Willem Drew#28

PTA - Port Adelaide

DEF

Age: 28 years

Career Games: 152

Debut: 2019

Height: 188cm

23Medium Risk

Quick Stats

152

Career Games

Total AFL matches played

Season Games

2026 AFL season

Career Injuries

Recorded injury incidents

Games Missed

2026 season · injury-related

Currently injured — out since 20 Aug 2026 (55d) · Lower back issue — withdrawn from the squad after Thursday training and ruled out of the final-round clash with Essendon.

Current Status

Injured

Season over

Awaiting Diagnosis

Back Injury (General)

Targeting Round 1, 2027

Road to Recovery

Clinical progress for this injury — fitness tests, setbacks, and reassessments as they were recorded.

Back Injury (General)View full detail

R2420 Aug
Occurred
Lower back issue — withdrawn from the squad after Thursday training and ruled out of the final-round clash with Essendon.
20 Sept
Progress update
The club's 2026 season is over and no fixture remains, so the lapsed return forecast is retired to the 2027 pre-season; the next possible return is pre-season training.
Return now expected 1 Mar

Risk Profile

3 factors identified

Injury severity load

Severity-weighted total across 3 recorded injuries — more severe injuries weigh more; those older than 24 months count half.

Recent injury

Carrying an ongoing injury from the last 2 months — the most recent setbacks weigh heaviest.

Injury volume

3 injuries in the scoring window — frequent injuries compound risk.

Note:Risk factors are derived from a heuristic (injury history, age, workload, recurrence) — a placeholder while the ML model is pending. Bars show each driver's relative contribution, not an exact running total.

Career Durability

Reliable↗

Rank: 99 (87th percentile)

2026 Season (Active)↘️

Games Played22 / 23

Goals0

On pace for 17.4 games (below career avg)

Status: Active

Component Scores

Games Consistency73/100

Age Factor100/100

Recent Form (Last 3 Seasons)↗

Weighted Average23.8 games

Recent TierReliable

Up 2.1 games/season from career average

Career: 9 seasons, 130 games (14.4 avg)

Career Timeline (Completed Seasons)

Avg: 21.7

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

23120

Above average

Below average

Games played per completed season
Season	Games played
2017	0
2018	0
2019	10
2020	0
2021	24
2022	22
2023	25
2024	26
2025	23

Durability calculated from 7 seasons of data (v2.2-availability-weighted)
Last updated: 12 Oct 2026

Injury Patterns

Body regions injured more than once — the multi-season recurrence view.

FootRecurs
Unspecified
View latest
2 injuriesacross 2 seasons7 games missed

Plus 2 body regions with a single recorded injury.

Grouped by OSIICS body region. OSIICS © John Orchard — Free to use with acknowledgment.

Injury Profile

Total Injuries

Games Missed

Soft Tissue

Structural

Contact (impact)

Injury Categories

Structural3 (75%)

8 games missed · Last: Aug 2026

Soft Tissue1 (25%)

Durability Impact

Soft Tissue Penalty-5 pts

Injury Frequency Score89/100

1 soft tissue injuries × 5 points = -5 penalty

⚠️1 injury in the past 12 months

Travel Burden

10.8k km

Total km

Interstate flights this season

Trips

Out of 22 games played

490.3

km / game

Average per appearance

Interstate flights only. Same-state and home-venue games count as 0 travel. Excludes games the player did not feature in.

Season Availability

Every round of the season — played, missed to injury, and what's ahead.

2026: played 22 · missed 1 to injury

R12

R24

playedmissed (injury)injured in gameat riskprojected returnV/S/W affiliate returnbye / did not playupcoming

Injury History

4 injuries recorded

Injury history
Date	Team	Season	Injury	Severity	Status	Return
20 Aug 2026R241× · 1.16k km	PTA	2026	Back Injury (General) BKXX	Minor (1)	Injured	Expected 1 Mar
14 Jan 2025	PTA	2025	Foot Injury (General) FTXX	Minor	Returned	Returned 4 Feb
10 Feb 2024	PTA	2024	AC Joint Separation STAC	Minor	Returned	Returned 2 Mar
8 June 2020	PTA	2020	Foot Injury (General) FTXX	Moderate (7)	Returned	Returned 27 July