Education
Boston attended North Fort Myers in North Fort Myers, Florida. As a junior, he posted 41 tackles with 16 solo stops, 4 interceptions on defense and caught 43 passes for 736 yards and 5 touchdowns on offense. He was named first-team all-area at defensive back his final two seasons.
He was named Most Valuable Player of the John Carrigan Rotary South All-Star Classic in Fort
Myers in December, 2009. He scored 17 touchdowns as a senior, including 11 rushing, five receiving and one on defense.
He led his team with 103 carries for 841 yards, and also had 24 receptions for 364 yards. Defensively, he picked off six passes for 119 yards and recovered one fumble.
Considered a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was rated as the 80th best cornerback prospect of his class.
Career
He was drafted by the Panthers in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina. As a true freshman, Boston started 4 games as a cornerback and played in 10 games overall.
During the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game against Louisiana State University, Boston posted three tackles, forced two fumbles, broke up a pass and made an interception.
During his true sophomore season, Boston finished the season third on the team with 70 tackles, including 48 primary stops, and led the team with three interceptions for 20 yards. He also broke up 2 passes, recovered 2 fumbles, and forced a fumble.
He tied for sixth in the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination with 3 interceptions. In the Independence Bowl against Missouri, Boston posted 6 tackles.
In his junior season, Boston earned an honorable mention All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination honors from both the media and the coaches.
He started all 12 games at safety and led the team in tackles with 86 stops on the year, including 49 solo tackles, and added six pass breakups. He also shared the team lead in interceptions with four and returned one for a touchdown. He was also awarded Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Defensive Back of the Week twice after games against Miami and Virginia.
Against Duke, Boston registered a career-high 17 tackles and an interception, including 8 solo tackles.
During his senior season, Boston earned second-team All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination honors at safety after finishing the regular season with a team-high 85 tackles and four interceptions. 2014 NFL Draft Boston was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round (128th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Carolina Panthers Boston underwent sports hernia surgery during the offseason on June 4, 2014. Boston earned the starting safety position over Thomas DeCoud midway through the season.
Foreign the season, Boston missed just one tackle and allowed just five receptions on 222 coverage snaps, ranking 4th-best among all safeties in the NFL of comparable sample size.
In the 2016 NFC Championship game, Boston intercepted quarterback Carson Palmer during the 4th quarter of the Carolina Panthers" 49-15 rout of the Arizona Cardinals on January 24, 2016. In Super Bowl 50, Boston had 1 tackle, but had 2 penalties as the Panthers lost 24-10 to the Denver Broncos.
