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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
    9
  • SCK
    0
  • FF
    0
  • 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 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 2 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Game Halves

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Half 2 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last Two Minutes of Half 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Half 2 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Home vs Road

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Home Games 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road Games 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Point Differential

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Ahead 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 1-8 Points 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind 2 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 1-8 Points 2 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tied 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Quarters

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Quarter 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter within 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Quarter 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3rd Quarter 2 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stadium Surfaces

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Grass 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turf 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 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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