Jaxon Prior (born 4 June 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Brisbane Lions.[1]

AFL career

Prior, a half back, is the son of former Essendon and West Coast footballer Michael Prior.[2] He played his junior football with Sorrento-Duncraig and was recruited out of West Perth, having been named in the 2019 WAFL Colts team of the year.[3]

Brisbane Lions

Prior was selected by the Brisbane Lions with the 59th pick of the 2019 national draft.[4] Prior made 18 appearances in his debut season in 2021. His 12 games in 2022 included the Lions' two-point elimination final win over Richmond. He was re-signed at the end of the 2022 season for another two years.[5]

Prior was delisted by the Lions at the end of the 2024 AFL season[6]

Essendon

Following his delisting from Brisbane, Prior was picked up by Essendon on the first day of the Supplemental Selection Period for the 2025 season.[7][8] This linked him up with the club in which his father, Michael, played 81 matches for between 1994 to 2000.

AFL statistics

Updated to the end of 2024.[9]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020[a] Brisbane Lions 45 0
2021 Brisbane Lions 20 18 6 4 116 44 160 45 24 0.3 0.2 6.4 2.4 8.9 2.5 1.3 0
2022 Brisbane Lions 20 12 4 3 104 34 138 38 23 0.3 0.3 8.7 3.2 11.5 3.2 1.9 0
2023 Brisbane Lions 20 5 1 1 36 7 43 14 11 0.2 0.2 7.2 1.4 8.6 2.8 2.2 0
2024 Brisbane Lions 20 4 0 0 30 7 37 18 5 0.0 0.0 7.5 1.8 9.3 4.5 1.3 0
Career 39 11 8 286 92 378 115 63 0.3 0.2 7.3 2.4 9.7 3.0 1.6 0

Notes

  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.

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