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Jarrod Witts
Jarrod Witts
	Witts playing for Gold Coast in August 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	September 13, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Original team(s)	St Ives/Sydney University
Draft	No. 67, 2011 national draft
Height	209 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Weight	111 kg (245 lb)
Position(s)	Ruck
Club information
Current club	Gold Coast Suns
Number	28
Playing career1
Years	Club
2012–2016	Collingwood
2017–	Gold Coast
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
	Gold Coast co-captain: 2019–; Gold Coast Suns Club Champion: 2019; 22under22 team: 2014;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jarrod Witts (born 13 September 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).^[1] He previously played for the Collingwood Football Club from 2012 to 2016. Witts was appointed Gold Coast co-captain along with David Swallow from the 2019 season.

Early life

Witts was born in Sydney and grew up in the northern suburb of Normanhurst. He attended Barker College on the North Shore of Sydney.^[2] His first sporting interest was Australian rules football and he would often attend Sydney Swans home games in his youth. In 1999, Witts was in attendance at the Sydney Cricket Ground the day Tony Lockett broke Gordon Coventry's all-time goal kicking record and ran onto the field after the historic achievement.^[3]

Despite his early interest in Australian rules football, Witts switched allegiances later in childhood and took up rugby union in winter and cricket in the summer months throughout his adolescence. As a cricketer, he was selected in the New South Wales Emerging Blues squad and played alongside future Australian test captain Pat Cummins. At the age of 15, he was convinced by school friends to try Australian rules football again and joined the under-16 side at the St Ives Football Club. In just his third game for St Ives, Witts was scouted by Collingwood employee Rod Carter, who informed the Magpies' recruiting manager Derek Hine of Witts' potential. A week later, Hine offered Witts a NSW scholarship to join Collingwood and the deal was accepted.

In 2009, he joined Sydney University's under-18s team and continued his development. As a part of the NSW scholarship program, Witts played numerous games for Greater Western Sydney's TAC Cup team in 2010. The following year saw him elevated to Collingwood's senior list and his AFL journey began.

AFL career

He made his AFL debut for Collingwood against St Kilda in Round 6 of the 2013 AFL season. At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was traded to the Gold Coast Football Club.^[4]

On 16 January he signed a contract extension until the end of the 2024 season, where he'll be an unrestricted free agent. In February 2019, Witts was named as Gold Coast co-captain, alongside David Swallow.^[5] Standing at 209cm, Witts is the tallest captain in AFL/VFL history. A record formerly held by Steven King at 202cm. At the end of the 2019 AFL season, he broke the record for the most hitouts in a home-and-away season (excluding finals) with 1008.

As of the start of the 2022 AFL season, Witts was the equal fourth tallest player in the AFL.^[6]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2024^[7]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs
†	Led the league for the season


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)								Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	Votes
2012	Collingwood	15	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	Collingwood	15	7	5	3	29	35	64	23	20	74	0.7	0.4	4.1	5.0	9.1	3.3	2.9	10.6	0
2014	Collingwood	15	20	8	4	108	91	199	57	70	375	0.4	0.2	5.4	4.6	10.0	2.9	3.5	18.8	0
2015	Collingwood	15	11	5	4	58	57	115	23	41	245	0.5	0.4	5.3	5.2	10.5	2.1	3.7	22.3	0
2016	Collingwood	15	2	0	1	8	8	16	3	8	31	0.0	0.5	4.0	4.0	8.0	1.5	4.0	15.5	0
2017	Gold Coast	28	18	2	4	112	128	240	46	64	682	0.1	0.2	6.2	7.1	13.3	2.5	3.5	37.8	1
2018	Gold Coast	28	22	2	6	156	144	300	46	86	854	0.1	0.2	7.0	6.5	13.6	2.0	3.9	38.8	2
2019	Gold Coast	28	22	3	3	188	132	320	64	67	1008 ^†	0.1	0.1	8.5	6.0	14.5	2.9	3.0	45.8 ^†	1
2020^[a]	Gold Coast	28	17	0	3	98	72	170	37	28	476	0.0	0.1	5.7	4.2	10.0	2.1	1.6	28.0	2
2021	Gold Coast	28	3	0	1	24	18	41	9	8	87	0.0	0.3	8.0	6.0	13.6	3.0	2.6	29.0	0
2022	Gold Coast	28	22	4	2	164	129	293	55	63	833 ^†	0.1	0.1	7.4	5.8	13.3	2.5	2.9	38.3 ^†	4
2023	Gold Coast	28	21	4	2	151	139	290	51	55	824	0.2	0.1	7.2	6.6	13.8	2.4	2.6	39.2 ^†	0
2024	Gold Coast	28	16	8	3	113	109	222	39	63	600	0.5	0.2	7.1	6.8	13.9	2.4	3.9	37.5	0
Career			181	41	36	1209	1061	2270	453	573	6088	0.2	0.2	6.7	5.9	12.5	2.5	3.2	33.6	10

Notes

^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.