	17.5	1	53	Season-high 70 yds
Wk 6	L 14-30@ No. 10 Alabama	3	37	12.3	0	15
Wk 8	W 31-24vs No. 10 LSU	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 9	W 17-10vs No. 15 Missouri	2	17	8.5	0	12
Wk 10	L 31-34@ No. 20 Texas	5	54	10.8	1	22
Wk 11	W 45-38vs Auburn	3	25	8.3	0	12
Wk 13	W 45-17vs Kentucky	1	32	32.0	1	32
Wk 14	W 45-24@ No. 18 Tennessee	1	5	5.0	0	5
Bowl	L 27-34vs Iowa	2	16	8.0	0	11
Total		28	321	11.5	3	53

Signature game

Week 10 · 2025

L 31-34

at Texas

5 rec · 54 yds · 1 TD

With D. Pavia — 365 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 43 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · E. Stowers — 7 rec · 146 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Utah State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.10Diego Pavia pass complete to Richie Hoskins for 53 yds for a TD (Brock Taylor KICK)
Week 13 · Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Pavia to Hoskins: a 32-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · Texas · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.68Pavia to Hoskins: an 8-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · LSU · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Diego Pavia pass complete to Richie Hoskins for 16 yds to the LSU 37 for a
Week 9 · Missouri · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Pavia to Hoskins: a 12-yard pass.
Week 10 · Texas · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.87Pavia to Hoskins: a 14-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 11 · Auburn · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.77Pavia to Hoskins: a 6-yard pass.
Week 10 · Texas · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.76Pavia to Hoskins: a 22-yard pass.
Week 6 · Alabama · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +1.71Diego Pavia pass complete to Richie Hoskins for 13 yds to the VAN 41 for a
Week 6 · Alabama · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.50Diego Pavia pass complete to Richie Hoskins for 9 yds to the ALA 26 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

28 rec · 321 yds · 3 TD

25 of 28 receptions matched to play-by-play

11 of 29 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

298% of team targets

Catch rate

86%25 of 29 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

82% of targets (9)

100%catch rate

Air 4.2 · YAC 3.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

18% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air 11.5 · YAC 6.5 avg

86% catch rate on 29 targets · 8% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

33%11 of his 33 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Clark Lea — 19-19 over that span.

2023Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 39 (#317 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

39Below cohort / limited sample #317 of 485 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (86th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#115 / 798 · 86th pct

78.8%

EPA / target#296 / 798 · 63rd pct

0.50

TD rate#326 / 798 · 59th pct

3.0%

Yards / catch#471 / 798 · 41st pct

10.8

Explosive rate#582 / 798 · 27th pct

6.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#209 / 558 · 62nd pct

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Rush yards#135 / 287 · 53rd pct

Receptions#303 / 558 · 44th pct

Rec yards#340 / 558 · 39th pct

321

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#370 / 558 · 34th pct

11.5

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 in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	27.9	13.6	0.3
Road4g	2.5	27.5	10.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	28.7	10.8	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	24.8	13.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

Pass share

50.4%

400 pass / 394 run

Plays / game

61.1

13 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

395 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

28 catches and 1 carry in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

39 · #317 of 485 WRs · 2025

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #45 of 58 SEC WRs

How the All-SEC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).