Nick Bolton: LB · Missouri · #32.
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Nick Bolton
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at Missouri: Barry Odom and Eli Drinkwitz. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-SEC again in 2020. On tape: 17 tackles against Tennessee, Week 5, 2020.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
95 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 19-38vs No. 2 Alabama | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 12-35@ No. 21 Tennessee | 17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 17 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 45-41@ No. 17 LSU | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-10vs Kentucky | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-41@ No. 10 Florida | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-10@ South Carolina | 14 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-0vs Vanderbilt | 9 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 50-48vs Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 14-49vs No. 12 Georgia | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 32-51@ Mississippi State | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 95 | 53 | 8.0 | 2.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
95tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%8 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
5%5 pass breakups95 tackles · 8 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 11.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 12.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 8.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
51.3%
363 pass / 344 run
Plays / game
70.7
10 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Missouri, 217 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #58 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
A stat line in 32 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2020)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
SEC Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 6th NFL season
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 6th NFL season
