2021 Football Roster
Nico Bolden
- Position:
- Safety
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 215
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- St. Paul, Minn.
- High School:
- Woodbury
- Prev School:
- New Mexico
2022 Season
- Started season opener at Washington, made 6 tackles
- Started at #7 Oklahoma, led the team with 12 tackles including a shared tackle for loss
- Started in home opener against LIU, led the team with 9 tackles
- Started at #1 Georgia, recorded 9 tackles
- Started in MAC opener against Ohio, made 7 tackles including a tackle for loss
- Started at Miami, made 6 tackles
- Started at Toledo, led the team with 14 tackles
- Started in Wagon Wheel victory over Akron, recorded 9 tackles
- Started against Ball State, led the team with 10 tackles
- Started at Bowling Green, led the team with 10 tackles
- Started at Buffalo, tied for the team lead with 11 tackles
- Led the Flashes in tackles on the season with 103
2021 Season
• Saw action against #6 Texas A&M making 3 tackles
• Saw time in the home opener against VMI making 5 tackles
• Got some action at #5 Iowa and had 5 tackles
• Saw time at Maryland making 4 tackles
• Started against Bowling Green making 7 tackles
• Started at Ohio recording 12 tackles
• Started against NIU recording a team high 12 tackles and forced a fumble and recovered it
• Started at Central Michigan and recorded a team high 12 tackles
• Started at Akron making 4 tackles including a sack
• Started against Miami recording a team high 10 tackles
PRIOR TO KENT STATE (NEW MEXICO)
2020 (Redshirt Junior Season) : Played in four games for the Lobos...Made 25 total tackles including 15 solo and one for loss...Forced three fumbles...Had season-high 12 tackles and two forced fumbles against Air Force
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore Season): Played in 11 games with one start … recorded 16 tackles, including one tackle for loss … earned a start against Wyoming and recorded a career-high eight tackles … also had three tackles against both Boise State and Air Force … had a tackle for loss for three yards against Air Force.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman Season): Played in 10 games, playing mostly on special teams … recorded six tackles on the season … saw action at safety against both Utah State and Boise State, recording five tackles combined for those two games.
2017 (Freshman Season): Redshirted.
High School: Lettered three times at Woodbury High School for coach Andy Hill … listed as the No. 4 recruit out of Minnesota in 2016 by 247sports.com … in 2016, recorded 40 tackles, 2 interceptions, 131 yards receiving and 1 TD, 9 kickoff returns for 312 yards and 2 TDs and 6 punt returns for 106 yards … in 2015, recorded 43 tackles, 2 interceptions and 1 forced fumble … named Suburban Eastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year and 1st Team All-State as a senior … named two-time All-District … named to the All-Combine Team at the 2016 US Army National Combine … also lettered twice in track … chose the Lobos over Vanderbilt, Syracuse, Washington State, Wyoming and Buffalo.
Personal: His parents are Darryl and Angel … has two brothers, Tim and Caleb, and a sister, Ryan … Graduated from New Mexico with a degree in business administration
