| Sam Powell-Pepper | |
| Fullname: | Samuel Powell-Pepper |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Western Australia |
| Originalteam: | (WAFL)/Wesley College (PSA) |
| Draftpick: | No. 18, 2016 national draft |
| Debutdate: | Round 1, 2017 |
| Debutstadium: | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Height: | 187 cm |
| Weight: | 96 kg |
| Position: | Midfielder / forward |
| Guernsey: | 2 |
| Years1: | 2017 - |
| Games Goals1: | 139 (103) |
| Statsend: | 2023 |
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Samuel Powell-Pepper (born 8 January 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Powell-Pepper was born in Perth, the son of Maureen and Steven. His mother is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and his father is caucasian.[1] [2] [3] He has two full siblings and two half-brothers. His parents separated when he was young and he lived with his father until he was eight, then spent periods with his paternal grandmother, his mother, and friends' families.[4]
Powell-Pepper initially attended Mount Lawley Senior High School as an inaugural member of the school’s Aboriginal Excellence Program, before switching to Wesley College on an indigenous scholarship.[5] He went to school with Quinton Narkle who is his second cousin. He also attended school with other future AFL players Shai Bolton and Cameron Zurhaar.[6] He played junior football for the Mt Hawthorn Cardinals.[7]
In 2016, Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for the East Perth Football Club during round 20 of the 2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year.[8]
Powell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win against in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[9] He was named that round's AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with his first kick in AFL football.[10] In a game against Melbourne, he recorded 17 tackles, beating the club's previous record which was 16.
Statistics are correct to the end of round 24, 2023[11]
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017| || 2 || 22 || 16 || 14 || 182 || 193 || 375 || 57 || 114 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 8.3 || 8.8 || 17.0 || 2.6 || 5.2|-! scope="row" | | || 2 || 16 || 5 || 13 || 137 || 168 || 305 || 36 || 97 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 8.6 || 10.5 || 19.1 || 2.2 || 6.1 |-|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019| || 2 || 19 || 10 || 18 || 187 || 171 || 358 || 50 || 92 || 0.5 || 0.9 || 9.8 || 9.0 || 18.8 || 2.6 || 4.8|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2020| || 2 || 19 || 7 || 12 || 123 || 157 || 280 || 36 || 77 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 6.5 || 8.7 || 14.7 || 1.9 || 4.0 |-|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" | | || 2 || 16 || 10 || 8 || 115 || 104 || 219 || 39 || 61 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 7.2 || 6.5 || 13.7 || 2.4 || 3.8|-|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" | | || 2 || 22 || 24 || 22 || 216 || 149 || 365 || 104 || 74 || 1.1 || 1.0 || 9.0 || 6.6 || 16.6 || 4.7 || 3.4|-|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" | | || 2 || 23 || 29 || 26 || 184 || 131 || 315 || 60 || 75 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 8.0 || 5.7 || 13.7 || 2.6 || 3.3|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 137! 101! 113! 1144! 1071! 2215! 382! 590! 0.7! 0.8! 8.4! 7.8! 16.2! 2.8! 4.3|}
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