George Karlaftis is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Karlaftis in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Karlaftis's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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George Karlaftis

Top 11% all-time pass rushersIron Man⭐ Shooting Star · 2023

Height6'4"

Weight263 lb

BornApr 3, 2001

Age25

CollegePurdue See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 1, Pick 30 · KC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

12thPlayoff Sacks·8

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 99 · #1133 · High-Value

Worth 99 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 25% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.8

Avg surplus

peak +36

4 seasons × ~24.8 surplus ≈ VORP 99

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2022	—	KC	17	—	32	17	15	8	11	6.0	25.0	0	7	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	730	63.8%	70	15.3%	6	4	0.7	119.4	0.3	21	11	3	9	4	0.1
2023	—	KC	16	—	46	28	18	7	17	10.5	34.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	755	74.8%	65	16.4%	7	6	0.9	99.4	1.3	35	18	4	1	4	0.1
2024	—	KC	16	—	32	18	14	9	28	8.0	45.0	0	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	831	82.7%	65	16.0%	8	4	0.5	63.0	1.6	37	11	18	0	1	0.0
2025	—	KC	16	—	46	23	23	10	23	6.0	39.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	762	77.5%	68	16.9%	3	2	0.7	81.2	-1.7	31	9	15	0	3	0.1
Career		—	65	—	156	86	70	34	79	30.5	143.5	0	17	1	3	0	0	—	0.0%	3,078	74.7%	268	16.1%	24	16	—	—	—	124	49	40	10	12	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2022	21	KC	17	11*	32	17	15	8	11	6.0	25.0	7	0	2	12.6
2023	22	KC	16	12*	46	28	18	7	17	10.5	34.5	3	1	—	15.9
2024	23	KC	16	13*	32	18	14	9	28	8.0	45.0	5	0	—	17.1
2025	24	KC	16	12*	46	23	23	10	23	6.0	39.0	2	0	1	15.7
Career			65	48*	156	86	70	34	79	—	—	17	1	3	61.3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2022	21	KC	17	11*	—	0.0%	730	63.8%	70	15.3%
2023	22	KC	16	12*	—	0.0%	755	74.8%	65	16.4%
2024	23	KC	16	13*	—	0.0%	831	82.7%	65	16.0%
2025	24	KC	16	12*	—	0.0%	762	77.5%	68	16.9%
Career			65	48*	—	—	3,078	—	268	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2022	21	KC	17	11*	6	4	0.7	119.4	0.3	21	11	3	9	4	0.1
2023	22	KC	16	12*	7	6	0.9	99.4	1.3	35	18	4	1	4	0.1
2024	23	KC	16	13*	8	4	0.5	63.0	1.6	37	11	18	0	1	0.0
2025	24	KC	16	12*	3	2	0.7	81.2	-1.7	31	9	15	0	3	0.1
Career			65	48*	24	16	—	—	—	124	49	40	10	12	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 71 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 71 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 76.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 71· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 76

On-field 56.8

Availability 19.2

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2022bestavg 76elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Sacks leader15

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.247See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.247Snap share74.7%Def snaps3,078ConsistentCV 0.11

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2022

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2022 class

38"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 87thClass Pos 86thClass All 89th

121"

Broad Jump

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 70thClass Pos 46thClass All 59th

21 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 50thClass Pos 30thClass All 37th

4.36s

Shuttle

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 47thClass Pos 42thClass All 74th

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl36Solo21Ast15TFL8QBHits16Sk8.0Dis32.0PD1FR2

College Stats

PurdueCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Purdue), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2022 Draft Class· this player went #30

#22Quay WalkerLB #23Kaiir ElamCB #24Tyler SmithOT #25Tyler LinderbaumC #26Jermaine Johnson IIDE #27Devin LloydLB #28Devonte WyattDT #29Cole StrangeG #31Daxton HillDB #32Lewis CineSAF #33Logan HallDE #34Christian WatsonWR #35Roger McCrearyCB #36Breece HallRB #37Jalen PitreSAF #38Arnold EbiketieLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

George inherited the Kansas City Chiefs DL room from Tershawn Wharton (2020–2024), and handed it to Charles Omenihu (2023–2025).

Neil Smith 1988–1996Joe Phillips 1992–1997Darren Mickell 1993–1995Pellom McDaniels 1993–1998Vaughn Booker 1994–1997John Browning

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with KC
2022draft
Drafted by KC — Round 1, Pick 30

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 263 lb

Frame

38" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	KC	0	W18Doubtful· Coaching Decision
2023	KC	0	W6Questionable· HamstringW18Questionable· Coaching

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 4-season peers. See all →

peak 78

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2022

A2023

B+2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

96%

2022

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2022	6	0.4	6	0.4
2023	10.5	0.7	12+1.5	0.7
2024	8	0.5	9+1	0.5
2025	6	0.4	6	0.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

99 career value over replacement — #1133 all-time of 4,642. 24.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #30 (Rd 1) · KC · 2022 · +16.1 vs expected KV-H

71actual

54.9 expected · Δ+16.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2022

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2022 Draft Class· this player went #30

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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