Jake Lever
| Jake Lever | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jake Lever | ||
| Nickname(s) | Snake, The Candyman | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1996 | ||
| Original team(s) |
Romsey (RDFL) Calder Cannons (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 14, 2014 National Draft, Adelaide | ||
| Debut |
Round 6, 2015, Adelaide vs. Gold Coast, at Carrara Stadium | ||
| Height / weight | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) / 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Key defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Adelaide | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015– | Adelaide | 36 (2) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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Jake Lever (born 5 March 1996) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Lever was drafted with pick 14 of the 2014 National Draft, after having missed the entire year previously due to a knee injury.[1]
AFL career
Lever made his debut against Gold Coast in round 6 of the 2015 season.[2] In round 17, against the same opposition, Lever recorded 24 disposals at 92% efficiency, 10 marks and 7 rebound 50s and was thus nominated for the 2015 AFL Rising Star award in just his seventh game.[3] In total he played 12 games in his first year, impressing with his maturity and professional approach, for which he was awarded the club's Dr Brian Sando OAM Trophy.[4] Late in the year he signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2017.[5] [6]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to end of 2015 season[7]
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Adelaide | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 56 | 164 | 60 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 13.7 | 5.0 | 1.2 |
| Career | 12 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 56 | 164 | 60 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 4.7 | 13.7 | 5.0 | 1.2 | ||
References
- ↑ Capel, Andrew (28 November 2014). "Crows say they are "very comfortable" using their first round draft pick on knee reconstruction victim Jake Lever". The Advertiser.
- ↑ Fjeldstad, Jesper (9 May 2015). "Praise for young guns Jake Lever and Jake Kelly as Walsh hails Adelaide's defence". The Advertiser.
- ↑ King, Travis (27 July 2015). "Crows pull the right Lever with first-round pick". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "Jake Lever - AFC.com.au". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club.
- ↑ "Jake Lever signs AFL contract extension with Adelaide Crows". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ↑ Lever's ludicrous first career goal - AFL.com.au, retrieved 2016-08-14
- ↑ "AFL Tables - Jake Lever statistics". AFL Tables.
External links
- Jake Lever's profile on the official website of the Adelaide Football Club
- Jake Lever's statistics from AFL Tables