Richie Hoskins

Senior wide receiver for Vanderbilt. 2025: 28 catches, 321 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Vanderbilt · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 196 lb · Lake Forest, IL

CFB Index 39 · #317 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Vanderbilt for 2026

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Catch rate: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

321

receiving yards · 2025

28 catches · 3 TD · 11.5 per catch

Swing playSwung Vanderbilt from 19% to 43% to win.Vanderbilt at Texas · 34-31

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Vanderbilt. 2025: 28 catches, 321 receiving yards, 3 TD.

His career, year by year

Richie Hoskins

WR · Vanderbilt · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. This is his third year in the same receiving corps at Vanderbilt. One game to point at: 70 rec yds, 4 receptions against Utah State — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #317 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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).

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%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.2	26.4	12.9	0.2
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #317 of 485 WRs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #45 of 58 SEC WRs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025

W 45–24

at Tennessee

1 rec · 5 yds

Dominant 21-point win on the road against Tennessee.

With D. Pavia — 268 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 92.8 · 165 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD · T. Richardson — 6 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.10Diego Pavia pass complete to Richie Hoskins for 53 yds for a TD (Brock Taylor KICK)
Week 13 · Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Richie Hoskins 32 Yd pass from Diego Pavia (Brock Taylor Kick)
Week 10 · Texas · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.68(00:38) Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete short right to #5 R.Hoskins caught at TEX00, for 8 yards to the TEX00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:33 #88 B.Taylor kick attempt good (H: #38 N.Haberer, LS: #46 D.Harris)
Week 8 · LSU · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Diego Pavia pass complete to Richie Hoskins for 16 yds to the LSU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Missouri · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete short middle to #5 R.Hoskins caught at VANDY31, for 12 yards to the VANDY39 (#12 D.Norwood), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Texas · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.87(01:20) Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete short right to #5 R.Hoskins caught at TEX24, for 14 yards to the TEX20 (#0 A.Hill Jr.), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Auburn · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.77(01:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete short right to #5 R.Hoskins caught at VANDY50, for 6 yards to the AUBURN49 (#21 A.Fegans; #23 J.Crawford), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY AUBURN Face Mask (#28 K.Louidor-Faustin) 15 yards from AUBURN49 to AUBURN34, 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.76(01:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 D.Pavia pass complete short right to #5 R.Hoskins caught at TEX49, for 22 yards to the TEX40 (#3 J.Guilbeau; #4 J.McDonald), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Alabama · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.71Diego Pavia pass complete to Richie Hoskins for 13 yds to the VAN 41 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Alabama · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.50Diego Pavia pass complete to Richie Hoskins for 9 yds to the ALA 26 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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@ Alabama	3	37	12.3	0	15
Wk 8	W 31-24vs LSU	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 9	W 17-10vs Missouri	2	17	8.5	0	12
Wk 10	L 31-34@ 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@ Tennessee	1	5	5.0	0	5
Bowl	L 27-34vs Iowa	2	16	8.0	0	11
Total		28	321	12.1	3	53