Essendon Playing List for 2021

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Experience
average 53.7 games
ranked 17th for the year

Age
average 23.8 years old
ranked 15th for the year

Goals
average 31.0 career goals
ranked 13th for the year

Brownlow Votes
average 7.7 career votes
ranked 16th for the year

# Player DOB Age Height Weight Games Prior Goals Prior Votes Prior Games 2021 Goals 2021 Votes 2021 Original Club Drafted Honours
1 Andrew McGrath 2 Jun 98 22yr 178cm 78kg 78 15 7 15 2 2 Brighton Grammar/​East Brighton/​Sandringham U18 #1 National 2016 Rising Star: 2017; AFLPA 1st: 2017
2 Sam Draper 28 Sep 98 22yr 202cm 100kg 8 1 0 13 2 4 Reynella/​South Adelaide #1 Rookie 2016
3 Darcy Parish 25 Jul 97 23yr 181cm 73kg 93 37 2 23 10 26 Winchelsea/​Geelong U18 #5 National 2015
4 Kyle Langford 1 Dec 96 24yr 191cm 80kg 81 54 1 17 13 0 Macleod/​Ivanhoe Grammar/​Old Ivanhoe/​Northern U18 #17 National 2014
5 Devon Smith 20 May 93 27yr 174cm 76kg 154 127 18 20 16 3 Lara/​Geelong Grammar/​Geelong U18 #14 National 2011 B&F: 2018; AA40: 2018
6 Jye Caldwell 28 Sep 00 20yr 184cm 82kg 11 1 0 3 0 0 Golden Square/​Geelong Grammar/​Bendigo U18 #11 National 2018
7 Zach Merrett 3 Oct 95 25yr 180cm 77kg 142 46 74 23 4 20 Cobden/​Melbourne Grammar/​Sandringham U18 #26 National 2013 AA: 2017; B&F: 2016, 2019
8 r Martin Gleeson 25 Aug 94 26yr 186cm 70kg 91 5 0 6 0 0 Koroit/​St Patrick's College/​North Ballarat U18 #53 National 2012
9 Dylan Shiel 9 Mar 93 28yr 180cm 84kg 172 77 56 8 3 0 Edithvale-Aspendale/​St Bede's College/​Caulfield Grammar/​Dandenong U18 GWS Underage 2010 AA: 2017
10 Aaron Francis 10 Aug 97 23yr 190cm 86kg 35 6 0 15 2 0 Loxton North/​Prince Alfred College/​West Adelaide #6 National 2015
11 David Zaharakis 21 Feb 90 31yr 185cm 82kg 217 134 46 9 2 0 Eltham/​Marcellin College/​Northern U18 #23 National 2008 B&F: 2011
12 Tom Cutler 20 Feb 95 26yr 192cm 83kg 74 34 1 13 1 0 Greythorn/​Trinity Grammar/​Oakleigh U18 #33 National 2013
13 Nik Cox 15 Jan 02 19yr 200cm 87kg 0 0 0 22 9 0 Montmorency/​Ivanhoe Grammar/​Northern U18 #8 National 2020
14 Jordan Ridley 20 Oct 98 22yr 192cm 79kg 26 0 0 22 0 3 Knox/​Box Hill HS/​Oakleigh U18 #22 National 2016 B&F: 2020; AA40: 2020
15 Jayden Laverde 12 Apr 96 25yr 190cm 82kg 46 36 0 23 1 0 Keilor/​PEGS/​Western U18 #20 National 2014
16 Archie Perkins 26 Mar 02 19yr 185cm 87kg 0 0 0 21 9 2 Old Brighton/​Brighton Grammar/​Sandringham U18 #9 National 2020
17 James Stewart 4 Mar 94 27yr 195cm 80kg 55 66 0 17 0 0 Glen Iris/​Scotch College/​Sandringham U18 #27 National 2012
18 Michael Hurley 1 Jun 90 30yr 195cm 97kg 193 108 32 0 0 0 Macleod/​Northern U18 #5 National 2008 AA: 2015, 2017
19 Nick Hind 19 Aug 94 26yr 180cm 70kg 21 17 2 22 4 0 Clunes/​North Ballarat U18/​East Point/​Keilor/​Essendon (VFL) #54 National 2018
20 Peter Wright 8 Sep 96 24yr 203cm 100kg 66 85 3 21 29 5 Moonee Valley/​Calder U18 #8 National 2014
