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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
    17
  • SCK
    0
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --
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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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WK OPP RESULT TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
1 Ravens W 27 - 20 3 4 7 3 0 0 1 0
2 Bengals W 26 - 25 5 2 7 5 0 0 1 0
3 @Falcons W 22 - 17 7 1 8 6 0 0 0 0
4 @Chargers W 17 - 10 4 1 5 3 0 0 0 0

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2021 Kansas City Chiefs 16 12 70 42 112 57 0 0 3 0 1
2022 Kansas City Chiefs 17 17 108 72 180 99 2 0 3 2 15 7.5 15 0 1
2023 Kansas City Chiefs 8 8 38 22 60 27 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0
2024 Kansas City Chiefs 4 4 19 8 27 17 0 0 2 0
TOTAL 45 41 235 144 379 200 2 0 11 3 16 5.3 15 0 1 1
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