#56
George Karlaftis
KC · 2022–presentACT
GeorgeKarlaftis#56EDGE
Age
25
Apr 3, 2001
Height
6'4"
76"
Weight
263
lb
College
Purdue
2019-2021
Drafted
2022
Rd 1, Pk 30
Exp
4
seasons
Contract
$88M
4y · $22.0M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Tackles
48
2025
TFL
10
regular season
Sacks
6.0
regular season
QB Hits
23
regular season
FF
0
regular season
Snap %
78%
avg / game
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2019 — Present · Includes honors
2022
Kansas City Chiefs · Edge Rusher
EDGE · 78 active weeks
NFL
2019–2021
Purdue · DE
NCAA

Draft Profile

2022 Draft
Selection
Round 1, Pick 30
#30 overall by Kansas City Chiefs
TeamKC
Overall#30

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaAtlanta Falcons. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.