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Jaxon Prior
Prior playing for Essendon in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 23)
Original team(s) West Perth (WAFL)
Sorrento-Duncraig JFC
Draft No. 59, 2019 national draft
Debut Round 2, 2021, Brisbane Lions vs. Geelong, at Kardinia Park
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 25
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2020–2024 Brisbane Lions 39 (11)
2025– Essendon 10 (0)
Total 49 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 11, 2025.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jaxon Prior (born 4 June 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Brisbane Lions.[1]

AFL career

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Prior, a half back, is the son of former Essendon and West Coast footballer Michael Prior.[2] He played his junior football with Sorrento-Duncraig and was recruited out of West Perth, having been named in the 2019 WAFL Colts team of the year.[3]

Brisbane Lions

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Prior was selected by the Brisbane Lions with the 59th pick of the 2019 national draft.[4] Prior made 18 appearances in his debut season in 2021. His 12 games in 2022 included the Lions' two-point elimination final win over Richmond. He was re-signed at the end of the 2022 season for another two years.[5]

Prior was delisted by the Lions at the end of the 2024 AFL season[6]

Essendon

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Following his delisting from Brisbane, Prior was picked up by Essendon on the first day of the Supplemental Selection Period for the 2025 season.[7][8] This linked him up with the club in which his father, Michael, played 81 matches for between 1994 and 2000.

Prior quickly made his club debut in round 1 against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[9]

AFL statistics

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Updated to the end of 2024.[10]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020[a] Brisbane Lions 45 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2021 Brisbane Lions 20 18 6 4 116 44 160 45 24 0.3 0.2 6.4 2.4 8.9 2.5 1.3 0
2022 Brisbane Lions 20 12 4 3 104 34 138 38 23 0.3 0.3 8.7 3.2 11.5 3.2 1.9 0
2023 Brisbane Lions 20 5 1 1 36 7 43 14 11 0.2 0.2 7.2 1.4 8.6 2.8 2.2 0
2024 Brisbane Lions 20 4 0 0 30 7 37 18 5 0.0 0.0 7.5 1.8 9.3 4.5 1.3 0
Career 39 11 8 286 92 378 115 63 0.3 0.2 7.3 2.4 9.7 3.0 1.6 0

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "Relatives of Eagles, Dockers set to thrive at Lions". The West Australian. 1 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Son-of-a-gun to debut for West Perth". The West Australian. 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Robertson, Prior commit to Brisbane". PerthNow. 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Welcome to the Den, Jaxon Prior". Brisbane Lions. 28 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Prior All In With Lions 'Til '24". lions.com.au. 28 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Lions cut defender in 'tough decision', rookie-list promise for duo". afl.com.au. 23 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Prior to don the sash". Essendon Football Club. 26 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Essendon sign discarded Lion Jaxon Prior as Fremantle confirm Quinton Narkle move on first day of SSP". Seven News. 25 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Prior to don sash for first time". Essendon Football Club. 26 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Jaxon Prior". afltables.com.
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