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George-Karlaftis

George Karlaftis

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#56

Experience: 3 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 23

Weight: 263 lbs

College: Purdue

2024 SEASON

  • Solo
    12
  • SCK
    5
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --
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Defense

YEAR TEAM G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
2024 Kansas City Chiefs 12 25 12 13 5 0 3
2023 Kansas City Chiefs 16 45 28 17 10.5 0 3
2022 Kansas City Chiefs 17 32 17 15 6 0 7
TOTAL 45 102 57 45 21.5 0 13 0 0 0 0 0

Fumbles

YEAR TEAM G FUM LOST FF OWN FR OPP FR TD
2024 Kansas City Chiefs 12 0
2023 Kansas City Chiefs 16 1
2022 Kansas City Chiefs 17 0 0 0 2 0
TOTAL 45 0 0 1 0 2 0

Biography

  • Karlaftis enters his third season with the Chiefs in 2024.
  • Originally entered the NFL as the second of two first-round picks (30th overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Career Highlights:

  • Recorded double-digit sacks (10.5) in 2023, tying with DT Chris Jones for the most amongst the defense.
  • Totaled 16.5 sacks in his first two seasons, the third-most in a Chiefs player's first two seasons.
  • In 2022, George Karlaftis became the 19th player in franchise history to start all regular season games in their rookie season. Karlaftis joins C Creed Humphrey and G Trey Smith to be the first three to start 17 games in their rookie season since the NFL added a 17th regular season game in the 2021 season.
  • As a rookie, finished the 2022 season with the second-most sacks on the team (6.0) behind DT Chris Jones (15.5).

Transactions:

  • Originally entered the NFL as the second of two first-round picks (30th overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2022 NFL Draft.
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