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Nick-Bolton

Nick Bolton

LB

#32

Experience: 4 years

Height: 5-11

Age: 24

Weight: 237 lbs

College: Missouri

2024 SEASON

  • Solo
    66
  • SCK
    3
  • FF
    1
  • INT
    1
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Defense

Field Position

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 16 53 38 15 1.5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 12 17 7 10 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 15 28 20 8 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Game Halves

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Half 16 40 28 12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Last Two Minutes of Half 8 11 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Half 16 59 38 21 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0

Home vs Road

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Home Games 8 50 34 16 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Road Games 8 49 32 17 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0

Margin of Victory

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Margin 0-7 10 60 42 18 2.5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 15+ 1 8 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 8-14 4 25 17 8 0.5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0

Point Differential

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Ahead 15 70 45 25 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 1-8 Points 15 40 29 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 9-16 Points 9 29 15 14 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Behind 6 14 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 1-8 Points 5 13 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 9-16 Points 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tied 16 15 11 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Quarters

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Quarter 14 21 16 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter 15 28 21 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter within 7 10 18 13 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Quarter 13 19 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3rd Quarter 16 31 17 14 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Stadium Surfaces

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Turf 16 99 66 33 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 0

Biography

  • Bolton enters his fourth season with the Chiefs in 2024.
  • Originally entered the NFL as a second-round pick (58th overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Career Highlights:

  • Finished second overall league wide in total tackles made in 2022 (180) and recorded the franchise's single-season best.
  • Had nine games with 10 or more tackles in 2022, marking the most 10+-tackle games in a single-season in Chiefs history.
  • Against the Denver Broncos (1/8/22), Bolton scooped up a fumble and returned it 86 yards for a touchdown. The fumble return ties for the fourth-longest fumble return for a touchdown in franchise history. It marked Bolton's first-career fumble recovery and his first career defensive touchdown.
  • Led the team with 112 total tackles (70 solo, 42 assisted) and 11 tackles for loss in 2021.
  • Moved into fifth place for most tackles in a season (112) by a rookie player in franchise history, passing S Greg Wesley (101, 2000).

Postseason Career Highlights:

  • In Super Bowl LVII in Arizona, Bolton returned a fumble 36 yards for a touchdown that helped tie the Chiefs 14-14 with the Eagles. Bolton had a similar play later in the game that ended up being ruled back. His touchdown made him the first Mizzou Tiger to score in the Super Bowl.

Honors:

  • Was voted by teammates as a defensive team captain prior to the club's 2022 playoff games.
  • 2021 Mack Lee Hill Award winner, voted by teammates as best rookie.
  • 2021 PFWA All-Rookie Team.
  • October 2021 Defensive Rookie of the Month.

Transactions:

  • Originally entered the NFL as a second-round pick (58th overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2021 NFL Draft.
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