Jake Kelly

Jake Kelly (born 21 January 1995) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Adelaide Football Club. Kelly was drafted with pick 40 in the 2014 Rookie Draft, and is the son of former player Craig. Early life The son of premiership player Craig Kelly, Kelly played for the Kew Comets and the Glen Iris Gladiators, part of the Yarra Junior Football League, in his youth. He then played for his high school Scotch College and the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup and also made appearances for Collingwood's VFL side as a teenager. Though he wasn't originally on the list to appear at the national draft combine in 2013, he was added to the list after impressive form in the VFL. At the combine he ran the third-fastest three-kilometre time trial, finishing in 9 minutes and 51 seconds. Collingwood had the option of nominating him as a father-son selection in the 2013 national draft, but they decided not to, instead saying they would consider selecting him as a father-son pick if he wasn't drafted in the national draft. He wasn't selected in the draft, but Collingwood chose not to select him in their list anyway, forcing him to go to the rookie draft. He was drafted by with pick 40.