Nick Graham (Australian footballer)

For the rugby league player, see Nick Graham (rugby league).

Nicholas Graham (born 12 June 1994)^[1] is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Nick Graham
Graham warming-up for Carlton in March 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nicholas Graham
Date of birth	(1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 31)
Original team(s)	Gippsland Power
Draft	54th overall 2012 AFL National Draft, Carlton
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2013–2018	Carlton	48 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2018.
Career highlights
Morrish Medal: 2012
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Career

Primarily a midfielder, Graham played his junior football for TEDAS in the Traralgon & District Junior Football League, and for Traralgon-Tyers United in the North Gippsland Football League, before playing TAC Cup football for Gippsland Power. In 2012, Graham won the Morrish Medal as the best and fairest in the TAC Cup, as well as placing in the TAC Cup team of the year and representing Vic Country at the AFL Under 18 Championships.^[2]

AFL career

He was recruited to the Australian Football League by the Carlton Football Club with its third round selection in the 2012 AFL National Draft (pick No. 54 overall).^[3]

Graham made his senior AFL debut in round 21, 2013.^[4]

He was delisted at the end of the 2018 season.^[5] Graham currently holds the record for most-dropped player in VFL/AFL history, having over the course of his career been dropped from the best twenty-two twenty-two times.^[6]