Ryan Jackson

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**Ryan Jackson**
Personal information

Birth	April 4, 1987 (1987-04-04) (age 21),
Recruited from	Northern Knights (Vic)
Height and weight	188cm/81kg
Playing career¹
Debut	September 3, 2006, Carlton vs. Sydney, at S.C.G.
Team(s)	Carlton (2006-) 8 games, 3 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights

Ryan Jackson (born April 4, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He is a highly durable utility, with the highest aerobic capacity at Carlton. He has sharp ball handling skills with a highly accurate kick. His play in the Bullants has also shown that he has great poise, and a tuned football brain.

1 Junior career
2 AFL career
3 Footnotes
4 External links

[edit] Junior career

Jackson began his football career at the Hurstbridge Junior Football Club, then moving to the Greensborough Junior Football Club, before playing under-18s football with the Northern Knights, where he was club captain in 2005. Jackson nominated for the 2005 AFL draft, but was not selected. He was subsequently taken as a Rookie by Carlton (number 1 overall) in the corresponding Rookie Draft.

[edit] AFL career

He began playing in the Northern Bullants reserves, before winning a regular Bullants senior position in round 9 against Tasmania, with limited ground-time at first. Within three weeks, he had cemented himself in the team, with high ground-time each week. He was elevated from the rookie list late in the season, and played his first game for Carlton in the final game of the season against Sydney. However, the 12-10 rule pushed him back into the Bullants' reserves during the VFL finals. He began the 2007 season back on the rookie list, however he was elevated again early in the season, playing seven games including a 23 possession game against St Kilda in Round 17 playing on champion midfielder Robert Harvey. Jackson was rewarded for his hard work and promising efforts in 2007 by being placed on the senior list for 2008.^[1]