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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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Preseason

WK Game Date OPP RESULT Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF FR
3 08/23/2024 Bears L 21 - 34
2 08/17/2024 Lions L 23 - 24
1 08/10/2024 @Jaguars L 13 - 26

Regular Season

WK Game Date OPP RESULT Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF FR
4 09/29/2024 @Chargers W 17 - 10 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
3 09/23/2024 @Falcons W 22 - 17 8 6 1 0 0 0 0
2 09/15/2024 Bengals W 26 - 25 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
1 09/06/2024 Ravens W 27 - 20 7 3 4 0 0 1 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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