Blake Acres is a professional
Australian rules footballer who plays for the
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.
Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of ...
in the
Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for and .
AFL career
Acres was selected with the 19th pick in the
2013 AFL Draft by . He made his debut in Round 7,
2014
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, against
Hawthorn
Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to:
Plants
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, in a game in which St Kilda were defeated by 145 points.
He earned the
AFL Rising Star
The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan ...
nomination following a breakout performance against in Round 6, 2016.
At the conclusion of the
2019 AFL season
The 2019 AFL season was the 123rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...
, Acres was traded to , along with a number of draft picks, as part of a trade to get
Bradley Hill to St Kilda.
Acres made his debut for Fremantle during Round 4 of the
2020 AFL season
The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...
in their clash against . 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. 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. Acres immediately established a permanent wingman position in the Carlton team, and recorded career best numbers in disposals and rebounds.
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;
and in the two-point semi-final win against Melbourne, he kicked the go-ahead goal with less than a minute remaining.
Statistics
: ''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2022 season''
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2014
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2015
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2016
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, 8 , , 16 , , 7 , , 6 , , 160 , , 124 , , 284 , , 57 , , 50 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 10.0 , , 7.8 , , 17.8 , , 3.6 , , 3.1 , , 1
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2017
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2018
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2019
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, 8 , , 19 , , 6 , , 5 , , 154 , , 154 , , 308 , , 70 , , 73 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 8.1 , , 8.1 , , 16.2 , , 3.7 , , 3.8 , , 0
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2020
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2021
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2022
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, 9 , , 20 , , 6 , , 6 , , 287 , , 147 , , 434 , , 115 , , 54 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 14.4 , , 7.4 , , 21.7 , , 5.8 , , 3.7 , , 3
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References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
West Perth Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
St Kilda Football Club players
Fremantle Football Club players
Sandringham Football Club players
Peel Thunder Football Club players
Carlton Football Club players
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