Jordon Butts
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| Jordon Butts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Butts with Adelaide in May 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 31 December 1999 | ||
| Original team | Murray Bushrangers | ||
| Draft | No. 39, 2019 rookie draft | ||
| Debut | Round 13, 2020, Adelaide vs. Geelong, at Adelaide Oval | ||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Adelaide | ||
| Number | 41 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020– | Adelaide | 90 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 7, 2026. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jordon Butts (born 31 December 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Adelaide Football Club with the 39th draft pick in the 2019 rookie draft.[1][2] He is the son of former Carlton player Gerard Butts.[3]
Butts played for the Shepparton Football Club in the Goulburn Valley Football Netball League, where he played 3 games, one of them a premiership victory.[4] He also played 2 games for the Werribee Football Club.[5] Butts played 40 games for the Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League over 3 seasons spanning from 2016 to 2018. He kicked 25 goals during his time with the Bushrangers while playing a variety of positions.[6] He came runner up in the club's best and fairest in the 2017 season.[7] In 2017, Butts was selected to represent Vic Country at the AFL Under 18 Championships.[8][6]
AFL career
Butts debuted in Adelaide's 28 point loss to Geelong in Round 13 of the 2020 AFL season.[9][10][11] On debut, Butts picked up 8 disposals, 3 marks and a tackle.[12] In only his third game of AFL, Butts was given the job against forward Tom Hawkins, the reigning Coleman Medalist. He managed to take 10 disposals, and kept Hawkins to two goals.[13]
Butts began 2026 strongly, stepping up in the absence of key defender Mark Keane. He made history in the round two loss to the Western Bulldogs when he kicked his first AFL career goal in his 87th game. Butts overtook Jake Kelly as the Crow with the most appearances before a first career goal.[14] He throroughly beat Bulldogs star Sam Darcy that night, holding him to a singular goal and taking a career-best 12 marks and 11 intercepts.[15]
