Aaron Young

Who is Aaron Young?

Aaron Young is a professional Australian rules football player at the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted with pick number 36 in the 2010 National Draft, having previously played for the Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup. He made his debut in round 5, 2012, against Adelaide at Football Park in Showdown XXXII.

After being drafted with one of the clubs second round draft picks at the end of 2010, Aaron had a steady development debut year on the clubs list. A tall midfielder & forward flanker, Aaron spent most of his time in the reserves but did break through for 4 SANFL matches during the year, and was an emergency for the clubs final two AFL matches.

Aarons best form came mid year, when he made the best players in the reserves in 3 out of 4 games, kicking 9 goals in 4 weeks and averaging 17 touches a game. He was rewarded with three SANFL games in a row before dropping back to the reserves in Round 13 for essentially the rest of the year.

A tall, quick, skilful runner with great goal sense is exactly the type of player that the club needs and they will be hoping that Aaron can develop through the pre season and push for games early on in the 2012 season.