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 | 08/22/2024 | Bears | L 21 - 34 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 08/17/2024 | Lions | L 23 - 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 08/10/2024 | @Jaguars | L 13 - 26 |
Regular Season
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 01/05/2025 | @Broncos | L 0 - 38 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 12/25/2024 | @Steelers | W 29 - 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | 12/21/2024 | Texans | W 27 - 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | 12/15/2024 | @Browns | W 21 - 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | 12/08/2024 | Chargers | W 19 - 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | 11/29/2024 | Raiders | W 19 - 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | 11/24/2024 | @Panthers | W 30 - 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | 11/17/2024 | @Bills | L 21 - 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | 11/10/2024 | Broncos | W 16 - 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | 11/04/2024 | Buccaneers | W 30 - 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | 10/27/2024 | @Raiders | W 27 - 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | 10/20/2024 | @49ers | W 28 - 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | 10/07/2024 | Saints | W 26 - 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | 09/29/2024 | @Chargers | W 17 - 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 09/22/2024 | @Falcons | W 22 - 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | 09/15/2024 | Bengals | W 26 - 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 09/05/2024 | Ravens | W 27 - 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Post Season
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 02/09/2025 | @Eagles | L 22 - 40 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 01/26/2025 | Bills | W 32 - 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | 01/18/2025 | Texans | W 23 - 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 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.