Lawson Humphries
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| Lawson Humphries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Humphries in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 24 February 2003 | ||
| Original team | Wickham Wolves/Swan Districts/Hale School | ||
| Draft | No. 63, 2023 AFL draft | ||
| Debut | Round 16, 2024, Geelong vs. Essendon, at Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Geelong | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2024– | Geelong | 43 (6) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2025 | Indigenous All-Stars | 1 (0) | |
| 2026 | Western Australia | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 7, 2026. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Lawson Humphries (born 24 April 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Humphries is of Indigenous Australian heritage and grew up across northern Australia. He is Nyul Nyul, Oomiday and Worrora.[1]
He started playing football in the Pilbara for the Wickham Wolves. Moving to Perth to attend boarding school at Hale and be part of the West Coast next generation academy,[2] he played in Swan Districts West Australian Football League (WAFL) colts premiership in 2021,[3] and in the club's 2023 WAFL reserves premiership victory, before entering the AFL draft for a third time. He was awarded Swan District's 2023 reserves best and fairest.[4][5]
AFL career
Drafted by Geelong in the 2023 AFL draft,[6] Humphries started the 2024 season with the club's Victorian Football League (VFL) team. After a strong game against Sydney in June, he made his AFL debut for Geelong in round 16 of the 2024 AFL season against Essendon.[7][8][9]
He received a Rising Star nomination after round 18 of the 2024 season.[10]
Personal life
Humphries is studying anthropology and sociology at Curtin University.[11]
