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Nick Bolton

Nick Bolton

LB

#32

Experience: 5 years

Height: 5-11

Age: 25

Weight: 237 lbs

College: Missouri

2025 SEASON

  • Solo
    44
  • SCK
    0
  • FF
    1
  • INT
    --
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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 7 12 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 12 45 22 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 7 10 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 10 29 10 19 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Game Halves

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Half 12 48 21 27 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Last Two Minutes of Half 9 12 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Half 12 47 23 24 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Home vs Road

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Home Games 6 35 13 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road Games 6 61 31 30 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0

Margin of Victory

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Margin 0-7 1 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 15+ 3 14 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 8-14 2 19 7 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Point Differential

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Ahead 9 36 18 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 1-8 Points 6 19 11 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 9-16 Points 5 13 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind 8 35 15 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 1-8 Points 8 34 15 19 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 9-16 Points 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tied 12 25 11 14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Quarters

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Quarter 11 23 10 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter 9 25 13 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter within 7 6 17 9 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Overtime 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Quarter 12 25 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3rd Quarter 11 22 10 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Stadium Surfaces

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Grass 7 41 18 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Turf 5 55 26 29 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

Biography

  • Bolton enters his fifth season with the Chiefs in 2025.
  • 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 fifth-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 tied the Chiefs 14-14 with the Eagles. Bolton had a similar play later in the game that was called back. His touchdown made him the first Missouri 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:
Re-signed with Kansas City (3/14/25) ... 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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