Jarrad Redden (born 27 December 1990) is a former professional

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for the

Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL).

Career

Redden, a ruckman, is from Yorke Peninsula and represented South Australia at the

2008 AFL Under 18 Championships The 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships is the 2008 series of the AFL Under 18 Championships, a state and territory based Australian rules football competition which showcase the best junior footballers in Australia, primarily with the aim for them ...

, finishing the carnival third in hit-outs and hit-outs to advantage. Taken with pick 54 in the 2008 AFL draft, Redden played in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the ...

(SANFL) as ruckmen Brendon Lade,

Dean Brogan Dean Scott Brogan (born 14 December 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently serving a ...

and

Matthew Primus Matthew Richard Primus (born 12 January 1975) is a former coach of the Port Adelaide Football Club and Australian rules footballer, captain and All-Australian ruckman. He was also previously an assistant coach at the Gold Coast Football Club. ...

were ahead of him in Port's ruck cohort. Redden played his first senior AFL match for Port Adelaide in Round 1 of the

2012 AFL season The 2012 AFL season was the 116th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eig ...

, defeating St Kilda by four points. He was subbed off this game. The 205 cm ruckman managed 18 and 26 hitouts in his next two games, but was then sent back to his SANFL club after the return from injury of Renouf. He averaged 18.3 HOs, 11.4 disposals and 2.1 marks for the season. Redden was delisted by Port Adelaide at the end of the

2015 AFL season The 2015 AFL season was the 119th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eigh ...

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* 1990 births Living people Australian rules footballers from South Australia Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub