Football Game Day Feature: Making the Pitch
Football Game Day Feature: The Class of 2025
2024: Team captain.... Named to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society.... Completed 60-112 passes for 857 yards and 10 touchdowns in nine games as a senior for the Bobcats.... Carried the ball 43 times for 71 yards and two touchdowns on the season in the triple option offense.... Completed all seven of his pass attempts for 137 yards and a touchdown in a 24-13 win over eventual NESCAC champion Wesleyan -- his 86-yard TD pass to Ryan Gleason '27 against the Cardinals broke the record for the the longest forward pass in Bates football history (Sept. 28).... Carried the ball 11 times for a season-high 54 yards and a touchdown against Colby (Oct. 5).... Passed for 100 yards and a touchdown and rushed four times for 21 yards and a touchdown against Tufts (Oct. 12).... Completed 10 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns against Williams (Oct. 19).... Turned in his strongest performance of the season, completing 13-15 passes for a season-high 173 yards and three touchdowns in a 21-20 win over Middlebury (Oct. 26).... Completed 10 of 14 passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns against Hamilton (Nov. 9).
2023: Team captain.... Completed 113-224 passes for 1,313 yards and 11 touchdowns in eight games as a junior for the Bobcats.... Passed for 125 yards and a touchdown while carrying the ball 10 times for 25 yards against Wesleyan (Sept. 15).... Completed 11 of 20 passes for 162 yards and two touchdowns at Tufts (Sept. 23).... Completed a season-high 28 passes on 49 attempts for a season-high 312 yards and three touchdowns against Colby (Sept. 30).... Completed 18-35 passes for 184 yards and a touchdown against Amherst (Oct. 7).... Completed 60 percent of his passes (27-45) for 310 yards and two touchdowns against Bowdoin (Oct. 14).... Passed for 144 yards and a touchdown aganst Hamilton (Nov. 11).
2022: In eight games, Bosselait broke the school record for touchdowns responsible for in a season with 21 touchdowns accounted for: 17 passing, four rushing.... That total surpasses the program record of 19 formerly held by Chuck Laurie '79, who set the mark back in 1978.... Bosselait's 17 passing touchdowns ties him with Laurie and Jim Murphy '69
 for the most passing touchdowns in one season in Bates history.... His 1,817 passing yards on the year breaks a record set by Brendan Costa '22 in 2021, when Costa passed for a then-record 1,680 yards.... Led Bates to the program's first win over Amherst since 1999 with 239 passing yards and three touchdowns in a 27-23 victory (Oct. 8).... Completed 10 of 18 passes for 187 yards and a touchdown, also ran the ball nine times for 50 net yards and two touchdowns in a 21-14 win over Bowdoin (Oct. 15).... Tied the Bates single-game record with 31 pass completions for 360 yards and four touchdowns against Middlebury (Oct. 22).... Threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns to go along with 35 rushing yards and a touchdown at Williams (Oct. 29).... Completed a season-best 73.1% of his passes, going 19-26 for 260 yards and three touchdowns in a 19-14 win over Hamilton (Nov. 12).
2021: Made his first collegiate start in the final game of the regular season, throwing for a school-record 372 yards and four touchdowns in a 27-21 win over Hamilton (Nov. 13).... Completed 23 of 36 passes (63.9%) in the victory.... Also ran the ball 10 times for 23 yards against the Continentals....
Completed a 48-yard touchdown pass to Christian Olivieri as time expired to clinch the win.
Minor: Mathematics
Personal: 2021 graduate of Oakmont Regional High School (Mass.) where he competed football, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse ... National Honor Society.
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| Most influential person in your life? |
My parents |
| Go-to karaoke song? |
Heading South by Zach Bryan |
| TV show you could watch over and over? |
South Park |
| What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done? |
Cliff jumping |
| What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever tried? |
Frog legs |
| Why Bates? |
Bates gives me the opportunity to play competitive football, while getting a degree from a prestigious institution. |
