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 | 08/26/2023 | Browns | W 33 - 32 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 08/19/2023 | @Cardinals | W 38 - 10 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 08/13/2023 | @Saints | L 24 - 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regular Season
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 01/07/2024 | @Chargers | W 13 - 12 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 12/31/2023 | Bengals | W 25 - 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | 12/25/2023 | Raiders | L 14 - 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | 12/17/2023 | @Patriots | W 27 - 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | 12/10/2023 | Bills | L 17 - 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | 12/03/2023 | @Packers | L 19 - 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | 11/26/2023 | @Raiders | W 31 - 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | 11/20/2023 | Eagles | L 17 - 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | 11/05/2023 | Dolphins | W 21 - 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | 10/29/2023 | @Broncos | L 9 - 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | 10/22/2023 | Chargers | W 31 - 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | 10/12/2023 | Broncos | W 19 - 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | 10/08/2023 | @Vikings | W 27 - 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | 10/01/2023 | @Jets | W 23 - 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 09/24/2023 | Bears | W 41 - 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | 09/17/2023 | @Jaguars | W 17 - 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 09/07/2023 | Lions | L 20 - 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Post Season
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 02/11/2024 | 49ers | W 25 - 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 01/28/2024 | @Ravens | W 17 - 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 01/21/2024 | @Bills | W 27 - 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 01/13/2024 | Dolphins | W 26 - 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
- Karlaftis enters his fifth season with the Chiefs in 2026.
- 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).
- 2022 PFW/PFWA All-Rookie team.
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.