Jason Carter (born 11 January 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the

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in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Football career

Originally from the small town of Wyndham in the

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region of Western Australia, he played a few colts games for

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in 2017 whilst attending school at

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. He also played for Western Australia at the 2016 Under 16 National Championships, where he was named in the All-Australian team. He was selected to play in the

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but injured his knee during a trial game and was unable to compete. He was then invited to join Fremantle's

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at the beginning of 2018, and switched to play for Fremantle's affiliate team,

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. He was drafted to Fremantle's rookie list via the Next Generation Academy (NGA) system at the

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, becoming the first NGA player to be recruited by Fremantle, and the first player from Wyndham to be on an AFL list. After spending the most of the 2019 season playing for Peel in the

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(WAFL), Carter was elevated to the senior list in July. In August, he made his AFL debut in Fremantle's upset win over

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. In the 2020 season that was interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, Carter along with Fremantle teammates were caught attending a house party in breach of WA government protocols. Later in August, Carter was caught by Police drink driving and was given a club based suspension. Carter asked to be released from his contract and was delisted.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Jason 2000 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players Claremont Football Club players South Fremantle Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football People educated at Aquinas College, Perth