Jake Melksham

Who is Jake Melksham?

Jake Melksham is an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Growing up Melksham supported the North Melbourne Football Club. As a junior, Melksham played for the Oak Park Football Club, the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup, and Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School in school competition. He represented Vic Metro in the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships. Melksham was awarded the TAC Medal after being adjudged best-on-ground in Calder Cannons' grand final win over the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup with 24 possessions and seven inside-50s.

Melksham was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the tenth pick in the 2009 AFL Draft. He made his debut against Carlton in Round 3, 2010, against Carlton, and scored his first AFL goal in Round 7, 2010 against Port Adelaide. In Round 15, 2011, Melksham kicked the match-winning goal in Essendon's four-point win against the previously undefeated Geelong; and, was also named as best on ground, earning three Brownlow votes for the first time in his career.