Jacob Weitering

Jacob Weitering (born 23 November 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jacob Weitering
Weitering playing for Carlton in June 2017
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Weitering
Date of birth	(1997-11-23) 23 November 1997 (age 27)
Original team(s)	Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 1, 2015 national draft
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	101 kg (223 lb)
Position(s)	Key Defender
Club information
Current club	Carlton
Number	23
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2016–	Carlton	181 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
2x John Nicholls Medal: 2020, 2023 All-Australian team: 2024 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2016 22under22 team: 2016, 2019, 2020 (vc) Carlton Vice-Captain: 2022-
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Weitering participated in the Auskick program at Mount Martha^[1] and played junior football for the Mount Martha Junior Football Club, before playing for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. He captained Victoria Country at the 2015 AFL Under 18 Championships, where he was selected in the under 18 All-Australian team.^[2] He was a member of the NAB AFL Academy in 2014 and 2015, and was awarded the Ben Mitchell Medal in 2015, voted by his peers as the player who best represents the values important to the AFL Academy.^[3]

He was drafted with the first selection in the 2015 national draft by the Carlton Football Club.^[4]

AFL career

Weitering made his debut in round 1, 2016 against Richmond. Weitering had a solid debut with 17 disposals and 7 marks. He was named the 2016 AFL Rising Star nominee for round 3 following an impressive display against the Gold Coast Suns in which he had 26 disposals and took nine marks.^[5][6]

After an impressive 2020 season, Weitering was awarded the John Nicholls Medal as Carlton's best and fairest player of the season.^[7]

Personal life

In April 2023, Weitering publicly acknowledged that his entire life savings had been stolen through a sophisticated phone scam six months prior.^[8] He also made a video for his bank, NAB, as a public service announcement. Weitering said the theft has "put the brakes on" his plan to start a family.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2023^[9]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Led the league after finals only

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2016	Carlton	23	20	2	0	164	127	291	106	24	0.1	0.0	8.2	6.3	14.5	5.3	1.2
2017	Carlton	23	22	7	3	198	103	301	122	28	0.3	0.1	9.0	4.7	13.7	5.5	1.3
2018	Carlton	23	14	1	0	127	62	189	82	22	0.1	0.0	9.1	4.4	13.5	5.9	1.6
2019	Carlton	23	20	0	0	199	65	264	115	29	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.3	13.2	5.8	1.5
2020	Carlton	23	17	0	1	146	42	188	74	17	0.0	0.0	8.5	2.4	11.0	4.3	1.0
2021	Carlton	23	22	0	1	301	60	361	167	29	0.0	0.0	13.6	2.7	16.4	7.5	1.3
2022	Carlton	23	18	1	0	169	47	216	109	16	0.0	0.0	9.3	2.6	12.0	6.0	0.8
2023	Carlton	23	26	0	0	317	85	402	208	23	0.0	0.0	12.2	3.3	15.5	8.0	0.9
Career			159	11	5	1621	591	2212	983	189	0.0	0.0	10.2	3.7	13.9	6.2	1.2