It was before 7 a.m. and the sun was barely rising a few weeks ago when Boise State wide receiver Austin Bolt walked outside his girlfriends house to leave for practice.
One problem? His truck wasn’t there.
A day after losing his keys, Bolt’s truck – a black 2007 Ford Sport Trac – was stolen from the street outside his girlfriend’s house.
“It was weird,” Bolt said. “I couldn’t find the keys and the next thing I know I woke up the next day and it wasn’t there.”
Bolt misplaced the keys while at his girlfriends house and had planned to get another ride to practice until he could find them. Turns out he never got the chance.
“I don’t know if someone stole my keys or if I left them next to the truck or if they somehow found my key fab and started clicking it or what,” Bolt said. “She lives in a nice neighborhood so it was a shock to her and all of her neighbors.
“I’ve had that car for six years and I think I’ve left my keys in there probably 100 times and I’ve had it unlocked and nobody has ever taken anything. It’s crazy. I would never think that would happen to me in Idaho.”
Bolt filed a police report and contacted his insurance. He’s since found out he’ll get close to $9,000 for the truck, so not all is lost.
But he still really wants what was inside his truck when it was taken.
“I had a bowling ball and shoes and my lefty golf clubs were in there,” Bolt said. “I just want those back honestly. I’m a big bowler. It’s hard to get size 14-15 bowling shoes, so I want those. And my lefty clubs.”
Bolt is primed for a breakout season at wide receiver for the Broncos. He had six catches for 175 yards and two touchdowns last season after returning from injury, and he’s had a strong fall camp – even with this on his mind.
“He handled it like a true professional and didn’t skip a beat,” wide receivers coach Matt Miller said. “With so much going on during fall camp, from 6 a.m. all the way to 10 p.m. and dealing with something like that too, obviously I feel really bad for him but he hasn’t skipped a beat. Hopefully we can find that dang thing.”
Bolt doesn’t feel great about finding the truck or what was inside. But he’s holding out hope.
“If you see a little black Ford Sport Trac truck, call me or somebody around here because that’s mine,” Bolt said. “And I had a lot of good memories with that thing.”
Bolt and the Broncos open up the 2024 season on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT at Georgia Southern.
