George Karlaftis is the latest member of the Chiefs to secure a big-ticket extension. Team and player have agreed to terms on a new deal, as first reported by NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
Providing details on the accord, ESPN’s Adam Schefter adds this four-year contract is worth $93MM. It includes $62MM in guarantees. The value of this pact is therefore almost identical to the extension guard Trey Smith signed in advance of the recent franchise tag deadline.
To no surprise, Karlaftis had his fifth-year option picked up this spring. That decision kept him under team control for the next two seasons, leaving team and player plenty of time to work out a long-term extension. In time for training camp, though, one has already been taken care of. The 24-year-old is now on the books through the 2030 campaign.
According to Schultz, this pact has a base average annual value of $22MM per season. That falls short of the initial $23.5MM AAV figure, but he adds Karlaftis can reach that figure through incentives. Depending on how one views the annual compensation figure, he will rank 10th or 11th amongst edge rushers in that respect. A number of pass rushers have received attention in recent months, but Karlaftis has flown under the radar by comparison.
The Purdue product was not as high as Smith on the extension priority, but he joined fellow 2022 first-rounder Trent McDuffie in discussing a second contract at least as far back as April. As a result, it comes as little surprise an agreement has been reached ahead of the 2025 campaign. Karlaftis has taken on a larger workload with each passing season to date, logging 831 defensive snaps during the regular season last year. He has also been a mainstay in Kansas City’s three trips to the Super Bowl during his career.
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