Florida Gators land commitment from USF infielder Bobby Boser

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators landed a huge commitment from former USF Bulls infielder Bobby Boser, who will be a senior in 2025.

Boser led South Florida with 12 home runs in 2024 despite missing 22 games due to a broken hamate bone. He had seven home runs over the first 13 games of the season and hit five over the final 11 games. Boser was named the NCBWA National Hitter of the Week on March 12 two days after suffering the injury. The week prior he batted .476, slugged 1.381 and posted a .500 OBP. Boser recorded two doubles, one triple, five home runs, 16 RBI and 11 runs over five games that week. He also recorded the first cycle by a Bull since 2004.

Boser is a utility player who can play all over the field. He made 17 starts at second base, 11 at shortstop and two at third base last season for USF.

Boser finished his junior campaign with a .299 batting average, 18 extra-base hits, 28 runs scored, 32 RBI and six stolen bases. He ranks eighth all-time in program history with 31 home runs in 402 at-bats over 127 career games. He spent the summer playing with the Warehem Gatemen in the Cape Cod League. At the time of publishing, Boser was slashing .319/.443/.929. He

Bobby Boser at USF

2022: Played in 38 games and made 24 starts as a true freshman…made 12 starts at 2B, six at 1B, one at SS, one in LF, one in RF and three at DH…recorded five doubles, four homers and 12 RBI…had a pair of multi-hit games and two multi-RBI efforts…compiled a four-game hitting streak and a five-game streak of reaching base safely…first career homer against FIU (3/1)…season-high three hits and four RBI at Cincinnati (4/24)…went 3-for-5 with a homer, HBP and four runs scored in that game…named the MVP of the Sunbelt Baseball League (summer) All-Star Game…also named the Sunbelt League Player of the Year at the conclusion of the summer season.

2023: Played in 55 games and made 52 starts while having a breakout sophomore season, logging career highs in every offensive category…made 33 starts in center field, 12 at shortstop, four at second base and two at third base…led the Bulls with 15 home runs which tied for ninth all-time in program single-season history…posted a team-best 1.066 OPS…ranked second on the team in batting average (.323), runs (45) and walks (28), and ranked third in RBI (41)…recorded seven doubles and three triples…led the team and ranked sixth in the AAC in slugging (.621)…led the team in HBP (15) and OBP (.445)…ranked fourth in the AAC in OBP…led the team in stolen bases (8-for-9)…batted .367 with 15 extra-base hits, nine homers and 24 RBI during AAC play…led the AAC in slugging (.744) and ranked fifth in batting average (.367) during league play…tallied 16 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI efforts throughout the season…concluded the year with season bests in hitting (17) and reached base (21) streaks…recorded a trio of two-homer games, including opening night vs. Maryland (2/17)…launched 12 home runs over a 17-game span from 4/11-5/12…homered in back-to-back games twice during the season…tallied a season-best three hits four times…recorded a season-high four RBI in an 8-7 win over No. 13 Maryland on opening night (2/17)…posted a .994 fielding percentage with only one error splitting his time between shortstop and centerfield…named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll twice…named one of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s National Players of the Week (4/17)…played for Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod League over the summer and was named to the West Division All-Star Team.

2024: Played in 34 games and made 30 starts…made 17 starts at second base, 11 at shortstop and two at third base…broke his hamate bone on March 10 and missed 22 games from the starting lineup before returning full-time on April 19…led the Bulls with 12 home runs despite missing nearly a third of the season…batted .299 with 18 extra-base hits, 32 RBI and 28 runs scored…slugged .667…drew 10 walks and posted a .351 OBP…went 6-for-8 in stolen base attempts…became the first USF player to hit for the cycle since 2004 at Jacksonville (3/6)…recorded six RBI at Jacksonville and a career-high seven RBI the day before at UNF (3/5)…hit a pair of homers at UNF (3/5) and vs. North Carolina A&T (3/8)…was named the NCBWA National Hitter of the Week on March 12 after hitting .476 (10-for-21) with a .500 OBP, two doubles, one triple, five homers, 16 RBI and 11 runs scored over a five-game span…the five total homers came in three consecutive games…homered in three straight games twice on the year…homered on Opening Day for the second straight season…tallied 11 multi-hit games, including a four-hit effort at Jacksonville when he hit for the cycle…recorded six multi-RBI games…longest hitting streak (8 games) and longest reached base streak (8).