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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

Days

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Mondays 2 17 7 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Other Days (not Mon or Sun) 2 18 11 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sundays 8 61 26 35 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Months

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
November 4 38 17 21 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 26 11 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
September 4 32 16 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Opponents by Group

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
vs AFC Teams 7 55 28 27 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
vs NFC Teams 5 41 16 25 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Outside Own Division 9 80 32 48 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
vs Own Division 3 16 12 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Opponents by Team

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Baltimore Ravens 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buffalo Bills 1 14 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dallas Cowboys 1 10 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Denver Broncos 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit Lions 1 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indianapolis Colts 1 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacksonville Jaguars 1 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Las Vegas Raiders 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Giants 1 12 4 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia Eagles 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles Chargers 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington Commanders 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Outcomes

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Losses 6 55 30 25 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
Wins 6 41 14 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Stadiums

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium 6 35 13 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EverBank Stadium 1 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MetLife Stadium 1 12 4 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Highmark Stadium 1 14 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AT&T Stadium 1 10 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Empower Field at Mile High 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 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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