Jason Carter (Australian footballer)

Jason Carter (born 11 January 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jason Carter
Personal information
Full name Jason Carter
Date of birth (2000-01-11) 11 January 2000
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia, Wyndham, Western Australia
Original team(s) Port Wyndham Crocs, (East Kimberley Football Association) / Claremont (WAFL)
Draft Next Generation Academy selection, 2018 AFL Draft, Fremantle
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Half-back flank
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2019– Fremantle 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football career

Originally from the small town of Wyndham in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, he played a few junior (colts) games for Claremont in 2017 whilst attending school at Aquinas College, Perth. He also played for Western Australia at the 2016 Under 16 National Championships, where he was named in the All-Australian team. He was selected to play in the 2017 AFL Under 18 Championships but injured his knee during a trial game and was unable to compete.[1] He was then invited to join Fremantle's Next Generation Academy at the beginning of 2018, and switched to play for Fremantle's affiliate team, Peel Thunder.[2]

He was drafted to Fremantle's rookie list via the Next Generation Academy (NGA) system at the 2018 AFL Draft, becoming the first NGA player to be recruited by Fremantle, and te first player from Wyndham to be on an AFL list.[3]

After spending the most of the 2019 season playing for Peel in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), Carter was elevated to the senior list in July.[4] In August, he made his AFL debut in Fremantle's upset win over Geelong.[5][6]

References
  1. "Dockers academy star ruled out of under-18 champs". The West Australian. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. "Carter added to Next Generation Academy". WAFL. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. Deck, Keiran (11 December 2018). "18-year-old footy player from hot outback town makes history". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. "Carter upgraded". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. "Get Carter: Dockers to blood debutant". The West Australian. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. "'I was almost in tears' - Carter's 'unreal' experience". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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