Caleb Graham Explained

Caleb Graham
Fullname:Caleb Graham
Nickname:Crab
Birth Date:12 September 2000
Birth Place:Cairns, Queensland
Originalteam:Palm Beach Currumbin (QAFL)
Draftpick:No. 71, 2018 national draft
Height:195 cm
Weight:92 kg
Position:Defender
Guernsey:46
Years1:2019 -
Games Goals1:25 (0)
Statsend:round 3, 2022

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).

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 round 3, 2022[8]

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019|| 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|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020|| 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|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2021|| 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|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2022|| 46 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 14 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.3 || 2.3 || 4.7 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.0|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 25! 0! 1! 113! 71! 184! 81! 15! 82! 0.0! 0.0! 4.5! 2.8! 7.4! 3.2! 0.6! 3.3|}

Notes and References

  1. News: AFL Round 22: Caleb Graham. 16 August 2022. AFL Queensland. 20 August 2022.
  2. News: Caleb Graham describes the moment he was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns. 23 November 2018. Gold Coast Bulletin. 9 August 2019.
  3. News: Gold Coast Suns' Caleb Graham pays tribute to Palm Beach Currumbin following drafting. 3 December 2018. Cairns Post. 9 August 2019.
  4. News: Gold Coast Suns' Caleb continues run of success for Far North. 26 November 2018. AFL Cairns. 9 August 2019.
  5. News: 2017 QAFL Grand Final Palm Beach Currumbin V Labrador. 23 September 2017. AFL Queensland. 9 August 2019.
  6. News: Crab in debut with Cairns crew. 9 August 2019. Cairns Post. 9 August 2019.
  7. News: Cairns Saints junior Caleb Graham signs long term deal with the Gold Coast Suns. 15 August 2019. Cairns Post. 21 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Caleb Graham. AFLTables. 5 April 2022.