Lawson Humphries

Australian rules footballer

Lawson Humphries
Humphries in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(2003-02-24) 24 February 2003 (age 21)
Original team(s)	Wickham Wolves/Swan Districts
Draft	No. 63, 2023 AFL draft
Debut	Round 16, 2024, Geelong vs. Essendon, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	17
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2024–	Geelong	5 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of round 20, 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lawson Humphries (born 24 April 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career

Humphries is of indigenous Australian heritage and grew up across northern Australia. He is Nyul Nyul, Oomiday and Worrora.^[1]

He started playing football in the Pilbara for the Wickham Wolves. Moving to Perth as part of the West Coast next generation academy,^[2] he would play in Swan Districts West Australian Football League (WAFL) colts premiership in 2021,^[3] and in the club's 2023 WAFL reserves premiership victory, before entering the AFL draft for a third time. He would also be awarded Swan District's 2023 reserves best and fairest.^[4]^[5]

AFL career

Drafted by Geelong in the 2023 AFL draft,^[6] Humphries started the 2024 season with the club's Victorian Football League (VFL) team. After a strong game against Sydney in June, he would be selected to make his AFL debut for Geelong in round 16 of the 2024 AFL season against Essendon.^[7]^[8]^[9]

He received a Rising Star nomination after round 18 of the 2024 season.^[10]

References

^ Clark, Jackson (14 July 2024). "West Australian young gun Lawson Humphries continues to impress Cats coach Chris Scott". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "Lawson Humphries Draft Profile". Rookie Me Central. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "Perfect scenario for Humphries to head to Geelong". Swan Districts. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "Humphries Lives Out Childhood Dream". Geelong Football Club. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "Swan's Humphries heads to Geelong". Echo News. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ Batten, Dan (28 November 2023). "Mum not watching as Cats draft son". Herald-Sun. Melbourne, Victoria: Nationwide News Pty Ltd. p. 45.
^ "Lawson Humphries to Make AFL Debut Against Essendon". Geelong Football Club. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ King, Tom (28 June 2024). ""Accomplished" Humphries gets chance". Krock Football. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ "RISING STAR LAWSON HUMPHRIES MAKES HIS MARK IN AFL". Ngaarda Media News. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ Kalinic, Dejan (15 July 2024). "Impressive Cat earns Rising Star nod after stellar start". afl.com.au. Retrieved 15 July 2024.

External links

Lawson Humphries's profile on the official website of the Geelong Football Club
Lawson Humphries's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Lawson Humphries at AustralianFootball.com
WAFL profile (archived)

Geelong Football Club – current squad

1 Stanley
2 Tuohy
3 Parfitt
4 Bruhn
5 Cameron
6 Conway
7 Mannagh
8 Kolodjashnij
9 Holmes
10 Knevitt
11 Edwards
12 Bowes
13 Clark
14 O'Sullivan
15 Stevens
16 De Koning
17 Humphries
18 Stengle
19 Foster
20 Willis
21 Wiltshire
22 Duncan
23 Rohan
24 Bews
25 Kroeger
26 Hawkins
28 Dempsey
29 C. Guthrie
30 Atkins
31 Murdoch*
32 Miers
33 Neale
34 Mullin*
35 Dangerfield (c)
36 O. Henry
37 Furphy*
38 J. Henry
39 Z. Guthrie
40 Clohesy*
41 Hardie*
42 O'Connor
43 Jeka*
44 Stewart
45 Close
46 Blicavs (vc)

Coach: Scott

* denotes rookie listed players

v t e 2023 AFL national draft
First round	1. Harley Reid 2. Colby McKercher 3. Jed Walter (academy selection) 4. Zane Duursma 5. Nick Watson 6. Ryley Sanders 7. Caleb Windsor 8. Daniel Curtin 9. Ethan Read (academy selection) 10. Nate Caddy 11. Connor O'Sullivan 12. Phoenix Gothard 13. Koltyn Tholstrup 14. Jake Rogers (academy selection) 15. Jordan Croft (F/S) 16. Will Green 17. James Leake 18. Darcy Wilson 19. Will McCabe (F/S) 20. Taylor Goad 21. Charlie Edwards 22. Wil Dawson 23. Riley Hardeman 24. Caiden Cleary (academy selection) 25. Harry DeMattia 26. Will Graham (academy selection) 27. Oscar Ryan 28. Lance Collard 29. Ashton Moir
Second round	30. Archer Reid 31. Logan Morris 32. Mitchell Edwards 33. Angus Hastie 34. Billy Wilson 35. Cooper Simpson 36. Shaun Mannagh 37. Tew Jiath 38. Clay Hall 39. Luamon Lual 40. Kane McAuliffe 41. Ollie Murphy 42. Luke Lloyd 43. Liam Fawcett 44. Joseph Fonti
Third round	45. Joel Freijah 46. Bodie Ryan 47. Lachlan Smith 48. Thomas Anastasopoulos 49. Harvey Johnston 50. Hugo Garcia 51. Zane Zakostelsky 52. Lachlan Charleson
Fourth round	53. Patrick Snell 54. Archie Roberts 55. Aiden O'Driscoll 56. Calsher Dear (F/S) 57. Will Lorenz 58. George Stevens 59. Harvey Thomas (academy selection)
Fifth round	60. Jack Delean 61. Oliver Wiltshire 62. Arie Schoenmaker 63. Lawson Humphries 64. Reece Torrent

v t e 2024 AFL Rising Star nominees
Opening Round: Roberts Rd 1: Dempsey Rd 2: Wardlaw Rd 3: Gallagher Rd 4: Darcy Rd 5: Reid Rd 6: Wilson Rd 7: Rogers Rd 8: Windsor Rd 9: McKercher Rd 10: Lohmann Rd 11: Harrison Rd 12: Uwland Rd 13: Nankervis Rd 14: Thomas Rd 15: Morris Rd 16: Graham Rd 17: Jones Rd 18: Humphries Rd 19: Watson Rd 20: Draper Rd 21: Archer Rd 22: Caddy Rd 23: Dear
Italics denote winner