Caleb Graham
Australian rules footballer
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Caleb Graham (born 12 September 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Cairns, Queensland
| Caleb Graham | |||
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Graham playing for Gold Coast in May 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Caleb Graham | ||
| Nickname | Crab | ||
| Born |
12 September 2000 Cairns, Queensland | ||
| Original team | Palm Beach Currumbin (QAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 71, 2018 national draft | ||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Gold Coast | ||
| Number | 46 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2019– | Gold Coast | 37 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Early life
Graham was born and raised in Cairns, Queensland.[1] He began playing junior football for the North Cairns Tigers at five years of age.[2] Graham later switched to the Cairns Saints and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns Academy as a teenager. At the start of 2016, he relocated with his family to the Gold Coast where he started playing locally for the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School.[3] While at Palm Beach Currumbin he played in back-to-back QAFL senior premierships,[4] including playing on former AFL Premiership forward Barry Hall at 17 years and 10 days of age in the 2017 QAFL Grand Final.[5]
In November 2018, he was drafted by the Gold Coast Football Club with pick 71 in the AFL draft.[6]
AFL career
Graham made his AFL debut at 18 years of age in Round 21 of the 2019 AFL season, which also happened to be QClash18 against the Brisbane Lions.[7]
Statistics
- 'Statistics are correct to the end of 2024[8]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks | H/O |
Hit-outs |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
| 2019 | Gold Coast | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| 2020[a] | Gold Coast | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 50 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | Gold Coast | 46 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 33 | 85 | 42 | 8 | 82 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 6.8 |
| 2022 | Gold Coast | 46 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 38 | 133 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 8.9 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | Gold Coast | 46 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2024 | Gold Coast | 46 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Career | 37 | 1 | 1 | 201 | 102 | 303 | 130 | 28 | 84 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | ||
- The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
