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George Karlaftis

George Karlaftis

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#56

Experience: 4 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 24

Weight: 263 lbs

College: Purdue

2025 SEASON

  • Solo
    17
  • SCK
    5
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --
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Defense

Field Position

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 9 10 3 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 10 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 7 13 7 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Game Halves

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Half 12 18 8 10 2.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last Two Minutes of Half 5 6 2 4 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Half 9 17 9 8 2.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Home vs Road

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Home Games 6 11 5 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Road Games 6 24 12 12 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Margin of Victory

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Margin 0-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 15+ 3 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 8-14 2 11 7 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Point Differential

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Ahead 6 11 8 3 2.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 1-8 Points 5 5 2 3 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 9-16 Points 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind 7 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 1-8 Points 6 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 9-16 Points 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tied 12 15 7 8 2.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Quarters

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Quarter 9 13 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter 8 15 8 7 1.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter within 7 4 9 3 6 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Quarter 9 5 2 3 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3rd Quarter 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stadium Surfaces

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Grass 7 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Turf 5 21 10 11 3 0 1 0 0 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.

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