Yanni Karlaftis

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • West Lafayette, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Yanni Karlaftis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Purdue

2122232425

Snapshot

Career Teams: 2
Unique Seasons: 5
Program Path: Purdue • Northwestern
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Yanni Karlaftis built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from West Lafayette, IN wearing No. 14, spending time with Northwestern and Purdue. The clearest part of Yanni Karlaftis' career was his...

Read the story

4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9069

West Lafayette · West Lafayette, IN

Committed To: Purdue
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2021

Quick Answers

Yanni Karlaftis quick answers

Latest team and position: Northwestern · LB
Career Tackles: 131
Tracked sample: 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
Best season: 2021 Regular Season · Purdue
Top game: UConn
Recruit profile: 4-star · West Lafayette · Purdue
High school pipeline: West Lafayette · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster: No. 14 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank: 11 tackles · LB 743rd (top 59%) · Big Ten 356th (top 46%) · National 2,872nd (top 47%)

Yanni Karlaftis played LB for Purdue and Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Yanni Karlaftis recorded 131 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Purdue.

Player Profile

Focused views for Yanni Karlaftis

Related Context

Next best actions

Keep exploring Yanni Karlaftis

Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.