Geelong Falcons
TAC Cup
Geelong Falcons (2014)
AFL
West Coast (2015-Present)
WAFL
East Perth (2015-2018)
Jackson Nelson (born 15 March 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Victorian defender Jackson Nelson was West Coast's third-round pick in the 2014 national draft.
West Coast career[]
After spending much of his formative years in Sydney, Nelson's family moved to Geelong where he played for the Falcons TAC Cup side and was given the opportunity to train for a week with the Cats.
On being drafted, Nelson was described as having excellent game sense and speed, and as a good ball user by hand and foot. A defender with the potential to progress into the midfield, Nelson performed well beyond expectations in his rookie season, making his debut in the opening round after a strong NAB Challenge campaign. The blonde Nelson played nine of the first ten games before dropping back to East Perth, adding another two games late in the year.
Nelson added just eight games in 2016 and frequently found himself stuck between levels, often held over as an emergency for the senior side and ending up missing action entirely. He moved from defence into the midfield mid-season and looked promising, but played in the backline in two late-season AFL appearances.
After returning to defence Nelson showed some good form early in 2017 but was hampered by wrist and hamstring injuries, losing his spot shortly before the finals after adding 13 games to his senior tally. 2018 was similarly frustrating, with Nelson playing 10 of the first 13 games, generally as a lock-down defender, but finding himself out of the senior side in the second half of the year as Tom Coleand Liam Duggan cemented spots in the backline.
References[]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Nelson
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jackson_Nelson.html
http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/5985
http://www.krockfootball.com.au/cats-experience-fuels-nelson/