| Blake Acres | |
| Fullname: | Blake Acres |
| Nickname: | Blacres |
| Birth Date: | 7 October 1995 |
| Originalteam: | West Perth (WAFL) |
| Draftpick: | 19th overall, 2013 national draft |
| Height: | 193cm |
| Weight: | 92kg |
| Position: | Midfielder / defender |
| Guernsey: | 13 |
| Years1: | 2014–2019 |
| Games Goals1: | 75 (29) |
| Years2: | 2020–2022 |
| Games Goals2: | 45 (8) |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Games Goals3: | 41 (18) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 161 (55) |
| Statsend: | round 17, 2024 |
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Blake Acres is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for and .
Acres was selected with the 19th pick in the 2013 AFL Draft by .[1] He made his debut in Round 7, 2014, against Hawthorn, in a game in which St Kilda were defeated by 145 points.[2]
He earned the AFL Rising Star nomination following a breakout performance against in Round 6, 2016.[3]
At the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season, Acres was traded to, along with a number of draft picks, as part of a trade to get Bradley Hill to St Kilda.[4]
Acres made his debut for Fremantle during Round 4 of the 2020 AFL season in their clash against .[5] Acres played seven games during 2020 due to a hamstring injury, disrupting his start to the season. Acres returned during the latter half of the season with strong form, averaging almost 25 disposals a game.[6] Acres played 18 games in 2021 and played in Fremantle's 2022 finals campaign.
Following the 2022 season, Acres sought to explore the trade market after being given a low-ball offer from Fremantle, and was traded to in exchange for a future third round draft pick.[7] Acres immediately established a permanent wingman position in the Carlton team, and recorded career best numbers in disposals and rebounds.[8]
Acres made a memorable impact in the 2023 finals series, which was Carlton's first finals series after a club record nine-year drought: in the final quarter of the six-point elimination final win against Sydney, Acres made two diving saves for rushed behinds, and kicked a steadying goal to put Carlton 14 points ahead in the 22nd minute;[9] and in the two-point semi-final win against Melbourne, he kicked the go-ahead goal with less than a minute remaining.
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 season[10]
|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2014|| 40 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 11 || 15 || 26 || 3 || 8 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 3.7 || 5.0 || 8.7 || 1.0 || 2.7 || 0|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2015|| 8 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 44 || 39 || 83 || 18 || 18 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 6.3 || 5.6 || 11.9 || 2.6 || 2.6 || 0|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2016|| 8 || 16 || 7 || 6 || 160 || 124 || 284 || 57 || 50 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 10.0 || 7.8 || 17.8 || 3.6 || 3.1 || 1|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017|| 8 || 18 || 11 || 4 || 178 || 88 || 366 || 81 || 51 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 9.9 || 10.4 || 20.3 || 4.5 || 2.8 || 0|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018|| 8 || 12 || 4 || 7 || 129 || 129 || 258 || 47 || 43 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 10.8 || 10.8 || 21.5 || 3.9 || 3.6 || 1|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019|| 8 || 19 || 6 || 5 || 154 || 154 || 308 || 70 || 73 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 8.1 || 8.1 || 16.2 || 3.7 || 3.8 || 0|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020|| 9 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 75 || 59 || 134 || 40 || 19 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 10.7 || 8.4 || 19.1 || 5.7 || 2.7 || 2|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021|| 9 || 18 || 2 || 0 || 184 || 138 || 322 || 67 || 45 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 10.2 || 7.7 || 17.9 || 3.7 || 2.5 || 0|- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022|| 9 || 20 || 6 || 6 || 287 || 147 || 434 || 115 || 54 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 14.4 || 7.4 || 21.7 || 5.8 || 3.7 || 3|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 120! 37! 29! 1222! 993! 2215! 498! 361! 0.3! 0.2! 10.2! 8.3! 18.5! 4.2! 3.0! 7|}