George Karlaftis
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Experience: 5 years
Height: 6-4
Age: 25
Weight: 263 lbs
College: Purdue
2025 SEASON
- Solo23
- SCK6
- FF0
- INT--
Preseason
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 08/22/2025 | Bears | L 27 - 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | 08/15/2025 | @Seahawks | L 16 - 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 08/09/2025 | @Cardinals | L 17 - 20 |
Regular Season
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 01/04/2026 | @Raiders | L 12 - 14 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 12/25/2025 | Broncos | L 13 - 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | 12/21/2025 | @Titans | L 9 - 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | 12/14/2025 | Chargers | L 13 - 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | 12/07/2025 | Texans | L 10 - 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | 11/27/2025 | @Cowboys | L 28 - 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | 11/23/2025 | Colts | W 23 - 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | 11/16/2025 | @Broncos | L 19 - 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | 11/02/2025 | @Bills | L 21 - 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | 10/27/2025 | Commanders | W 28 - 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | 10/19/2025 | Raiders | W 31 - 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | 10/12/2025 | Lions | W 30 - 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | 10/06/2025 | @Jaguars | L 28 - 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | 09/28/2025 | Ravens | W 37 - 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 09/21/2025 | @Giants | W 22 - 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | 09/14/2025 | Eagles | L 17 - 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 09/05/2025 | @Chargers | L 21 - 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
- Karlaftis enters his fourth season with the Chiefs in 2025.
- 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:
- Led Kansas City in sacks (8.0) in 2024.
- 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 joined 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:
Re-signed with Kansas City (7/21/25) ... Originally entered the NFL as the second of two first-round picks (30th overall) by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2022 NFL Draft.