List of AFL debuts in 2011

This is a list of players who made their Australian Football League (AFL) debut in a senior AFL match to date during the 2011 AFL season. In addition to those players making their AFL-level debuts, some players have made their debuts for a new club following a trade or re-drafting are also listed below in a separate table.

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List of AFL debuts in 2011

AFL debuts[edit]

Change of clubs[edit]

References[edit]

Order	Name	Club	Age at debut	Debut	Games in 2011	Goals in 2011	Rookie	Recruited from	League	Notes
1	Ed Curnow	Carlton	21 years, 137 days	Round 1^[2]	12	3	Rookie	Box Hill	VFL
2	Nick Duigan	Carlton	26 years, 198 days	Round 1^[3]	20	1		Norwood	SANFL
3	Jake Batchelor	Richmond	19 years, 39 days	Round 1^[4]	16	0		Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	Round 16 Rising Star nomination
4	Reece Conca	Richmond	18 years, 224 days	Round 1^[5]	17	0		Perth	WAFL	Round 9 Rising Star nomination
5	Brad Helbig	Richmond	19 years, 24 days	Round 1^[6]	10	4		West Adelaide	SANFL
6	Cameron Guthrie	Geelong	18 years, 218 days	Round 1^[7]	2	0		Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
7	Jarrad Irons	Port Adelaide	18 years, 187 days	Round 1^[8]	3	3	Rookie	Perth	WAFL
8	Jasper Pittard	Port Adelaide	19 years, 359 days	Round 1^[9]	13	2		Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Round 4 Rising Star nomination
9	Cam O'Shea	Port Adelaide	19 years, 13 days	Round 1^[10]	18	4		Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup
10	Brodie Smith	Adelaide	19 years, 71 days	Round 1^[11]	15	2		Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
11	Claye Beams	Brisbane Lions	19 years, 206 days	Round 1^[12]	5	5		Labrador	QAFL	brother of Dayne Beams, Round 1 nomination for 2012 AFL Rising Star
12	Rohan Bewick	Brisbane Lions	21 years, 167 days	Round 1^[13]	12	5		West Perth	WAFL	son of Corey Bewick
13	Ryan Lester	Brisbane Lions	18 years, 212 days	Round 1^[14]	3	2		Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup
14	Jayden Pitt	Fremantle	18 years, 170 days	Round 1^[15]	8	2		Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
15	Dyson Heppell	Essendon	18 years, 317 days	Round 1^[16]	22	3		Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	Round 1 Rising Star nomination & overall winner
16	Lukas Markovic	Western Bulldogs	24 years, 81 days	Round 1^[17]	16	0		Box Hill	VFL
17	Tom Liberatore	Western Bulldogs	18 years, 315 days	Round 1^[18]	16	4		Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Son of Tony Liberatore
18	Luke Tapscott	Melbourne	19 years, 272 days	Round 1^[19]	15	2		North Adelaide	SANFL
19	Byron Sumner	Sydney Swans	19 years, 147 days	Round 1^[20]	1	0		Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
20	Jack Darling	West Coast Eagles	18 years, 287 days	Round 1^[21]	21	20		West Perth	WAFL	Round 6 Rising Star nomination
21	Andrew Gaff	West Coast Eagles	18 years, 284 days	Round 1^[22]	15	7		Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	Round 19 Rising Star nomination
22	Shaun Atley	North Melbourne	18 years, 195 days	Round 1^[23]	16	3		Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
23	Cameron Pedersen	North Melbourne	24 years, 10 days	Round 1^[24]	14	18	Rookie	Box Hill	VFL
24	Cameron Richardson	North Melbourne	23 years, 115 days	Round 1^[25]	8	1		North Ballarat	VFL
25	Daniel Archer	St Kilda	19 years, 166 days	Round 2^[26]	1	0	Rookie	Clarence	TFL
26	Harley Bennell	Gold Coast	18 years, 182 days	Round 2^[27]	14	14		Peel Thunder	WAFL	cousin of Jamie Bennell (Melbourne)
27	Charlie Dixon	Gold Coast	20 years, 191 days	Round 2^[28]	10	6		Redland	QAFL
28	Karmichael Hunt	Gold Coast	24 years, 136 days	Round 2^[29]	16	1				former Brisbane Broncos (NRL) player
29	Marc Lock	Gold Coast	19 years, 285 days	Round 2^[30]	1	0		Southport	QAFL
30	Alik Magin	Gold Coast	19 years, 354 days	Round 2^[31]	3	1	Rookie	Pomona	AFLQ State Association	brother of Rhys Magin (Essendon)
31	Brandon Matera	Gold Coast	19 years, 22 days	Round 2^[32]	12	15		South Fremantle	WAFL	Round 5 Rising Star nomination, son of Wally Matera (West Coast Eagles/Fitzroy)
32	Trent McKenzie	Gold Coast	18 years, 364 days	Round 2^[33]	21	13		Western Jets	TAC Cup	Round 17 Rising Star nomination
33	Dion Prestia	Gold Coast	18 years, 172 days	Round 2^[34]	17	1		Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
34	Zac Smith	Gold Coast	21 years, 39 days	Round 2^[35]	20	14		Glenmore Bulls	AFL Capricornia	Round 7 Rising Star nomination
35	David Swallow	Gold Coast	18 years, 134 days	Round 2^[36]	21	11		East Fremantle	WAFL	Round 14 Rising Star nomination, brother of Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne)
36	Seb Tape	Gold Coast	18 years, 239 days	Round 2^[37]	13	0		Glenelg	SANFL
37	Josh Toy	Gold Coast	18 years, 349 days	Round 2^[38]	8	1		Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
38	Matthew Watson	Carlton	18 years, 260 days	Round 2^[39]	3	0		Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
39	Allen Christensen	Geelong	19 years, 318 days	Round 2^[40]	17	16		Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup	Round 18 Rising Star nomination, nephew of Marty and Damien Christensen
40	Broc McCauley	Brisbane Lions	24 years, 104 days	Round 2^[41]	3	0	Rookie	Southport	QAFL

