Jordon Butts

Jordon Butts (born 31 December 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Adelaide Football Club with the 39th draft pick in the 2019 rookie draft.^[1][2] He is the son of former Carlton player Gerard Butts.^[3]

Jordon Butts
Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-12-31) 31 December 1999 (age 25)
Original team(s)	Murray Bushrangers
Draft	No.39, 2019 rookie draft
Debut	23 August 2020, Adelaide vs. Geelong, at Adelaide Oval
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Adelaide
Number	41
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2020–	Adelaide	75 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early football

Butts played for the Shepparton Football Club in the Goulburn Valley Football Netball League, where he played 3 games, one of them a premiership victory.^[4] He also played 2 games for the Werribee Football Club.^[5] Butts played 40 games for the Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League over 3 seasons spanning from 2016 to 2018. He kicked 25 goals during his time with the Bushrangers while playing a variety of positions.^[6] He came runner up in the club's best and fairest in the 2017 season.^[7] In 2017, Butts was selected to represent Vic Country at the AFL Under 18 Championships.^[8][6]

AFL career

Butts debuted in Adelaide's 28 point loss to Geelong in Round 13 of the 2020 AFL season.^[9][10][11] On debut, Butts picked up 8 disposals, 3 marks and a tackle.^[12] In only his third game of AFL, Butts was given the job against forward Tom Hawkins, the reigning Coleman Medalist. He managed to take 10 disposals, and kept Hawkins to two goals.^[13]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to round 6 of the 2021 season^[14]

Legend

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

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2020[a]	Adelaide	41	2	0	0	8	6	14	5	2	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	7.0	2.5	1.0
2021	Adelaide	41	6	0	0	42	23	65	25	5	0.0	0.0	7.0	3.8	10.8	4.2	0.8
Career			8	0	0	50	29	79	30	7	0.0	0.0	6.3	3.6	9.9	3.8	0.9

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.