Jacob Weitering

Jacob Weitering
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Weitering
Date of birth	(1997-11-23) 23 November 1997
Original team(s)	Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) Mount Martha JFC
Draft	No. 1 2015 national draft
Height/Weight	195 cm / 94 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Carlton
Number	23
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2016–	Carlton	5 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 5, 2016 season.

Jacob Weitering (born 23 November 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He was drafted with the first selection in the 2015 national draft by the Carlton Football Club.^[1] He played junior football for the Mt Martha Junior Football Club, before playing for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. He captained Victoria Country at the 2015 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he was selected in the under 18 All-Australian team.^[2] He was a member of the NAB AFL Academy in 2014 and 2015, and was awarded the Ben Mitchell Medal in 2015, voted by his peers as the player who best represents the values important to the AFL Academy. ^[3]

AFL Career

Weitering made his debut in Round 1, 2016 against Richmond. Weitering had a solid debut with 17 disposals and 7 marks. He was named the 2016 AFL Rising Star nominee for round 3 following an impressive display against the Gold Coast Suns in which he had 26 disposals and took nine marks.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Phelan, Jennifer; Twomey, Callum (24 November 2015). "Jacob Weitering: What are the Blues getting for their No.1 draft pick?".
↑ Twomey, Callum (4 July 2015). "Vic Country dominates U18 All Australian team".
↑ Twomey, Callum (29 June 2015). "Prospective No.1 pick Jacob Weitering wins AFL Academy's Ben Mitchell Medal".
↑ Landsberger, Sam (11 April 2016). "Carlton’s Jacob Weitering wins Rising Star nomination after outstanding performance in Round 3". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
↑ Guthrie, Ben (11 April 2016). "No.1 pick Jacob Weitering earns Rising Star nod after impressive start". AFL.com.au (Bigpond). Retrieved 12 April 2016.

Carlton Football Club – current squad

1 Walker
2 Silvagni
3 Murphy (c)
4 Gibbs
6 Simpson (vc)
7 Buckley
8 Kreuzer
9 Cripps
10 McKay
11 Kerridge
12 Boekhorst
13 Lamb
14 Jones
15 Docherty
16 Viojo-Rainbow
17 Rowe
18 Jaksch
19 Sumner
20 Plowman
21 Sheehan*
22 Tutt
23 Weitering
24 Whiley
25 Smith
26 Foster
27 Armfield
28 Cuningham
29 Gowers*
30 C. Curnow
31 Dick
32 Graham
33 Everitt
34 Phillips
35 E. Curnow
36 Wood*
37 Gorringe
38 Byrne*
39 Thomas
40 Jamison
41 Casboult
42 Tuohy
43 White
45 Gallucci*
46 Wright
47 Glass-McCasker*
48 Korcheck*

Coach: Bolton

* denotes rookie listed players

2015 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jacob Weitering 2. Josh Schache 3. Callum Mills (Academy selection) 4. Clayton Oliver 5. Darcy Parish 6. Aaron Francis 7. Jacob Hopper (Academy selection) 8. Callum Ah Chee 9. Sam Weideman 10. Harry McKay 11. Wayne Milera 12. Charlie Curnow 13. Matthew Kennedy (Academy selection) 14. Eric Hipwood (Academy selection) 15. Daniel Rioli 16. Harrison Himmelberg (Academy selection) 17. Tom Doedee 18. Jade Gresham 19. Ryan Burton 20. Brayden Fiorini 21. Ben McKay 22. Kieran Lovell 23. David Cuningham

Second round	24. Ben Keays (Academy selection) 25. Josh Dunkley 26. Kieran Collins 27. Darcy Tucker 28. Luke Partington 29. Alex Morgan 30. Mason Redman 31. Ryan Clarke 32. Brayden Sier 33. Mitchell Hibberd 34. Joshua Schoenfeld 35. Marcus Adams 36. Tom Cole 37. Riley Bonner 38. Harley Balic

Third round	39. Rhys Mathieson 40. Brandon White 41. Matthew Flynn (Academy selection) 42. Mitch King 43. Corey Wagner 44. Blake Hardwick 45. Aidyn Johnson 46. Liam Hulett 47. Sam Skinner 48. Bailey Williams 49. Bailey Rice (F/S) 50. Oleg Markov 51. Tyrone Leonardis 52. Mackenzie Willis 53. Jack Silvagni (F/S) 54. Mitch Brown

Fourth round	55. Samuel Collins 56. Jordan Dawson 57. Kurt Mutimer 58. Tom Phillips 59. Ryan Gardner 60. Declan Mountford 61. Shane Yarran 62. Matthew Allen

Fifth round	63. Rupert Wills 64. Yestin Eades 65. Ben Crocker 66. Sam Menegola 67. Nathan Broad

Sixth round	68. Michael Hartley 69. Wylie Buzza

Seventh round	70. Matthew Hayball

Australian Football League number one overall draft picks

2016 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Oliver Rd 2: Parish Rd 3: Weitering Rd 4: Daniel Rd 5: Papley Rd 6: Acres

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