21 Dyson Heppell 14 May 92 28yr 189cm 85kg 172 60 71 19 2 0 Leongatha/​Gippsland U18 #8 National 2010 AA: 2014; Rising Star: 2011; B&F: 2014; AFLCA Young: 2012; AFLPA 1st: 2011; Morrish: 2010
22 Irving Mosquito 24 Aug 00 20yr 176cm 72kg 4 2 0 0 0 0 Halls Creek/​Maffra/​Gippsland Grammar/​Gippsland U18 #38 National 2018
23 Harrison Jones 25 Feb 01 20yr 194cm 75kg 0 0 0 16 20 0 Gisborne/​PEGS/​Calder U18 #30 National 2019
24 Nick Bryan 22 Oct 01 19yr 202cm 87kg 0 0 0 1 0 0 Glen Iris/​St Kevin's College/​Oakleigh U18 #38 National 2019
25 Jake Stringer 25 Apr 94 26yr 191cm 92kg 138 238 15 19 41 8 Eaglehawk/​Sandhurst/​Bendigo U18/​Bendigo Gold #5 National 2012 AA: 2015; Prem: 2016
26 Cale Hooker 13 Oct 88 32yr 197cm 98kg 201 89 9 18 33 1 Melville/​East Fremantle #54 National 2007 AA: 2014; B&F: 2015
27 Mason Redman 26 Aug 97 23yr 187cm 76kg 38 2 0 22 6 1 Millicent/​Glenelg #30 National 2015
28 Ned Cahill 11 Jan 01 20yr 178cm 77kg 3 2 0 3 1 0 Mount Eliza/​Padua College/​Dandenong U18 #56 National 2019
29 Patrick Ambrose 1 Sep 91 29yr 191cm 88kg 87 23 0 1 0 0 Ashburton/​Xavier College/​Old Xavs/​Coburg/​Essendon (VFL) #26 Rookie 2013
30 Brandon Zerk-Thatcher 25 Aug 98 22yr 195cm 77kg 11 0 0 6 0 0 Sturt #66 National 2017
31 Zach Reid 2 Mar 02 19yr 202cm 82kg 0 0 0 1 0 0 Wonthaggi SC/​Leongatha/​Gippsland U18 #10 National 2020
32 Josh Eyre 24 Oct 02 18yr 197cm 85kg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kilmore/​Calder U18 #39 National 2020
33 Brayden Ham 25 Apr 99 21yr 181cm 69kg 15 4 0 19 5 0 Geelong U18 #72 National 2018
34 Andrew Phillips 3 Jul 91 29yr 201cm 96kg 46 15 0 6 4 0 Lauderdale/​Tasmania U18 #4 Rookie 2010
35 Matt Guelfi 15 Aug 97 23yr 183cm 75kg 43 8 0 20 6 0 Wembley Downs JFC/​Marist JFC/​Claremont #76 National 2017
36 Lachlan Johnson 7 Aug 01 19yr 175cm 79kg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Strathmore/​Scotch College/​Oakleigh U18 #63 National 2019
37 r Dylan Clarke 6 Sep 98 22yr 187cm 85kg 20 4 0 4 2 0 Rowville/​Knox/​Melbourne Grammar/​Eastern U18 #63 National 2016
38 Cody Brand 23 May 02 18yr 195cm 84kg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunbury FC/​PEGS/​Calder U18 #53 National 2020
39 r Kaine Baldwin 30 May 02 18yr 193cm 90kg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henley/​Glenelg SSP 2020
40 r Will Snelling 6 Aug 97 23yr 175cm 70kg 22 11 0 20 12 0 Goodwood/​West Adelaide #10 Rookie 2015
41 b Cian McBride 19 Apr 01 20yr 197cm 90kg 0 0 0 0 0 0 County Meath International 2019
42 r Sam Durham 9 Jul 01 19yr 185cm 75kg 0 0 0 7 1 0 Seymour/​Murray U18/​Richmond (VFL) #9 Mid-Season 2020
43 Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti 22 Apr 93 28yr 171cm 77kg 106 119 15 20 34 2 Tiwi Bombers/​Drouin/​Gippsland U18/​Essendon (VFL) #22 Rookie 2015
45 r Alec Waterman 19 Aug 96 24yr 183cm 89kg 0 0 0 14 17 1 Marist JFC/​Claremont #76 National 2014
49 b Tom Hird 28 Mar 01 20yr 182cm 70kg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Soccer SSP 2019
b Ross McQuillan 18 Jan 99 22yr 186cm 79kg 0 0 0 0 0 0 County Armagh International 2019