Order	Name	Club	Debut	Games in 2011	Goals in 2011	Rookie	Previous club(s)
1	Jeremy Laidler	Carlton	Round 1^[134]	17	2		Geelong (2009–2010)
2	Shaun Grigg	Richmond	Round 1^[135]	21	6		Carlton (2007–2010)
3	Bachar Houli	Richmond	Round 1^[136]	22	5		Essendon (2007–2010)
4	Ryan Gamble	St Kilda	Round 1^[137]	11	11		Geelong (2006–2010)
5	Simon Buckley	Collingwood	Round 1^[138]	13	5		Melbourne (2007–2009)
6	Andrew Krakouer	Collingwood	Round 1^[139]	22	32		Richmond (2001–2007)
7	Richard Tambling	Adelaide	Round 1^[140]	10	0		Richmond (2005–2010)
8	Cameron Bruce	Hawthorn	Round 1^[141]	9	1		Melbourne (2000–2010)
9	David Hale	Hawthorn	Round 1^[142]	17	17		North Melbourne (2003–2010)
10	Nick Lower	Fremantle	Round 1^[143]	19	8	Rookie	Port Adelaide (2006–2009)
11	Nathan Djerrkura	Western Bulldogs	Round 1^[144]	8	4		Geelong (2009–2010)
12	Justin Sherman	Western Bulldogs	Round 1^[145]	14	17		Brisbane Lions (2005–2010)
13	Andrejs Everitt	Sydney Swans	Round 1^[146]	11	8		Western Bulldogs (2007–2010)
14	Ben McKinley	North Melbourne	Round 1^[147]	2	0		West Coast Eagles (2007–2010)
15	Gary Ablett	Gold Coast	Round 2^[148]	20	18		Geelong (2002–2010)
16	Nathan Bock	Gold Coast	Round 2^[149]	21	2		Adelaide (2004–2010)
17	Jared Brennan	Gold Coast	Round 2^[150]	22	11		Brisbane Lions (2003–2010)
18	Campbell Brown	Gold Coast	Round 2^[151]	14	0		Hawthorn (2002–2010)
19	Josh Fraser	Gold Coast	Round 2^[152]	16	12		Collingwood (2000–2010)
20	Jarrod Harbrow	Gold Coast	Round 2^[153]	22	2		Western Bulldogs (2007–2010)
21	Daniel Harris	Gold Coast	Round 2^[154]	11	2		North Melbourne (2001–2009)
22	Nathan Krakouer	Gold Coast	Round 2^[155]	13	8		Port Adelaide (2007–2010)
23	Michael Rischitelli	Gold Coast	Round 2^[156]	21	10		Brisbane Lions (2004–2010)
24	Danny Stanley	Gold Coast	Round 2^[157]	22	20		Collingwood (2007–2009)
25	Andrew Collins	Carlton	Round 3^[158]	2	0		Richmond (2009–2010)
26	Brad Miller	Richmond	Round 4^[159]	14	17		Melbourne (2002–2010)
27	Sam Iles	Gold Coast	Round 5^[160]	16	8		Collingwood (2006–2007)
28	Sam Jacobs	Adelaide	Round 5^[161]	19	3		Carlton (2009–2010)
29	Simon Phillips	Port Adelaide	Round 7^[162]	8	7		Sydney Swans (2006–2007)
30	Dean Polo	St Kilda	Round 8^[163]	14	6		Richmond (2006–2010)
31	Jack Anthony	Fremantle	Round 8^[164]	4	0		Collingwood (2008–2010)
32	Jonathon Griffin	Fremantle	Round 10^[165]	7	4		Adelaide (2007–2010)
33	Kyle Cheney	Hawthorn	Round 11^[166]	8	1		Melbourne (2009–2010)
34	Ed Barlow	Western Bulldogs	Round 12^[167]	8	4	Rookie	Sydney Swans (2007–2010)
35	Matt Spangher	Sydney Swans	Round 16^[168]	5	7		West Coast Eagles (2008–2010)
36	Nathan Ablett	Gold Coast	Round 22^[169]	2	1		Geelong (2005–2007)
37	Patrick Veszpremi	Western Bulldogs	Round 22^[170]	3	4		Sydney Swans (2008–2010)
38	Paul Johnson	Hawthorn	Round 24^[171]	1	1	Rookie	West Coast Eagles (2003), Melbourne (2005–2010)