As of week 7, George Karlaftis was a DE for KC, age 25.4, 4 seasons of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 1 on his club's depth chart; he had played 5 games on 85% of snaps; his line was 4.2 tackles a game, 0.2 sacks a game and 0.8 passes defended a game. Before 2026 he played 75 games (postseason included) over 4 seasons. His injury history held 5 episodes (abdomen 1, hamstring 1, hand 1); the last was an illness injury in 2025 week 17.
The full read
In short
George Karlaftis is a starter at left defensive end for KC — 89% of the snaps in his best week of 5. His team has not listed him on the final report.
He is not on this week's injury report
Which is the ordinary state of a healthy player, and it is a successful read rather than a missing one. We publish a call for every player a team lists; if the week has not been called yet, it will say so on the week's page.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Tackles / game4.2 range 2.0–6.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Sacks / game0.2 range 0.0–1.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Passes defended / game0.8 range 0.0–2.0
wk 1–6 · 5 games · above most of his peers
Snap share84.6% range 79–89
wk 1–6 · 5 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
86%wk 1
89%wk 2
79%wk 3
88%wk 4
81%wk 6
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2025 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 17
illness
1
Questionable
2025 · wk 11
hand
4
—
2024 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
Doubtful
2024 · wk 10
abdomen
2
—
2023 · wk 18
Not injury related
1
Questionable
2023 · wk 6
hamstring
2
Questionable
2023 · wk 5
knee
1
—
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 8 episodes · 13 weeks on a report · same site more than once: not injury related ×3
2023
Not injury related · 1whamstring · 2wknee · 1w
2024
Not injury related · 1wabdomen · 2w
2025
Not injury related · 1willness · 1whand · 4w
2026
Weeks 1–18
doubtful
questionable
listed, and played
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Jaylon Moore
T
DNP
team's word
Out
Rashee Rice
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Brashard Smith
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Josh Simmons
T
DNP
team's word
—
Cooper McDonald
LB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Profile — as of week 7
Role
DE1 · 85% snaps
Season
2026 · 5 games through wk 6
Per game
4.2 tackles · 0.2 sacks · 0.8 passes defended
Career
4 seasons · 75 games before 2026
Injuries
5 episodes · last: illness, 2025 wk 17
Bio
age 25.4 · 4 seasons' experience · drafted round 1
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.